Denise Knoblauch is currently the Nurse Care Coordinator at Snyder Village Assisted Living. She has 32 years of experience in occupational/employee health. She began her career as the lone employee health nurse in a small rural hospital and transitioned to an urban medical center occupational health department which provided services to the medical center employees as well as to local industries. She has experience as a clinician, coordinator, manager, case manager, and executive director in occupational health as well as infection control. She developed the case manager model in occupational health at the medical center. An active AOHP member on the local and national levels, Knoblauch has filled many leadership roles on the Executive Board. She currently is a Continuing Education Committee member and serves as member at large for the AOHP Illinois Chapter. Knoblauch has led the AOHP strategic initiative to develop Beyond Getting Started programs. She has presented many occupational health topics nationally, regionally, and locally. She is a Board-Certified Occupational Health Nurse Specialist and Case Manager from the American Board of Occupational Health Nurses (ABOHN). She is co-project manager for the AOHP Benchmarking Survey.

Kathleen O'Neill currently is the Human Resources Director of Employee and Occupational Health at the University of Texas Medical Branch and has a passion for keeping people safe and healthy at work. She understands that healthy employees who feel they are safe and valued are vital to business continuity and overall success. She is a nurse by background and a safety professional by trade, holding a Master of Science in Environmental and Occupational Safety. She is a Certified Case Manager and Certified Professional Disability Manager. After working for a major insurance company and building Global Occupational Health programs for several large Fortune 500 firms, she returned home to Galveston County to share what she learned and to continue learning while serving a diverse population. In 2018 she was named Chair of the university-wide Culture of Safety Committee to coordinate health and safety activity for the academic enterprise, health system (four hospitals and almost 100 clinics), Institutional Support, and Correctional Managed Care, which provides healthcare and mental services for the offender population in Texas. In 2022 she was asked to chair the Workplace Violence Prevention Committee and continues that work today.

Cathy Floyd has been an occupational health nurse for over 35 years. She mentors occupational and employee health staff in both hospital and non- hospital industry. Board-certified as an Occupational Health Nurse Specialist, Floyd provides an entry level, down-to-earth process for new occupational/ employee health professionals to establish disaster response programs at their worksites. She currently works as the Global Manager for Occupational Health & Wellness for Charles River Research Laboratories. She holds multiple nursing and business degrees: a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Master of Science in Business, Master of Science in Nursing, and Doctorate in Public Administration, with additional certifications as a Safety Management Professional and in Mental Health First Aid. She is a lifelong “self-motivated learner” and makes her home near Houston, TX in Sealy with her husband, Carl, and family pet Jack Russell terriers Skipper and Bella.

Dr. Diane Fitzgerald has been in healthcare since 1990. She has a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and a Master of Business Administration from Texas A&M. She completed a Doctorate in Business Administration from California Southern. In the early 1990s, Dr. Fitzgerald was Director of Nursing for Public Health, where she became an HIV Certified Counselor. She has served as Manager of Employee Health at Harris County, Texas Children's, and St. Luke's hospitals in Texas. In these roles, she developed stop sticks programs to reduce the incidence of needlesticks. She was the AOHP President for the Houston Chapter for many years and is passionate about occupational/employee health.

Mary Brandon is President of the Eastern Mountain region of AOHP. She has worked in the mental health setting for 15 years with the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) for the Commonwealth of Virginia and has been a Board-Certified Infection Preventionist and employee health nurse for eight years. She is a member of the Workplace Violence Committee and assisted in the implementation of the use of the BROSET scale to reduce workplace violence.

Alice Owens is the Director of Pharmacy at Poplar Springs Hospital. She is a member of the Workplace Violence Committee and assisted in the implementation of the use of the BROSET scale to reduce workplace violence.

Tabe Mase is a Nurse Practitioner and the Director of Caregiver Health Services (CHS) at ChristianaCare Health System located in Newark, DE. Mase provides direction and oversight of systems geared at enhancing efficiencies in the delivery of care to 13,000 employees and over 12,000 contract workers. She has expertise in strategic planning, and clinical and operational oversight for Occupational Health Services. She brings a wealth of clinical and regulatory compliance knowledge and is adept at successfully guiding teams through change. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in English with a Minor in French from the University of Yaoundé, Cameroon, a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Delaware, a Master of Science in Nursing from Wilmington University, and a Master of Jurisprudence in Health Law from Widener University School of Law. She is a Board- Certified Family Nurse Practitioner, Certified in Healthcare Compliance, a Certified Occupational Health Nurse Specialist, and serves as Vice President of the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of AOHP. Mase vaccinated then President-Elect Joe Biden and Professor Jill Biden with their first COVID vaccines.

Dr. Steve Wiesner worked for The Permanente Medical Group (TPMG) from April 1994 through his retirement in May 2020. During that period, he was the Kaiser Permanente On-the-Job Medical Director for Workers' Compensation Services and served as the Medical Director for the healthcare organization providing oversight for utilization review and case management services. Dr. Wiesner was the Physician Advisor for the Kaiser Permanente National Integrated Disability Management Program supporting the eight Kaiser Permanente regions providing disability management education and resources. He also supported the East Bay TPMG Physician Human Resource Department, where he oversaw healthcare leadership and professional development and training. Dr. Wiesner now serves as a medical advisor for Karuna Labs and is a consultant with the Colorado Permanente Medical Group supporting their disability management program.

Dr. Rajiv Das has over 20 years of experience in occupational health as a provider, medical director for self-insured administered employers, utilization reviewer, and independent medical evaluator. He served as the Medical Director for Risk Management for Albertsons Grocery Stores, the City of San Jose, and currently WorkHealth Solutions. He is also the Medical Director for Employee Health Services at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland. He is American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS)-certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Occupational Medicine, and Pain Medicine.

