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Marissa McKool, MPH, The Public Health Burnout Coach, is a renowned coach, speaker, and advocate with a mission to help female leaders and mid-career professionals alleviate their persistent work-stress and double their free time to achieve work-life balance. With over 15 years of public health leadership experience and a personal journey overcoming burnout, Marissa empowers women to thrive while prioritizing self-care.

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Adrienne Ammerman is a health communications professional with 18 years of experience at the local, regional, state, & national levels. She has dedicated her career to empowering health communicators to support their communities with evidence-based, culturally competent, and measurable health information. 

In 2019, through her work with WNC Health Network, Adrienne initiated the creation of a collective impact collaborat...

Chris Appleton is the Founder and CEO of Art Pharmacy, a healthcare-grade social prescribing company. Art Pharmacy works nationally with health systems, payers, and community-based organizations to support individuals struggling with mental health, loneliness, and chronic disease.

Prior to founding Art Pharmacy, Appleton co-founded two nonprofit organizations, where he became a national leader in cross-sector collaboration. Appleto...

Quisha Umemba is the CEO of Umemba Health, Quisha helps public health organizations and healthcare systems to educate their workforce, empower their leadership, and expand their community presence. She has more than 20 years of diverse experience including roles such as Registered Nurse, Public Health Practitioner, and Entrepreneur. A visionary in the field of public health entrepreneurship, Quisha be...

Dr. Chandria D. Jones is a Principal Research Scientist in Public Health and Affiliate Staff at the Center on Equity Research at NORC at the University of Chicago. Dr. Jones works in the areas of behavioral health, health equity, and health communications. She leads equity-focused projects that leverage community engagement and participatory methods, emphasizing culturally responsive and equitable evaluation and research. Her resea...

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Solveiga Jaskunas is an HR Consultant, Career Coach, Connector and Speaker. Her passion lies in helping immigrants thrive professionally in the United States, and in working with employers to make their workplace culture more inclusive. Her consultancy focuses on HR consulting, career coaching, training, speaking, and network referral services for organizations and individuals.  Her recent speaking event at the Expat Wo...

Ashani Johnson-Turbes, Ph.D. is the Vice President & Director of the Center on Equity Research, a multi-disciplinary Center in The Bridge at NORC at the University of Chicago. The Center advances equity through the development, implementation, and dissemination of high-quality inclusive, and equitable social science research and methods. Johnson-Turbes leads the Center, focused on scientifically rigorous, social science researc...

Dr. Nicole F. Roberts is the author of Generosity Wins: How and Why this Game-Changing Superpower Drives Our Success and is the founder of Health & Human Rights Strategies, a health care and human rights-focused advising firm in Washington, D.C. Roberts is also the Executive Director of Feed A Billion, an international nonprofit that feeds girls in need, and the host of The Global Good Podcast. She contributes to Forbes, contex...

Steve Bollar, a.k.a. Stand Tall Steve, is driven to help schools, associations, and organizations create a better culture and climate through creative innovations and encouragement. His books, Stand Tall Leadership and  Ideas, Ideas, Ideas! has been a jumping point for hundreds of organizations on how to increase morale, change the culture and improve the climate for their students and staff.

In 2023 Steve was identified as one of ...

Lara Merchant’s passion is teaching young children the social and emotional skills needed in order to be successful in school. This includes responding to children with a trauma-informed approach, as Lara works with a population of children who live with chronic, toxic stress and trauma. It is this population that prompted Lara to complete her certification in Trauma-Informed Practices and Resiliency within her master’...

Zaneta Chuniq Inpower is a community and culture-focused leader, and current International Ms Georgia 2024. Her platform is founded on embracing sisterhood, and advocating for success and self-care for women. As a titleholder, elevating key causes and empowering women is paramount.

Based in Atlanta, Zaneta Chuniq is a digital marketing executive with experience leading marketing campaigns with an array of companies including aspire...

Lauren Barineau, MPH, CHES, is the founder of Talk More; which focuses on positive and proactive conversations about sexuality among families. A dynamic facilitator with almost 15 years of experience in sexual health and youth development, Lauren has a depth of experience working with schools, youth, and communities in support of effective sexuality education. Lauren started Talk More to change the narrative around sexuality conver...

For over two decades, Naomi Morad has been passionate about helping people heal through body-oriented psychotherapy.  She is trauma-informed and certified in Advanced Brainspotting, with training in Parts Work, Inner Child Healing, Guided Meditation, and Dance Improvisation.  Naomi specializes in addressing symptoms such as anxiety, depression, abuse, attachment disorders, and chronic pain. 

Throughout the years, Naomi has r...

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JEFF JOHNSTON is CEO of startup Brightn, Author, Founder of The Living Undeterred Project, and host of The Living Undeterred Podcast.

On October 4, 2016, the trajectory of Jeff’s life changed with one phone call. Prior to that day, Jeff was living the American Dream. He had a great family, was a successful entrepreneur running a financial services firm in Iowa, and was seemingly coasting through life. On that fateful mo...

JOSH PERRY is a performance coach and metabolic health specialist who is dedicated to helping people perform at their highest level at home and in the workspace, following the same protocols that allowed him to overcome multiple brain tumors and injuries throughout his career as a professional Freestyle-BMX athlete.

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Michelle M. Johns, PhD, MPH is a Senior Research Scientist at NORC at the University of Chicago. Johns has over 15 years of experience serving as a researcher, evaluator, and educator on health equity issues, with a particular focus on LGBTQ+ communities.

As a mixed methods scientist, Johns tailors the use of qualitative and quantitative methodologies to meet the goals of a wide range of research and evaluation studies. Her own res...

Diana Londoño, MD is a Board-Certified Urologist and one of the 10% of urologists in the US who is a woman, and the 0.5% that are Latinx and a woman. Dr. Londoño is originally from Mexico City, and she received all her education in the Los Angeles Area, going to Claremont McKenna College for her undergraduate studies, then attending UCLA for her medical school training. She finished a 6-year residency in Urology at Kaiser Permanent...

Sally Joy Wolf is a wellbeing advisor, advocate and keynote speaker who empowers and inspires others to flourish. Her company, LightWorks, advises corporate clients in their wellbeing strategies through executive advisory work, team workshops, and individual coaching. Her work integrates her studies at Harvard (AB, psychology) and Stanford (MBA, MA Education), her certifications in positive psychology, coaching, resilience, meditat...

Today's conversation is a profound privilege, as I introduce you to the trailblazing Dr. Miriam Zillerglade. A triple board-certified powerhouse in internal medicine, geriatrics, and obesity medicine, she's the visionary behind Virtual Wellbeing MD. A sanctuary of holistic, evidence-based care that foresees and rectifies medical and emotional challenges to bolster both present and future quality of life.

But Dr. Zillerglade isn't j...