Workplace Wellbeing Initiative
This Initiative brings together top thinkers and doers who will offer thought-leadership for a new vision of impact for wellness at work in the global community. The initiative offers inspiration and resources for amplifying the power of wellness at and through work worldwide.
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Initiative Leadership
Initiative Chair
Author, Speaker, Researcher, Jessica Grossmeier Consulting, United States
Jessica Grossmeier, PhD, MPH, is an organizational strategist, award-winning researcher, speaker, and author of two books: Reimagining Workplace Well-being and Well At Work. For more than 30 years she has studied what drives sustainable human performance and helped organizations demonstrate the value of investing in the conditions that make it possible. She helps leaders identify those conditions and design them into new ways of working, for the benefit of people and the organization. Recognized as one of the most influential women leaders in health promotion by the American Journal of Health Promotion, Jessica serves as a Senior Fellow for the Health Enhancement Research Organization, Chairs the Workplace Wellbeing Initiative of the Global Wellness Institute, and serves on several advisory boards. Jessica has authored more than 80 peer-reviewed articles and holds doctoral and master’s degrees in public health, specializing in community health education. Learn more at: JessicaGrossmeier.com.
Vice-Chair
Enterprise Operations Executive | Strategy & Transformation Leader | Founder, Esencia Solutions
Ellenit Serrano is an enterprise operations executive, strategist, and wellbeing advisor working at the intersection of organizational performance and human sustainability. Over more than two decades at American Express and Mastercard, Ellenit led global operations, transformation, and strategic initiatives, developing a deep understanding of how operating models, leadership, culture, and work design shape both business results and the people who deliver them. Alongside her corporate career, Ellenit spent more than a decade studying and teaching the human side of performance. Certified in yoga, meditation, happiness, and wellbeing, she combines these disciplines with her experience leading within complex global organizations. These two paths came together in Esencia Solutions, the business and wellbeing advisory firm she founded around a simple premise: sustainable performance requires us to understand and design for both human and organizational systems. Offering signature programs, Ellenit helps create the conditions where people and performance reinforce one another rather than compete. Ellenit also serves as Vice Chair of the Workplace Wellbeing Initiative. Learn more at: www.esenciasolutions.com.
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Meet the renowned thought leaders in this field who are collaborating to educate and evolve wellness in this area of global importance.
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