Kerri Stewart grew up in the mountains of Middletown, MD. She attended college at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where she received her bachelor's degree in Human Nutrition and Dietetics. Her next move was to Columbia, SC, to complete a dietetic internship through the Department of Health and Environmental Control. In Columbia, she worked at Lexington Medical Center to gain experience in the clinical, food service, and outpatient fields. It was there she found her passion for heart health and has always preached prevention through use of “food as medicine”. She believes food is meant to be fun, stress-free, and nourishing. She began at the University of South Carolina in research and has now been at Spartanburg Regional in the Heart Resource Center over 10 years.

Cynthia Ellwood is Owner and Principal Industrial Hygienist at Associates in Occupational + Environmental Health, an industrial hygiene and safety consulting firm. She received her Bachelor of Science from Ohio University and her Doctorate from Colorado State University. She has provided consulting services for over 35 years in the fields of healthcare infection control, employee exposure assessments, retrospective occupational disease investigations, indoor air quality, local exhaust ventilation system evaluation, development of comprehensive safety and health programs, and academic and professional education. She has served as adjunct faculty for Ohio University and is currently an affiliate faculty member at Colorado State University.

Laura Riley is a Certified Industrial Hygienist for Northside Hospital's Infection Prevention Department. She received her MSPH and PhD from the University of South Florida, both in the field of industrial hygiene. Dr. Riley has helped integrate industrial hygiene and environmental health into many programs and policies throughout the Northside system, including the fields of employee exposure assessments, indoor air quality, ventilation systems, water management, and construction infection control.

Steve Burt served for over 30 years as the Corporate Director of Occupational Safety and Environmental Health for the Carilion Health System in Roanoke, VA and as Corporate Administrator of Employee Safety for the Inova Health System in Fairfax, VA. He has been involved in assisting healthcare facilities to achieve regulatory compliance with OSHA, JCAHO, DEA, EPA, HHS, CMS, and HIPAA regulations since the middle 1970s. His consulting company represents over 25 hospitals, 20 long-term care facilities, 500 physician and optometry offices, and 100 dental offices and labs in the southeast, providing them with regulatory compliance services. To date, not a single regulatory financial penalty has ever been assessed to any of his clients. Burt continues to be one of the most popular speakers in the southeast on OSHA, HIPAA, Violence in the Workplace, Controlled Substance Management, Cultural Diversity and Harassment/Discrimination, and human resource management topics for healthcare providers. He regularly conducts full-day seminars for a variety of organizations and is a frequent speaker at national conferences, including the Medical Group Managers of America, the American Hospital Association, and AOHP, where he has been a speaker since 2008. Burt holds degrees from East Carolina University, Radford University, and New York University. He has been the National Executive Vice President of AOHP and has served as the Chair of the Government Affairs Committee since 2013.

Dr. Ahmed Gomaa started his career as an orthopedic surgeon treating occupational injuries for five years in Alexandria, Egypt before he joined Tulane University to study occupational and environmental epidemiology. He completed his internal medicine training at the University of South Alabama and his occupational medicine training at Harvard University. Dr. Gomaa is a practicing physician and is board certified by The American Board of Preventive Medicine in Occupational Medicine. During his career at the CDC, he has and continues to work on many environmental and occupational medicine projects, including the prevention of occupational injuries and illness in the healthcare sector. Dr. Gomaa's hobbies include soccer, scuba diving, tennis, basketball, volleyball, and biking.

Dr. Kathryn Mueller is a professor at the Colorado School of Public Health, former Medical Director for the Division of Workers' Compensation in Colorado, and former President of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM). Her research interests are in developing evidence-based guidelines for work-related musculoskeletal disorders and in impairment assessment. Dr. Mueller served as one of the six section editors for the American Medical Association's Guidelines for the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment (6th Edition) and has published research in such areas as impairment ratings, use of practice guidelines, and interstate variation of practice in workers' compensation. Her recent ACOEM CME webinar activity centered on long COVID - treatment, return to work, and impairment.

Steve Wurzelbacher is Manager of the Center for Workers' Compensation Studies (CWCS) at NIOSH. In this role, he coordinates workers' compensation claim analyses, exposure assessment research, safety/health intervention effectiveness studies, and health services research with public and private sector partners. Dr. Wurzelbacher has worked in the safety and health field since 1998, as both a researcher at NIOSH and as a risk control practitioner for a workers' compensation insurer. He earned a PhD in Occupational Safety and Ergonomics from the University of Cincinnati, a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Science from Xavier University, is a Certified Professional Ergonomist (CPE), and holds the Associate in Risk Management (ARM) designation.

Kathleen O'Neill currently is the Human Resources Director of Employee and Occupational Health at the University of Texas Medical Branch and has a passion for keeping people safe and healthy at work. She understands that healthy employees who feel they are safe and valued are vital to business continuity and overall success. She is a nurse by background and a safety professional by trade, holding a Master of Science in Environmental and Occupational Safety. She is a Certified Case Manager and Certified Professional Disability Manager. After working for a major insurance company and building Global Occupational Health programs for several large Fortune 500 firms she returned home to Galveston County to share what she learned and to continue learning while serving a diverse population. In 2018 she was named Chair of the university-wide Culture of Safety Committee to coordinate health and safety activity for the academic enterprise, health system (four hospitals and almost 100 clinics), Institutional Support, and Correctional Managed Care, which provides healthcare and mental services for the offender population in Texas. In 2022 she was asked to chair the Workplace Violence Prevention Committee and continues that work today.

