We gratefully recognize the members of the 2026 WMHC planning committee. 

  • Sarah Acree, communications specialist, Eisenberg Family Depression Center
  • Whitney Begeman, director, Michigan Medicine Office of Counseling and Workplace Resilience 
  • Meg Delp, director, Workplace Mental Health, National Alliance on Mental Illness
  • Sean Egan, deputy director of labor, Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity
  • Shayla Gerity, program manager, Center for Workplace Mental Health, APA Foundation
  • Michelle Kees, faculty lead, Outreach & Education, Eisenberg Family Depression Center 
  • Sinziana Luchian, population health strategy, Humana 
  • Mari Kira, assistant professor, U-M Department of Psychology
  • Sagar Parikh, co-chair, Workplace Mental Health Conference, and co-lead, Workplace Mental Health Solutions, Eisenberg Family Depression Center
  • Michelle Riba, co-lead, Workplace Mental Health Solutions, Eisenberg Family Depression Center
  • Stephanie Salazar, manager, Outreach & Education, Eisenberg Family Depression Center 
  • Matt Samocki, executive director, National Network of Depression Centers 
  • Betsy Schwartz, director, Center for Workplace Mental Health, APA Foundation
  • Kelcey Stratton, chief behavioral health strategist, U-M Health and Well-Being Services
  • Danielle Taubman, co-chair, Workplace Mental Health Conference, and program manager, Eisenberg Family Depression Center 
  • Sheryl Ulin, research program officer and director, Continuing Education, U-M Center for Ergonomics
  • Rob Vallentine, business advisor, National Network of Depression Centers