More than 450 attendees joined us for a full day of keynote speakers, educational breakout sessions, exhibits, and networking. Breakout sessions were well attended and the flow in the exhibit hall was consistent throughout the day. Attendees enjoyed the lunch program by participating in a Jeopardy-style quiz on Health Literacy with Quizzify CEO Al Lewis. Congratulations to ” Children’s Hospital ” the winner of the 2018 Colorado Governor’s Award for Worksite Wellness!
The American Diabetes Association (ADA) hosted their annual State of Diabetes Breakfast in conjunction with the Culture of Health & Wellbeing Conference on May 2, 2018, from 7:00 am – 8:00 am at the Colorado Convention Center. The annual State of Diabetes Breakfast served as an opportunity for the ADA to explore emerging topics related to diabetes in the workplace and to recognize outstanding healthy employers.
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2018 State of Diabetes Breakfast
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11th Annual CO Culture of Health & Wellbeing Conference Welcome
Robert Smith, Executive Director, CBGH
Opening Remarks & Introduction of Keynote Speaker
Tom Carter, VP, Kaiser Permanente Workforce Health Consulting Group & Kaiser Permanente On-the-Job®
Keynote Speakers
Leonard Kish, MS, MSIS, MBA, Co-Founder & CEO, YouBase
Scott Conard, MD, Founder & CEO, Converging Health
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Stretch Session
Networking Break & Exhibits
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Speakers:
Markie Davis, Director of Employee Benefits & Risk Management, State of CO
Craig Hankins, VP, Digital Products, UnitedHealthcare
Tim Johnson, VP, Business Development, Real Appeal, a UnitedHealth Group Company
Speakers:
Kathy Knudsen, MA, Founder & President, Healthbreak, Inc.
Emily Cooper, Benefits Manager, Boulder County
Roxann Harris, Human Resources Director, Hercules Industries
Speakers:
Kristin Paulson, JD, MPH, VP, Programs & Analytics, CIVHC
Leilani Russel, Data Coordinator/Analyst, CO SIM
Nathan Drashner, Data and Evaluation Program Manager, CO SIM
Speakers:
Lisa Chrisman, Human Resources Manager, City of Westminster
Eric Rosales, Senior VP, Hays Companies of Denver, Inc.
Speaker:
Jeff Greene, CEO & Founder, MedEncentive
Speaker:
Benjamin Hase, Esq., Information Manager, Member Engagement, Employers Council
Speakers:
Jill Asrael, MPH, Senior Workforce Health Consultant, Kaiser Permanente Colorado
Jennifer Hickey, Wellness Coordinator, City of Aurora
Speaker:
Claire Brockbank, Principal, Segue Consulting
Speakers:
Jennifer Stroh, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, Benefits & Wellness Manager, City of Colorado Springs
Amy Smith, Benefits Analyst, City of Colorado Springs
Roger Hughes, VP, Sales Castlight Health
Speakers:
Ryan Kerr, VP, Co-Chair, Colorectal Cancer Task Force-Colorado Cancer Coalition
Ian Kahn, State Health Systems Manager, American Cancer Society – Colorado Cancer Coalition
Scott Wilson, Colon Cancer Survivor & Global VP of Corporate Affairs, Molson Coors Brewing Company
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Presenter: Colorado Lt. Governor Donna Lynne
Five Finalist Companies
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Stretch Session
Networking Break & Exhibits
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Speaker:
Mara Baer, Founder & President, AgoHealth, LLC
Speakers:
Robert Mines, PhD, Chairman & Psychologist, Mines and Associates, Inc.