Dr. Josh Gramling is Director over Occupational Health, Wellness, and Jail Health Services at Hennepin Healthcare, which includes oversight of Employee Health Services and Jail Health Services. He leads or co-leads many initiatives to assess and reduce workplace violence at Hennepin Healthcare, which was also the area of his PhD research in the School of Public Health at the University of Minnesota. Prior to his work in environmental and occupational health, he worked in medical surgical acute care as a staff nurse, educator, and supervisor.

Mike Benedeck is the Senior Director of Loss Control for the Illinois Health and Hospital Association (IHA). Prior to working at IHA, he had over 14 years of experience as an Occupational Safety/Workers' Compensation Administrator for a large health system in the Chicago metropolitan area. His career also includes 15 years of workers' compensation insurance claims administration with involvement in a healthcare-related insurance trust, along with self-insured hospital programs. His experience with healthcare industry claims and his years administering the occupational safety program for a large health system give him special insight into the challenges faced by healthcare organizations. Benedeck is a Certified Healthcare Safety Professional (CHSP).

Carla Casia is a certified occupational health nurse specialist with a long history in healthcare beginning in medical surgical nursing. She found her passion in associate occupational health and worker safety where she has worked for the past 12 years. Her management and operations experience includes quality, research and healthcare business development. Her current role is Regional Director of Associate Occupational Health for Ascension Illinois in which she focuses on standardization of processes, staff development and quality of care.

Sydney Kutten Schneider began her career in healthcare five years ago. She started with The Resource Group working with key stakeholders and negotiating contracts on laboratory-related items. After three years she joined Associate Occupational Health. She is a Program Manager on the Associate Occupational Health team. She assists with vaccine exemptions, associate engagement, and the development of policies and procedures.

Kathy Espinoza has just retired from a 20-year career with Keenan, where she presented at state and national conferences on motivational topics in human resources management, risk management and safety, and ergonomics. She consults through kathyespinoza.com with hospitals, schools, and county organizations. She is a Board-Certified Professional Ergonomist with 35 years of experience and has dual master's degrees in Work Science/Physiology and Business Administration. She has published 89 articles.

Dr. Steve Wiesner worked for The Permanente Medical Group (TPMG) from April 1994 through his retirement in May 2020. During that period, he was the Kaiser Permanente On-the-Job Medical Director for Workers' Compensation Services and served as the Medical Director for the healthcare organization providing oversight for utilization review and case management services. Dr. Wiesner was the Physician Advisor for the Kaiser Permanente National Integrated Disability Management Program supporting the eight Kaiser Permanente regions providing disability management education and resources. He also supported the East Bay TPMG Physician Human Resource Department, where he oversaw healthcare leadership and professional development and training. Dr. Wiesner now serves as a medical advisor for Karuna Labs and is a consultant with the Colorado Permanente Medical Group supporting their disability management program.

A 2005 Fulbright Scholar in Organization Development, Dr. Mitch Kusy is a full professor in the Graduate School of Leadership & Change at Antioch University and a consultant with the Healthy Workforce Institute, whose mission to eradicate bullying and incivility in healthcare and restore respectful engagement to improve personal well-being, team performance, and the patient experience. An organizational psychologist, Dr. Kusy has consulted and been a keynote speaker with hundreds of healthcare organizations nationally and internationally, helping to create work cultures of respectful engagement impacting individual, team, and bottom-line performance. He previously headed leadership and organization development at American Express Financial Advisors and HealthPartners. Prior to his latest book, Why I Don't Work Here Anymore: A Leader's Guide to Offset the Financial and Emotional Costs of Toxic Employees, he co-authored five business books. He has received the Minnesota Organization Development Practitioner of the Year Award. He resides in Minneapolis and Palm Springs and may be contacted at mitchellkusy@gmail.com or via his website at www.mitchellkusy.com. He can be followed on LinkedIn.

Dr. Amber Hogan Mitchell's career has been focused on public health and occupational safety and health related to preventing infectious diseases. She is the President and Executive Director of the International Safety Center - a women-run non-profit. She also runs a successful consulting business and functions as a science advisor and subject matter expert for NIH/NIEHS, OSHA, and other Washington-based firms for infectious disease and the COVID-19 response. She serves as a board member for several occupational health and infection prevention organizations and holds an adjunct faculty position at the University of Maryland School of Medicine Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine. Dr. Mitchell began her career as the first OSHA National Bloodborne Pathogens Coordinator and has received several Secretary of Labor Excellence awards for her work on bioterrorism and public preparedness. She holds a Doctor of Public Health from the University of Texas School of Public Health and a Master's in Public Health from The George Washington University. She is certified in Public Health as a member of the very first CPH cohort offered by the National Board of Public Health Examiners. Dr. Mitchell is also certified as a Fitness Nutrition Specialist with the American Council on Exercise and is training to be a Pilates Teacher. She published her first book, Preventing Occupational Exposures to Infectious Disease in Health Care, for professionals with responsibility for infection prevention and control and occupational health and safety programs.

Debra Wolf is a Professor of Health Informatics and Nursing. Currently she is Founding Academic Director for the Health Informatics & Health Administration programs and Academic Review Committee Chair for the School of Professional Studies at Wake Forest University. Dr. Wolf is also an independent healthcare informatics consultant supporting higher education, healthcare institutions, and information technology (IT) vendors to integrate IT-related concepts, theory, and innovative technology. She has over 40 years' experience in healthcare. She earned her Baccalaureate and Master of Science degrees in Nursing from La Roche University and a PhD in Nursing from the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Wolf serves as an accreditation evaluator for the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education and is an Advisory Board member for Vincentian Collaborative System, UPMC Shadyside School of Nursing, and the Western Pennsylvania HIMSS Chapter. Her research agenda explores patient-centered care, use of technology in a health setting, and the learning language needs of international students. Her area of expertise focuses on change management, process redesign, and use of social media/technology in supporting clinicians and patients. Dr. Wolf has published numerous articles and book chapters and coauthored books Social Media for Nurses: Educating practitioners and patients in a networked world and Introduction to Computers for Healthcare Professionals (7th edition), which was awarded second place in the informatics category for American Journal of Nursing's book of the year in 2021. She has presented at international, national, and local conferences.

