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  • In this discussion, a panel of experts from across business, medicine, and academia join us to explore how to nurture healthy environments that promote mental wellness and removing the stigma around a prevalent and common health issue.

Tickets

  • Member & Government:
  • Individual $65, Table of 10 $650
  • Non-Member:
  • Individual $110, Table of 10 $1,100
  • RSVPby Tuesday, June 25

In this discussion, a panel of experts from across business, medicine, and academia join us to explore how to nurture healthy environments that promote mental wellness and removing the stigma around a prevalent and common health issue.

With ever-increasing demands on their personal and professional lives, women often tiptoe along the line of balance and struggle to maintain peak performance. Now, business leaders are beginning to explore the impact stress has on the mental health of their employees and their productivity.

If we are socialized to believe that emotional and anxious behavior are qualities that cannot be exhibited by successful businesspeople, how then do organizations reconcile encouraging their leaders to be “authentic” and vulnerable? To do so, means to admit that our leaders too struggle with personal challenges, including mental health.

In this discussion, a panel of experts from across business, medicine, and academia join us to explore:

  • How to nurture healthy environments that promote mental wellness 
  • Removing stigma around a prevalent and common health issue
  • Tackling lesser known but equally impactful behaviors that can impact your employees’ emotional wellbeing, like bullying.

To view a current list of attendees, click here.

Ali Brainard (Nigro)

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617-557-7329

FEATURING

Nineequa Blanding

Director of Health and Wellness, The Boston Foundation Moderator

Nineequa Blanding is the Director of Health and Wellness at the Boston Foundation—one of the nation’s oldest and largest community foundations that devotes…Read more
Nineequa Blanding is the Director of Health and Wellness at the Boston Foundation—one of the nation’s oldest and largest community foundations that devotes its resources to building and sustaining a vital, prosperous city and region, where justice and opportunity are extended to everyone. In this role, Blanding oversees the development, implementation and evaluation of one of the Foundation’s strategic priorities to address the health needs of the people of Greater Boston with a special focus on low-income people of color. Prior to joining the Boston Foundation, Blanding held several significant progressive leadership positions with the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC). She was previously the Director of the Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) Obesity and Hypertension Demonstration Project—a three year, $4.6 million Center for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) funded effort to develop effective strategies to address the inequities that contribute to the gap in these health outcomes among residents of color. Blanding later served as the Associate Director of the Chronic Disease Prevention and Control Division and the Associate Director of the Office of Health Equity at BPHC.  She has over 12 years of experience in program planning, research and evaluation in academia, health care and local health department settings, including Mount Sinai School of Medicine and the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Blanding also has years of research experience in neuroscience with notable researchers at Emory and Duke University, specifically focusing on the mechanisms underlying fear learning and memory and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The National Institutes of Health (NIH) previously awarded her a post-baccalaureate training fellowship to examine the trauma-related risk factors for PTSD. She has co-authored several publications, including the examination of the effects of early life trauma as a risk factor for adult psychopathology. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Spelman College and a Master’s with Honors in Public Health from Long Island University. Originally from Brooklyn, New York, she enjoys living in Boston and currently resides in Dorchester

​Amy Gagliardi, MD

Associate Medical Director, The Pavilion and Clinical Director, Division of Women’s Mental Health, McLean Hospital Panelist

Amy Gagliardi, MD, is associate medical director of The Pavilion where she directs the evaluation and treatment of patients with complex psychiatric and neuropsychiatric…Read more
Amy Gagliardi, MD, is associate medical director of The Pavilion where she directs the evaluation and treatment of patients with complex psychiatric and neuropsychiatric disorders. Her clinical responsibilities include the coordination of multidisciplinary psychiatric evaluations, diagnostic clarifications, medication evaluation and management, and leadership of treatment conferences. She is an instructor in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and has been immersed in clinical care of patients with major psychiatric illnesses for more than ten years. Dr. Gagliardi is a medical director of the Division of Women’s Mental Health and has extensive experience in the diagnosis and treatment of trauma-related disorders, including advanced training in dialectical behavior therapy. She is also devoted to the teaching and supervision of medical students and psychiatric residents. Dr. Gagliardi has served as a consultant to multiple psychiatric practitioners throughout the Boston area.

