2024 Conference Agenda

Explore the 2024 Workplace Mental Health Conference agenda

Fifth Annual Workplace Mental Health Conference

Detailed Agenda

Times listed below are EDT. All sessions take place virtually using Zoom.

August 7, 2024
12:30 - 12:45 p.m	Welcome and opening remarks Sagar Parikh, M.D., FRCPC, co-lead, Workplace Mental Health Solutions, Eisenberg Family Depression Center Danielle Taubman, M.P.H., project manager, Workplace Mental Health Solutions, Eisenberg Family Depression Center
12:45 - 1:30 p.m.	Keynote address The Whole-Person Workplace Scott Behson, Ph.D., professor of management, Farleigh Dixion University, consultant and author of The Whole-Person Workplace
1:30 - 1:35 p.m.	Break (5 minutes)
1:35 - 2:20 p.m.	Panel discussion #1 Caregiver Perspectives: The Impact of Caregiving on Mental Health at Work Marvell Adams Jr., M.H.A., chief executive officer, Caregiver Action Network Lianlian Lei, Ph.D., assistant professor of Psychiatry, University of Michigan Karen Kavanaugh, chief, Strategic Initiatives, Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregivers Moderated by Sean Egan, J.D., deputy director of labor, Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity
2:20 - 2:30 p.m.	Break (10 minutes)
2:30 - 3:15 p.m.	Concurrent sessions #1 and #2 Changing Company Culture: The Role of the Manager Shayla Gerity, program manager, Center for Workplace Mental Health, American Psychiatric Association Foundation Betsy Schwartz, M.S.W., director, Center for Workplace Mental Health, American Psychiatric Association Foundation Substance Use Disorder in the Workplace: Exploring the Employer's Role in Providing Support Keoshia Banks, M.P.H., CHES, project manager, Center for Health Equity Practice, Michigan Public Health Institute Julia Isaacs, LMSW, MBA, director, Behavioral Health Strategy and Planning, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
3:15 - 3:20 p.m.	Break (5 minutes)
3:20 - 4:05 p.m.	Concurrent sessions #3 and #4 A Trauma-Informed Approach for Addressing Collective Trauma in the Workplace Vickie Choitz, director of trauma and resilience at work, Corporation for a Skilled Workforce Navigating Workplace Mental Health: Insights from NAMI's New Workplace Mental Health Poll Barb Solish, national director, Office of Innovation, National Alliance on Mental Illness Megan Delp, Psy.D., LMFT, director, Workplace Mental Health, National Alliance on Mental Illness
4:05 - 4:10 p.m.	Break (5 minutes)
4:10 - 4:50 p.m.	Panel session #2 Innovations in Workplace Mental Health Kate Fisher, senior director, Total Rewards, Cummins Erica Botka, SHRM-SCP, assistant vice president, Talent Development and HR, University of Michigan Credit Union Moderated by Sagar Parikh, M.D., FRCPC, co-lead, Workplace Mental Health Solutions, Eisenberg Family Depression Center
4:50 - 5 p.m.	Closing remarks Sagar Parikh, M.D., FRCPC, co-lead, Workplace Mental Health Solutions, Eisenberg Family Depression Center Michelle Riba, M.D., co-lead, Workplace Mental Health Solutions, Eisenberg Family Depression Center
5 p.m.	Conference ends