Holly Carpenter is a Senior Policy Advisor for the American Nurses Association's (ANA) Nursing Practice & Work Environment Department as well as for ANA's Healthy Nurse, Healthy Nation program. Her portfolio at ANA includes developing resources, policies, and education programs on nurse health, safety, and wellness including nurse suicide prevention, mental health issues, immunizations, sharps injury prevention, workplace violence prevention, and other occupational health and work environment issues. She presents nationally and internationally on nurse wellness. Prior to ANA, she was employed at the Maryland Nurses Association and the State of Maryland's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. A registered nurse, she graduated from Salisbury University with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing.

Susan Manganello is a Lead, Public Affairs and Patient Advocacy for Sanofi, Vaccines. Her focus is on the older adult and the impact influenza has on chronic medical conditions as well as other respiratory viruses. Her responsibilities entail developing relationships with advocacy organizations and medical societies to educate and activate providers to immunize their patients and for patients to seek immunization. Prior to Sanofi, she was employed at Masonicare Home Health and Hospice, leading the East Hartford, CT, branch in their wound care program. A registered nurse, she graduated from the University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT, with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing.

Cindy Skeens is the Clinical Director, Workforce Health and Safety, for HCA Healthcare. In this role, she is responsible to provide employee/occupational health expertise and education for the nurses in the field, oversee the Employee Health EMR roll-out for the enterprise, and implement clinic workflow enhancement and process/procedure formation. Previously, she was the Administrative Nurse Manager for Ohio Health/Health Partners, LLC, where she managed all aspects of onsite care at Honda North America, Inc., which include urgent care, full occupational medicine services, and care management at seven Honda locations in Ohio. Cindy has more than 30 years' experience in occupational health. she is a licensed registered nurse in Ohio and Tennessee and is a Certified Occupational Health Nurse Specialist (COHN-S). She holds a Master of Science from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Toledo, Ohio.

Dr. Thomas B. Gilliam is Founder and President/Owner of Industrial Physical Capability Services, Inc. (IPCS) (www.ipcs-inc.com). Since 1982, he has provided isokinetic physical capability evaluations (PCE™) for Fortune 1000 companies. Through his proprietary mathematical model, the IPCS technology has dramatically reduced workers' compensation costs and healthcare costs for its clients by legally selecting a healthier worker matched against a job task analysis. Dr. Gilliam has created a Physical Strength Risk Assessment (PSRA)® as a new wellness initiative that will identify an individual's risk for injury and disease. He has presented at many scientific meetings on the PCE procedure and process, has written scientific papers on this subject, and has been a guest speaker at many medical and risk management conferences. He is also the co-author of the book Move It. Lose It. Live Healthy. The Simple Truth About Achieving & Maintaining a Healthy Body Weight. In 1973, Dr. Gilliam earned a doctorate degree from Michigan State University in Exercise Physiology with a minor in Graduate Statistics and Research Design. From 1974 to 1982, he was a tenured faculty member at the University of Michigan, where he was involved with numerous funded research projects.

Dr. Steven Chinn has more than 30 years of clinical and management experience in acute care, behavioral health, ambulatory, and integrated delivery care settings. In his prior roles as Chief Accreditation/Regulatory Officer, he oversaw Stanford Health Care's accreditation, regulatory, and licensure compliance programs. He is a Clinical Associate Professor, Division of Primary Care and Population Health, Department of Medicine, Stanford School of Medicine focused on patient safety, high reliability, and teamwork.

Dr. Chinn has extensive hands-on experience with quality management, patient safety, risk management, medical staff affairs, infection control, and inpatient and outpatient operations. He served as a faculty member for Joint Commission Resources Department of Education and provides educational presentations on hospital and ambulatory accreditation standards, performance improvement, patient safety, and medical staff issues. He also serves as a consultant working with healthcare organizations throughout the United States, including academic medical centers, community and ambulatory organizations, United States Department of Defense, Veterans Health Administration, and NASA. He has also conducted consultations and educational programs in Europe. Dr. Chinn was formerly a Joint Commission surveyor for the ambulatory, hospital, behavioral healthcare, and network programs, as well as a health plan evaluator for the California Department of Corporation.

Tamara Rodriguez found her passion for occupational safety and health more than 15 years ago when she joined the South Carolina Occupational Safety and Health Administration (SCOSHA) as a general industry compliance officer. Through diligent academic and professional work, she soon advanced to become an industrial hygienist in compliance and finally a highly sought-after outreach trainer for SCOSHA's Office of Voluntary Programs. After spending 10 years with SCOSHA, she became the Safety Manager with Richland County Government in Columbia, SC. There, she was responsible for the development and implementation of a comprehensive occupational safety and health program for 2,000+ employees spread out over 107 sites. Rodriguez then joined Antum Risk in 2019, providing risk management consulting services to clients within the healthcare industry. She works closely with clients in developing their own safety initiatives, providing safety and health training, onsite assessments, in-depth data analysis, mock inspections, and other resources within the occupational safety and health space.

