Think Tank Members

The HERO Forum Think Tank (Think Tank) is a blend of corporate and selected provider executives. Many of these individuals are recognized employee health management national authorities and thought leaders.

By design, the membership is small when compared to most employer-provider coalitions. This is necessary because a functioning Think Tank must be of the size where there is personal and candid interaction across the entire membership. The Think Tank convenes every February and September for a one and one-half day meeting. the Think Tank mission is to move employee health management forward as a widely accepted and accurately measured strategy to enhance the health of employees and their dependents, and there by, control health care costs, improve work performance and maximize well-being. For information about Think Tank membership, click on the Become a Member link. An Application for Membership can be printed out.

Following are the HERO Forum Think Tank member organizations and the individuals who make up the Think Tank membership:

Corporate Members

• 3M – Carol Ley, MD, MPH – Director, Occupational Health
    
  
• Acushnet Company – Greg Salgueiro, MS – Manager, Wellness
   
  
• Affinia Group – Bob Soroosh, MBA – Director, Benefits Administration
   
  
• Alliance Data – Kim Berdinsky - Benefits Manager
   
  
• Barry-Wehmiller Companies, Inc. – Jim Hertel – Director, Compensation & Benefits
   
  
• Boeing Company – Michael Brennan, MS, MBA – Manager, Wellness Programs
    
  
• CIGNA –Bob Anfield, MD - Chief Medical Officer, Health Solutions
   
  
• Dow Chemical Company – Cathy Baase, MD – Global Director, Health Services
   
  
• DTE Energy – Susan Bailey, MS – Program Manager, Health & Wellness
      
  
• Energy Corporation of America – Mike Forbes – VP, Administration & Treasurer
    
• Florida Power & Light Company - Andrew Scibelli - Manager, Employee Health & Well-Being
       
  
• Goldman Sachs & Co. – Lilly Wyttenbach, MS, BA – Vice President, Wellness
   
  
• Johnson & Johnson – Fikry Isaac, MD, MPH – Ex. Director, Worldwide Health Services & Resources
   
  
• Kellogg Company – Catherine Palin – VP, Benefits and EEO and Affirmative Action
   
  
• Kimberly – Clark – Tom Fariss, MD, MPH – Corporate Medical Director
    
• LL Bean, Inc. - Bob Peixotto - Senior Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
   
  
• Lincoln Industries – Hank Orme - President
   
  
• McKee Foods Corporation – Eva Lynne Disbro – Vice President, Human Resources
   
  
• Nationwide - Kathleen Herath - AVP, Health & Productivity
    
  
• Novartis Pharmaceutical Corporation – John Herrick – Executive Director, Employers/Payors Initiatives
   
  
• Pepsi Bottling Group – Susan Moley – Director, Healthcare Strategy
   
  
• Pfizer – Jane Newman, RN, MBA - Director, Employers
    
  
• Prudential – Andrew Crighton, MD – VP, Chief Medical Officer
    
• Public Services Enterprise Group (PSEG) – Kathleen Kostecki, MBA – Manager, Health & Productivity Strategy
      
  
• Trek Bicycles, Inc. – Jennifer Pagels - Manager, Compensation & Benefits
   
  
• We Energies – Cindy Schaefer - Manager, Health Promotion
   
  

Universities

• University of Alabama – Rebecca Kelly, PhD, RD - Director, Health Promotion and Wellness
  
• University of Arizona - Ken Pelletier, PhD, MD - Clinical Professor, Medicine, Family Medicine, Psychiatry & Public Health
   
  
• University of Iowa – Joni Troester, MA – Director, Worklife & University of Iowa Wellness Program
   
  
• University of Michigan – LaVaughn Palma-Davis – Director, University Health & Well Being Initiatives
  
  
• University of Minnesota - Karen Chapin - Health Programs Manager
   
  
• Vanderbilt University – Mary Yarbrough, MD, MPH - Director, Health and Wellness

Health-Benefits Consulting

• Mercer Human Resource Consulting – Ralph Colao – Senior Consultant
    
• SHPS, Inc. - Krishnan Sastry - Director, Research
   
  
• Thomson-Reuters – Ron Goetzel, PhD – VP, Consulting & Applied Research
   
  
• Towers-Perrin – Jeff Dobro, MD – Senior Consultant, Care Management

Health Care Plans / Providers
 

• AtlantiCare Health Plans – Diane Cheatham, RN, BSN – Corporate Director, Epidemic of Health
    
• INTEGRIS Health, Inc - Jason Eliot, JD, SPHR - System Director, HR
  

• Health & Wellness Institute - Philip Swayze, MS - Senior Wellness Consultant

• Kaiser Permanente - Tom Carter - Vice President

• Medical Mutual - Paula Sauer, RN, MBA, VP Care Management

• Sutter Health Partners – Mary Anna Weklar – Director, Business Development
   
  
• United Behavioral Health – David Whitehouse, MD – CMO, Clinical Strategy & Innovations
  Employee Health Management Providers
    
• WellPoint, Inc. - Tom Kotsos - Manager, Analytics and Research
  

Employee Health Management Provider

• Alere LLC – Gordon Kaplan - Director of Research, Health and Wellness Programming
      
• Aon Consulting - Paul Berger, MD - Senior Vice President & Chief Medical Office
     
• Comprehensive Health Services - Stuart Clark - Executive Vice President
    
  
• Corporate Health Partners – Jack Curtis – CEO
      
• Extracon Science, LLC - Jesse Hercules, JD, President
   
  
• Focused Health Solutions - Heather Knowles - VP, Information Services and Technology
   
  
• Online Health - Steve Hesler - Director, Sales & Marketing Operations
   
  
• Health Enhancement System - Dean Witherspoon - President and CEO
    
• Healthways – John Harris, MEd. – Principal
  
  
• HealthFitness – Gregg Lehman – CEO
  
  
• HealthMedia, Inc. – Ted Dacko – President
    
• HealthSTAT – Douglas Knopp, MD - Ex. Medical Director & Ex.VP - Clinical Operations
       
• Impact Health – Michael McEntee, MS – President and COO
    
• Interactive Health Solutions – Vincent O'Brien, VP, Business Development
    
• Mayo Clinic Health Management Resources – Kurt Hobbs - Consultant, Health Management Strategy
    
  
• MediFit Corporate Services – Kristine Holbrook, M. Ed. – VP, Client Service Operation
   
  
• OptumHealth – Gail Borgatti Croall, MD – Chief Medical Officer
    
• Personal Best - Jackie Byers - Research & Development Project Manager
  
  
• Quest Diagnostics – Fred Williams – Director, Health Benefits Management
     
• Red Brick Health - Kyle Rolfing, CEO
   
  
• StayWell Health Management – David Anderson, PhD – Senior VP, & Chief Health Officer
   
  
• Technogym - James McPartland - Public Policy Counsel
  

Associations - USA

• American Psychological Association - David Ballard, PsyD, MBA, - Director, Corporate Relations & Business Strategy
   

HERO Staff

• Jerry Noyce, President and CEO
• Pat Rohner, Manager of Operations and Marketing
• Bill Whitmer, Consultant to the CEO