Barb Becker, PhD, Director, Mental Health First Aid Colorado, Colorado Behavioral Health Council
Jason Vitello, MSW, Behavioral Health Coordinator, Denver Public Health; Health Equity Director, Colorado Public Health Association
Speakers:
Diana Reznikoff, Lead Health Advisor, Summit County, Health Links
Abigail Hoeh, Employee Engagement Consultant, Life Work Balance, LLC
Speakers:
Robert Fouhy, MBA, GBA, CWPC, Total Health Management Consultant, Mercer
Lee Gold, Principal, Financial Wellness Sales & Consulting, Mercer
Speakers:
Elana Gambon, Regional Market Executive, Compass Professional Health Services
Krista Miller, Director of Human Resources, Safety & Risk Management, Town of Vail
Speaker:
Joshua Scott, MS, Faculty, Director of Education, Center for Health, Work & Environment, Health LinksTM, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado
Speakers:
Andy Neary, Healthcare Strategist, The Olson Group
Vicki Mair, MBA, Benefits Manager, St. Vrain Valley School District
Clint Flanigan, MD, Founder & CEO, Nextera Healthcare
Pramod John, CEO, VIVIO Health
James Millaway, Co-Founder & CEO, The Zero Card
Speakers:
Rebecca Weitzel, President, Good Life Wellness Solutions
Mesa County Advisor, Health Links
Amy Jordan, Manager, Human Resources, Hilltop Community Resources
Reception in Exhibit Hall
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Conference Adjournment
The Colorado Culture of Health & Wellbeing Conference offers the opportunity for companies and organizations to participate as sponsors and exhibitors. If your company/organization is interested in becoming a conference sponsor and/or exhibitor for 2019, please contact:
Bonnie Martin
CBGH Financial Administrator
bonnie.martin@52.88.186.124
303-922-0939
Lisa Slavinski
Conference Program Manager
lisa.slavinski@52.88.186.124
303-922-0939
One 6′ table, two chairs, and two complimentary conference registrations
Leonard Kish, MS, MSIS, MBA
Co-Founder & CEO YouBase
Building the individual-centric health system. Entrepreneur, digital strategist, writer, and consultant specializing in digital health. One-time neuroscience researcher studying the neuronal network effects of Parkinson’s disease. Networks are still my passion. Healthcare is undergoing a generational shift from institutional care and reimbursement to individual control and empowerment. These goals are explained in a recently co-authored Nature Biotech article with Dr. Eric Topol explaining how a shift to patient-controlled health data networks could benefit current players: http://www.nature.com/nbt/journal/v33/n9/full/nbt.3340.html.
Scott Conard
Healthcare Strategist
Healthcare costs are disabling America. High cost, low value healthcare must be corralled, contained and cured. As the founder and president of health care corporations, an advisor to corporations, or as a board member, Dr. Conard assesses, advises, and directs corporate initiatives to cross the chasm from volume to value based care. His experience as a successful entrepreneur, corporate executive, physician, and healthcare strategist allows Dr. Conard to view the challenges from multiple perspectives and to relate to other healthcare providers, board members, employers and employees to assess the current situation, formulate an effective strategy and execute on increasing quality, service, and safety while eliminating unnecessary services and lowering the cost of healthcare.
Al Lewis
Founder & President Quizzify
Al Lewis wears multiple hats, both professionally and also to cover his bald spot.
He is the founder and “Quizmeister-in-Chief” of Quizzify, whose mission is to help companies teach their employees to utilize healthcare services appropriately, using a format best described as Jeopardy®-meets-health benefit education-meets-Comedy Central. Quizzify is the only vendor authorized to display the Harvard Medical School “Veritas” shield, and has received excellent reviews from users. His quiz-specific background includes authorship of the best-selling Newsweek Presents the Ultimate Trivia Game, writing and hosting The High School Quiz Show on WFXT in Boston, writing and hosting Quickwits on WLVI in Boston, writing and judging High-Q on WCVB in Boston, and appearing on Jeopardy.
As an author, his critically acclaimed category-bestselling book on outcomes measurement, Why Nobody Believes the Numbers, chronicling and exposing the innumeracy of the health management field, was named 2012 healthcare book of the year in Forbes. Cracking Health Costs: How to Cut Your Company’s Health Costs and Provide Employees Better Care, released in 2013, was also a trade bestseller. His 2014 book Surviving Workplace Wellness has also received great accolades and excerpts appeared in Harvard Business Review and elsewhere.
As a consultant, he is widely acclaimed for his expertise in population health and wellness outcomes and strategy, and in 2013 was named one of the unsung heroes changing health care forever. As a validator of population health outcomes, he is the primary consultant to the Intel-GE Validation Institute.
He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard, where he taught economics as well. He also graduated from Harvard Law School, albeit with no honors this time around, other than winning their annual trivia contest, of course.