Shana Steege is a nurse leader with 22 years of nursing experience. She received her bachelor's degree from the University of North Dakota and her Master's in Nursing and Master's in Business Administration from the University of Mary. She began her career as a bedside nurse in the pediatric ICU and as an ECMO specialist. She has 11 years of leadership experience in clinical inpatient and procedural areas. Before moving to Employee Health, she was the Inpatient Pediatric Med/Surg and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Manager at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB). Steege published her quality project work in the Journal of Radiology Nursing - Using Ultrasound-guided PIV Insertion in the Pediatric Population to Decrease Insertion Attempts. Throughout the pandemic, she had a growing desire to focus on caring and improving the work of healthcare staff, and she made the change to the Manager of Employee Health at UTMB in May of last year. Steege is currently working on her Doctorate from the University of Texas Arlington. She began working on injury reduction for Employee Health as her capstone project for her DNP, which she will receive in August of this year.

Sarah (Sally) Parris is a Registered Nurse with a Master's in Nursing Administration. She has been the Director of Occupational Health at Virginia Hospital Center (VHC) in Arlington, VA for 19 years. In her extensive nursing career, she worked in a variety of clinical, educational, and administrative positions. She has been married to her husband, Greg, for 40 years and has three daughters and two grandchildren. Parris has volunteered in many roles in the Fairfax community, including at St. Mary's Parish, Fairfax County Public Schools, and for local and national occupational health organizations. Currently, she serves as Executive Treasurer for AOHP and serves on the Board of Marian Homes, a northern Virginia organization for adults with intellectual disabilities. She aspires to help others by sharing her time and talents.

Beth Kreikemeier is a Registered Nurse with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from George Mason University. Since graduating in 2008, she has worked as a critical care nurse at VHC Health in Arlington, VA. Over the past 15 years, she has taught various courses including rapid response and critical care strategies to new nurse residents, served as educator for night shift nurses, has worked in wound care, and is currently the coordinator of the hospital's ALS and PALS programs. She most recently joined the Employee Health team at VHC in 2022 and has assisted with the hospital's employee COVID vaccine campaign since 2020. Prior to becoming a nurse, she worked in the US Senate.

Dr. Andrew J. Seter has served a diverse group of employers and employees over his 35-year professional career. He is Board Certified in Internal and Occupational Medicine. Dr. Seter owned, operated, and sold two independent healthcare businesses under the Sensia brand name. The businesses provided comprehensive occupational health, workers' compensation, wellness, primary care, and sub-specialist care to over 500 corporate clients and their employees throughout southeast Wisconsin. Dr. Seter currently operates Sensia Tech, a healthcare software company specifically designed to service occupational health providers and their clients.

Tracy Mullinax is the Senior Workers' Compensation Specialist at Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System in Spartanburg, SC. She is an experienced workers' compensation professional with a demonstrated history of more than 18 years of work in the staffing and recruiting industry, including four years in healthcare.

Jennifer Martin has been a registered nurse for 15 years with experience in both Employee Health and the Emergency Department. She is currently a Supervisor in Employee Health at Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System. Martin earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Walden University.

Misty Sloan is the Wellness Coordinator for Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System. She has spent the last 17 years in employee health and wellness. She has also spent several years working in occupational health. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Education/Corporate Fitness from USC Upstate in 1996.

Dr. Betty Sanisidro is the Executive Director of the American Board for Occupational Health Nurses (ABOHN). She commenced her nursing career with Robertwood Johnson University Hospital in New Jersey on a medical surgical unit and then transitioned to occupational health 16 years ago. Dr. Sanisidro holds a BSN from Fairleigh Dickinson University, and an MSN and Doctorate of Nursing Practice from Seton Hall University. She is a Certified Occupational Health Nurse Specialist and a Board-Certified Advanced Practice Holistic Nurse. She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau and the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses. Dr. Sanisidro published “The Best Care Begins with Self-Care: An Educational Initiative for Nurses” in December 2022 and has managed occupational health programs and departments within Merrill Lynch, Prudential Financial, DOW Chemical, Sanofi, Titleist, and Johnson & Johnson. She has remained passionate about advocating for patient employees, managing regulatory and compliance programs, developing and implementing wellness initiatives, and advancing the nursing profession and nurses everywhere. Her interests are in nursing education, process improvement and streamlining, self-care for healthcare providers, and advanced practice nursing and certification. She remains steadfast in her quest to empower nurses and effectuate change within the occupational health community.

Erin Davis is passionate about the treatment of sports and occupational injuries, with a focus on injury and illness prevention. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Kinesiology - Athletic Training at California State University, Long Beach and her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at Johns Hopkins University. She completed her Master of Science in Adult Gerontology, Nurse Practitioner, and Occupational and Environmental Health at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). As a volunteer assistant clinical professor at UCSF in Adult Gerontology and Occupational and Environmental Health, she regularly precepts students for occupational health clinical rotations.

Shanda Price is a registered nurse with 27 years' experience who currently serves as Vice President of Associate Occupational Health for Ascension Healthcare. Her nursing experience includes critical care, emergency medicine, stroke program management, case management, quality and regulatory, acute and ambulatory clinical operations, and associate occupational health. She has extensive experience in leading organizational initiatives to improve patient outcomes. Most recently, she led the COVID- 19 vaccine campaign for patients and associates across the largest non-profit Catholic healthcare organization in the United States. She completed her BSN and MSN at the University of Alabama and is a doctoral candidate with Capella University. She has a passion for improving the quality of care and safety to patients through an interdisciplinary approach.