Lisa Kelly-Croswell

Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, Boston Medical Center Panelist

Lisa Kelly-Croswell joined Boston Medical Center in 2013, and is currently Senior Vice President of Human Resources and Chief Human Resources Officer.  She…Read more
Lisa Kelly-Croswell joined Boston Medical Center in 2013, and is currently Senior Vice President of Human Resources and Chief Human Resources Officer.  She is responsible for leading all Human Resources functions as well as BMC’s Occupational Health Clinic and Volunteer Services Departments. Lisa brings nearly 30 years of experience in a wide range of global HR leadership roles including: Senior Vice President, HR and Corporate Services at Vertex Pharmaceuticals, VP, HR at Nitromed, Inc., SVP, HR for Healthcare and Service Operations at CIGNA, and a series of progressive leadership roles at Monsanto and Frito-Lay. While at Monsanto, Lisa also held an expatriate assignment based in Singapore, leading HR for Southeast Asia. Lisa holds a B.S. in Finance and an M.A. in Labor and Industrial Relations from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and has served as a Director on a number of non-profit boards.

Jenn Motta

Chief Operations Officer of New England, Cigna Corporation Panelist

Jennifer Motta was appointed Chief Operations Officer of Cigna New England in June 2017.  Jenn joined Cigna as the Head of Marketing and New Business in the…Read more
Jennifer Motta was appointed Chief Operations Officer of Cigna New England in June 2017.  Jenn joined Cigna as the Head of Marketing and New Business in the National Segment in 2012.  In 2013, Jenn embarked on a new opportunity to serve as Chief of Staff and VP of Strategy and Business Implementation for Cigna’s Individual & Family Plans (IFP) Segment.  Jenn was responsible for building local market growth plans for IFP and developing a strategy to build successful solutions in the marketplace.  Jenn has over 15 years of experience in strategy, execution, marketing, and product working for Fortune 500 companies. Prior to joining Cigna, Jenn served as the Director of Corporate Strategy and Planning at Anthem.  Jenn was responsible for developing strategic business plans and management processes to evolve and achieve the enterprise long term strategic goals. Jenn also served as a Program Manager in Retirement Services for MassMutual and various roles in Group Benefits for The Hartford. Jenn also serves on the Board of Directors for Learning Prep School in Newton, MA, which provides an individualized language-based program to students with complex learning profiles, including dyslexia, expressive/receptive language issues, autism spectrum disorder, and social communication disorder.   Jenn holds a B.A. in Politics & Government from the University of Hartford. She and her husband Steve reside in South Windsor, CT.

Julie Wilkes

North American Well-Being & Disability Lead, Accenture Panelist

As a heart disease survivor, Julie believes she was given a second chance at life for a reason. She finds that that when she is sharing the inspiration behind…Read more
As a heart disease survivor, Julie believes she was given a second chance at life for a reason. She finds that that when she is sharing the inspiration behind her second chance with others, she is living into her life purpose.  Julie is the North American Well-Being & Disability Lead for Accenture, a Global Fortune 500 Company, CEO and Owner of Seven Studios (a yoga and fitness studio), published author of The 7 Life Miracles, a Life Coach, a motivational speaker and an entrepreneur, owning several companies, including: aromatherapy product lines, an online life coaching series and a public speaking academy. Julie has a Master’s Degree in Education-Exercise Physiology from The Ohio State University, and a Bachelor’ s Degree in International Business from Marietta College. She has her Registered Yoga Teacher Training 200 hour certification with Yoga Alliance and fitness and pilates certifications from ACE, AFAA, ACSM, and Fitour. She also has a life coach certification from Well Coaches.

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