Patti Groholski has been a healthcare operational leader in the associate occupational health industry for over 20 years. She has a Master's in Business Administration and has spearheaded research and development strategies to develop quality improvement initiatives along with new product and service developments. She has established Ascension's presence in Wisconsin by partnering with over 75 companies and operating 10 independent occupational health clinics. She is a strategic leader with a demonstrated record of successfully cultivating and strengthening relationships across multiple business sectors, directing complex operations, and creating value for all stakeholders. She received the certificate of completion for Ascension's Management Formation program, as well as the Medical Group Leadership Development program. She is an active member of AOHP and has presented at multiple conferences regarding occupational health topics and worksite clinics.

Meet Joseph Croskey - a public servant, professor, and all-around adventurer on a mission to spread positivity and inspire others to be their best selves. With a wealth of experience and a passion for mindfulness and leadership, he is anything but your average academic. His journey began at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he studied Systems Engineering and further honed his leadership skills as a Ranger Qualified Infantry Officer during Desert Storm. From there, he completed a Master's in Educational Technology Leadership at The George Washington University and went on to earn his PhD from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, researching the benefits of mindfulness training for college students. Currently, he is an associate professor at PennWest University. Today, as a certified Search Inside Yourself (SIY Global) teacher, Dr. Croskey is passionate about developing wise and compassionate leaders who can create the conditions for world peace. He is an activist for human flourishing, always looking for ways to make the world better and happier.

Kathleen Ellwood owns and operates Cog Coaching and Consulting, where she is Principal Coach and Trainer. For those individuals on a path of deeper self-awareness, she has a passion for providing coaching and professional development opportunities tailored to suit specific needs. She has co-created the group “Dream Weavers” to foster a community of support for women striving to achieve/live their dream life. She loves implementing science- based knowledge about healthy eating and living with her clients. She also offers self- development, resiliency, personality, and mindfulness-based emotional intelligence training to a variety of organizations. Ellwood holds an MA in Student Affairs in Higher Education and has served as a higher education academic advisor since 1999. She holds a Professional Coach Certification through the International Coach Academy, a Mindfulness Training Certificate through Duke University's Koru Mindfulness Program, and is a Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) Certified Practitioner. Currently, she is completing a Functional Nutrition Coach Certification through MindBodyGreen, LLC. She volunteers as a member of the Management Leadership Team for the RULE Leadership Program based at Penn State-Extension and is a RULE XVII graduate. She adores spending time with her family and friends, running, hiking, cross- country skiing, gardening, traveling, and the opportunity to explore and learn about other cultures and ways of life.

Misty Sloan is the Wellness Coordinator for Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System. She has spent the last 17 years in employee health and wellness. She has also spent several years working in occupational health. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Education/Corporate Fitness from USC Upstate in 1996.

Caroline Johnson is a health and safety application professional in the 3M Personal Safety Division technical laboratory. She has over 19 years of experience as a nursing professional. She has a bachelor's degree in Nursing from the University of Minnesota, a master's degree in Nursing specializing in Infection Prevention and Control and is registered in public health nursing. Prior to joining 3M's research and development team, she provided clinical care in diverse settings including medical, surgical, and critical care. Johnson's experience has included research and development of infection prevention solutions and programs, and clinical education. Health promotion for workers and education on the value of investment in comprehensive safety and health programs and interventions is also of special interest. In her current role, she provides education and support to health and safety professionals with selection and use of personal protective equipment.

Ashley Locklear has been a registered nurse for over 10 years. She began her nursing career as a neurotrauma floor nurse. After two-and-one-half years she became interested in employee safety as an opportunity arose to lead a safe patient mobilization program. Two years later, she then became a manager of Associate Occupational Health (AOH). Today she serves as a Program Director for AOH where she is the clinical lead for her organization's associate electronic health record, provides education and training for AOH services, and assists with the development of policies and procedures.

Sydney Kutten Schneider began her career in healthcare five years ago. She started with The Resource Group working with key stakeholders and negotiating contracts on laboratory-related items. After three years she joined Associate Occupational Health. She is a Program Manager on the Associate Occupational Health team. She assists with vaccine exemptions, associate engagement, and the development of policies and procedures.

Bill Thomack has been an occupational health nurse for 33 years with experience in managing clinics at a nuclear generating station as well as a hospital-based multiple client clinic. He is currently Director of Occupational Health and Wellness/Safety Officer for Summit Healthcare Association in Show Low, AZ. He is on the Board of Directors for the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses (AAOHN) and added to the 2023 class of Fellows for AAOHN.

Steve Burt served for over 30 years as the Corporate Director of Occupational Safety and Environmental Health for the Carilion Health System in Roanoke, VA and as Corporate Administrator of Employee Safety for the Inova Health System in Fairfax, VA. He has been involved in assisting healthcare facilities to achieve regulatory compliance with OSHA, JCAHO, DEA, EPA, HHS, CMS, and HIPAA regulations since the middle 1970s. His consulting company represents over 25 hospitals, 20 long-term care facilities, 500 physician and optometry offices, and 100 dental offices and labs in the southeast, providing them with regulatory compliance services. To date, not a single regulatory financial penalty has ever been assessed to any of his clients. Burt continues to be one of the most popular speakers in the southeast on OSHA, HIPAA, Violence in the Workplace, Controlled Substance Management, Cultural Diversity and Harassment/Discrimination, and Human Resource Management topics for healthcare providers. He regularly conducts full-day seminars for a variety of organizations and is a frequent speaker at national conferences, including the Medical Group Managers of America, the American Hospital Association, and AOHP, where he has been a speaker since 2008. Burt holds degrees from East Carolina University, Radford University, and New York University. He has been the National Executive Vice President of AOHP and has served as the Chair of the Government Affairs Committee since 2013.

Wendy Stephenson is a strategic and top-performing safety professional with over 20 years' experience, with the last 15 specifically in the healthcare industry. As Vice President of Risk Management for Antum Risk, she leads a team of risk management consultants in supporting the members of a workers' compensation self-insured trust for the healthcare industry in managing and controlling employee injuries and claims. Much of this support includes analyzing employee safety system variability within work systems and creating improvement plans to reduce related injuries, avoid costs, and improve compliance. Stephenson earned both a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Loss Prevention and Safety from Eastern Kentucky University. She maintains a Certified Safety Professional designation along with ARM and WACH designations. She is a certified outreach instructor for the OSHA 10 and 30 hour (general industry) and maintains the ability to conduct Nonviolent Crisis Intervention training for member hospitals through the Crisis Prevention Institute.

Sarah Hewitt is a Board-Certified Family Nurse Practitioner who has spent the vast majority of her 20-year career focusing on the healthcare of employees and their families. She became a Certified Occupational Health Nurse Specialist (COHN-S) in October 2011, and served as Vice President of the Indiana Association of Occupational Health Nurses (IAOHN) from 2013- 2017 and President from 2017-2020. She was named a Fellow of the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses in 2020. Hewitt is the National Director for Occupational Health for Marathon Health. She acts as a freelance consultant for New York Times best-selling author Marie Force and has reviewed and edited medical content for more than 18 novels. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her husband and two teenage daughters, and caring for her six dogs.

Julianna Giordanella is a Product Marketing Specialist supporting Cority's Health Cloud solutions. She has focused her career in the healthcare industry. She has experience working with innovative health technology software companies to improve the health and safety of both healthcare providers and patients.

Kathy Maltchev is a recipient of the Dean's Scholastic Award and Certificate of Recognition for Excellence in Environmental Health Sciences from Tulane University. She has spoken at multiple national conferences and has authored peer-reviewed journal articles and textbook chapters related to safety-wellbeing integration and fitness for duty. Over the last 20 years, Maltchev has coordinated global wellness initiatives, developed and deployed comprehensive safety programs, and managed an occupational health clinic at the largest US-based single site employer during the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. With a passion around use of integrated data to maximize worker safety and health, she now assists organizations looking to increase efficiency and inter-departmental coordination through use of technology.

Kelley Callais has been an Employee Health Nurse at Legacy Health System in Portland, OR, for 23 years. That is 23 flu seasons - and two pandemics!! She has a passion for the outdoors, good books and movies, her family, her Saint Bernard, and employee wellness.

Jenn Madsen spent 10 years working with inpatient oncology patients. She had the opportunity to work with the Employee Health Department at Legacy Health System after an injury, found she really enjoyed this area of nursing, and joined the Employee Health team. She has not regretted her decision one bit, not even working through a once-in- 100-years pandemic! She travels extensively, enjoys fine wine, and has the cutest puppy.

Jessica Kelley is an Employee Health Nurse at Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center in Southwest Washington State. She has 10 years of occupational health nursing experience in both the industrial and hospital settings. Her passion is employee safety and process improvement. In her spare time, she likes to spend time with her family, hike, run, and walk her three dogs.

Lynda Grant is the System Manager for Occupational and Employee Health for Adventist Health, a faith-inspired, integrated health system with over 34,000 healthcare personnel across the West Coast and Hawaii. She began her career at Adventist Health in 1995 when she joined the Emergency Department team in Southern California, but her exposure to healthcare began long before that. As a teenager, she spent summers working as a junior volunteer at a hospital in Michigan - an experience that led to her love for nursing. She became a nursing assistant, then a licensed vocational nurse (LVN), and 10 years later, an RN. She now holds her master's degree in Nursing. Over the last 28 years, Grant has worked in the Emergency Department, GI lab, Perioperative Services, and as House Supervisor and Emergency/Disaster Manager. She has also volunteered in the following capacities: as a flight nurse coordinator with the Ventura County Sheriff's Department Search and Rescue team; as a nurse coordinator for the California/Nevada medical team tending to law enforcement participating in the annual Baker to Vegas Relay for 10 years; and as a member of the surgical mission team to Jamaica. Grant currently holds the office of Vice President for the AOHP Southern California Chapter.

Janine Smith is a Registered Nurse with 20 years of experience in academic healthcare. After 11 years of critical care pediatric nursing, she transitioned to quality improvement, serving as a quality improvement coach for team member injuries and leading teams to problem solve injuries and implement systems to prevent recurrence. This work over eight years led UVA to realize a 45% reduction in sharps injuries, as well as overall injury reduction. In July 2022, she transferred to Occupational Health and Wellness, where she serves as RN Clinical Program Coordinator for Team Member Injury Prevention to further develop injury prevention programs and strategies.

Kyla Haggith is a nurse who brings 11 years of healthcare experience to the Employee Health Services Clinic at Harborview Medical Center and currently serves on the Exposures Team. She started the PASC Follow-up Program to better serve healthcare workers who have been infected with COVID-19 and connect them with accessibility resources while spreading awareness of long COVID.

George Giannakos earned his nursing degree at Louisiana State University Medical Center School of Nursing in 1997 and started his career in Cardiac Critical Care - working a rotation of 12-hour nights! After earning his MSN from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia in 2002 in the Adult Occupational Health Nurse Practitioner track, he worked in an outpatient occupational health clinic. Currently, he is employed as the Occupational Health Nurse Practitioner at the Washington, DC, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, where he advocates for those on night shifts.

Dr. Chris Lombardozzi is Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer- Quality for Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System (SRHS). A practicing Board-Certified Emergency Medicine Physician, Dr. Lombardozzi has been a leader in quality process improvement for two decades with SRHS. He is dedicated to the highest quality care and safety for patients. In addition, he has led burnout prevention efforts across the organization, was the SRHS spokesperson and clinical COVID taskforce leader during the pandemic, has been medical director for county-wide air and ground EMS services, and is an active lecturer across all audiences. His style is engaging and interactive. Attendees of DIY Quality and Process Improvement will learn by doing, and have fun while learning.

Dr. Gregory Colbath is a Board-Certified Orthopedic Surgeon working at Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System (SRHS) Medical Group of the Carolinas. He is fellowship trained in sports medicine and shoulder reconstruction, having mentored under Dr. Richard Hawkins. He received his Doctor of Medicine in 2007 from Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston and a Master of Science in Microbiology from Georgia State University in Atlanta, GA. He serves as team physician for local high schools and universities and serves as adjunct faculty at Clemson University and as a preceptor for Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Colbath has published several journal articles on rotator cuff repair surgery and is a frequent speaker for the South Carolina Association of Occupational Health Nurses. He is an advocate for avoiding opioid overuse. He has four children and enjoys gourmet cooking, home remodeling, golf, basketball, and fly fishing.

Dr. L. Casey Chosewood is currently the Associate Director of Strategic Initiatives and Director of the Office for Total Worker Health® at NIOSH. In this role, he promotes the protection and improvement of the safety, health, and wellbeing of workers through research, intervention development, and partnerships. He coordinates the worker wellbeing, mental health, and substance use disorder prevention portfolios. He co- leads the NIOSH cross-sector dedicated to Healthy Work Design and Wellbeing. From 2004 to 2009, he served as the Director of the CDC Office of Health and Safety, which served the 15,000 members of the CDC workforce. Previous work included serving as the Medical Director of CDC's three occupational health clinics and as the Medical Director of the tech manufacturing company Lucent Technologies.

Robert Maciorowski is an accomplished attorney with expertise in various areas of practice, including workers' compensation, third party liability, products liability, ADA, FMLA, retaliatory discharge, general litigation, and labor/related litigation. He completed his Doctor of Law degree from De Paul University, College of Law in 1974, where he also served as a Case and Comment Editor. He also holds a BA from Illinois Benedictine College. He has a Martindale Hubbell Rating of “AV Preeminent - Highest Rating Available”, is a Fellow of The College of Workers' Compensation Lawyers and is a founding member of the National Workers' Compensation Defense Network. He is also a member of the Illinois State Bar Association, the American Bar Association, and the Illinois Chamber of Commerce Employment Law Council and Workers' Compensation Committee. Maciorowski has been selected for The Best Lawyers in America, Super Lawyer, Leading Lawyers, and Most Honored Professional and named one of the top-rated lawyers by the National Law Journal. He has presented and spoken at various national conferences and has authored chapters on workers' compensation in several publications, including the First Edition Chicagoland Employment Law Manual, US Chamber of Commerce - Federal Employment Laws and Regulations, and A Field Guild to Workers' Compensation 2010. He has served as a contributing author for the publisher Wiley Law.

Adam R. Maciorowski is a Partner in the Workers' Compensation Department at Rusin & Maciorowski, a specialty law firm focusing on representing employers and their insurance carriers in all of the varied legal aspects of workplace injury, including workers' compensation, OSHA, personal injury, contribution liability and lien recovery, wrongful discharge, and employment discrimination. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Miami University of Ohio in 2009 and went on to earn his Juris Doctor from DePaul University College of Law in 2012, where he was on the Dean's List. During law school, he was an extern for the Illinois Department of Health and Family Services, Bureau of Administrative Appeals. After law school, Maciorowski worked at a boutique workers' compensation defense firm where he successfully litigated numerous cases from the Commission level through the Appellate Court. He prides himself on being able to provide his clients with honest and cost-effective defense work.

Lisa Hammett is an international best-selling author, TEDx speaker, and success coach. She helps stressed and burned-out business owners and executives develop mental fitness, manage stress and anxiety, and get healthy. After 26 years in the corporate retail sector, she reached burnout. So, in 2005, she left the industry and reclaimed her health, losing 65 pounds. Since November 2011, Hammett has been a health and wellness coach for a global wellness company, helping thousands of members create sustainable healthy habits, lose weight, and maintain their weight loss. She launched her success coaching practice in May 2020. In 2021, Hammett completed an intensive global coaching program with HPC (High Performing Coach). She is currently working on her positive intelligence, mental fitness certification. Her first book, From Burnout to Best Life: How to take charge of your health and happiness, reached best-seller status in 16 categories globally.

Steve Burt served for over 30 years as the Corporate Director of Occupational Safety and Environmental Health for the Carilion Health System in Roanoke, VA and as Corporate Administrator of Employee Safety for the Inova Health System in Fairfax, VA. He has been involved in assisting healthcare facilities to achieve regulatory compliance with OSHA, JCAHO, DEA, EPA, HHS, CMS, and HIPAA regulations since the middle 1970s. His consulting company represents over 25 hospitals, 20 long-term care facilities, 500 physician and optometry offices, and 100 dental offices and labs in the southeast, providing them with regulatory compliance services. To date, not a single regulatory financial penalty has ever been assessed to any of his clients. Burt continues to be one of the most popular speakers in the southeast on OSHA, HIPAA, Violence in the Workplace, Controlled Substance Management, Cultural Diversity and Harassment/Discrimination, and Human Resource Management topics for healthcare providers. He regularly conducts full-day seminars for a variety of organizations and is a frequent speaker at national conferences, including the Medical Group Managers of America, the American Hospital Association, and AOHP, where he has been a speaker since 2008. Burt holds degrees from East Carolina University, Radford University, and New York University. He has been the National Executive Vice President of AOHP and has served as the Chair of the Government Affairs Committee since 2013.