Initiative Chair, Jessica Grossmeier, PhD, MPH

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, Ellenit Serrano

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

Pauline Akello

Psycho-Social Support Consultant, Strategic Engagement, Uganda

Pauline Akello is a clinical and I-O psychology specialist who connects psychological insights with strategic business goals to drive organizational excellence. She partners with organizations to build customized, evidence-based wellness frameworks and implement sustainable culture policies. Expert at guiding teams through transitions and resolving complex interpersonal dynamics, Pauline fosters supportive, high-performing corporate environments where both employee well-being and organizational goals thrive.

Learn more at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/a-p-43b88616a/

Joanna Arnett

Workplace Wellbeing Initiative, Marketing/Communications Lead, Workplace Wellbeing Strategist and International Program Manager, Optum, United Kingdom

Joanna drives the International Wellness Program for Optum’s client, a Fortune 500 financial institution. With over 18 years of global marketing and workplace wellbeing expertise in high‑tech environments, she designs holistic solutions that strengthen culture and performance, manages vendor partnerships, and leverages data insights to evaluate program impact. Fluent in English, German, Polish, and Russian, Joanna is an ICF ACC accredited wellbeing coach and a 500RYT yoga teacher. Having managed multi‑million budgets, complex deadlines, and international teams, she understands the pressures leaders and employees face daily. She is dedicated to empowering organizations to achieve optimal health and resilience while cultivating positive, supportive workplace cultures.

Learn more at: Joanna Arnett

Elizabeth Bachrad

Population Health Strategist and Head of Strategy at Business for Health, United Kingdom

Elizabeth Bachrad is a Population Health Strategist and Head of Strategy at Business for Health, a UK business-led coalition supporting long-term sustainable innovation and investment in preventative health and care. Bridging academia, government and industry approaches, she advises governments and organizations globally in human capital management to promote sustainable health, economic development and community-level impact across the business ecosystem. She also sits on the Leadership Team for the Work Futures Initiative at UC Berkeley, the NIOSH Healthy Work Design Council and the Workplace Wellbeing Initiative for the Global Wellness Institute. With Masters in Sport Psychology and Population Health, she is a mission-driven advocate for achieving health, equity and environmental sustainability – The Triple Win.

Learn more at:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ejbachrad/
Tedx talk – Blue Spaces: the reciprocal exchange between water and wellbeing

Ryan Briggs

Founder, FinWELL Global, United Kingdom

Ryan Briggs is the founder of FinWELL, an award-winning training provider specialising in workplace financial education and wellbeing. Working with organisations like Aston Martin, Asics, Coca-Cola, Birmingham University, Cornwall & Devon Police, Hays, HM Land Registry, they have developed a range of services to help employees improve their money knowledge, understanding, and confidence along life’s financial journey. CPD Certified training includes a focus on Apprentices & Young Adults, Men’s & Women’s Health, Pensions & Retirement Planning with personalised pilot programmes to get started.

Visit www.finwell.training.
Financial Wellbeing Strategy Training: www.finwell.training/strategy
Money Skills for Future Talent Programme: www.finwell.training/apprentices
Workplace Financial Wellbeing Promotional Offers: www.finwell.training/promotions

Nuz Chagan

Communications & Engagement Manager, PFAS and Co-Founder Workplace Wellbeing Alliance, United Kingdom

Nuz currently works as a Communications and Engagement Manager at UK based organisation PFAS. In her role, she oversees the functions of Wellbeing, Social Value, Communications and Engagement. She is also co-founder of the Let’s Improve Workplace Wellbeing initiative, which is dedicated to advancing global workplace wellbeing standards. With a holistic approach encompassing mental, financial, social, and physical wellbeing, she emphasizes the interplay of personal, social, economic, and work-related insecurities.

Learn more at: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/nuzhad-chagan-10b3962

Jessica Cygan

Leadership & Performance Coach | Teaming Senior Manager, Sweden

Jessica is a professional coach partnering with high performing leaders, teams, and organizations. She has experience coaching hundreds of individual clients and teams across the globe on personal sustainability, executive leadership, team high-performance, and systemic team coaching. She holds professional merits from the International Coaching Federation, Renewal Associates, and the Institute for Integrative Nutrition.

Learn more at:
https://jessicapcygan.com/
https://jessicacygantingstrom.substack.com/

Jen Fisher

Founder and CEO of The Wellbeing Team | Global Expert on Workplace Wellbeing | Bestselling Author | The WorkWell Podcast Host | TEDx Speaker – United States

Jen Fisher is a leading author, speaker, and expert in workplace wellbeing and human sustainability. As Founder and CEO of The Wellbeing Team and pioneer of the wellbeing intelligence movement, she was Deloitte US’s first Chief Wellbeing Officer, revolutionizing workplace culture through holistic strategies. Author of the upcoming “Hope is the Strategy” (2026) and host of The WorkWell Podcast, Jen helps organizations dismantle systemic barriers and create environments where people naturally thrive, guiding leaders to prioritize both human outcomes and business success.

Learn more at:
https://www.jen-fisher.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jen-fisher-cwbo/

Sylvia Greenley

Workplace Wellbeing Initiative Member Engagement Lead, High-Performing Culture & People Experience Professional, United States

Sylvia Greenley helps organizations build high-performing, human-centered cultures that improve innovation, engagement, and business results. As a Culture & People Experience professional, she combines human-centered innovation, employee experience design, and workplace wellbeing to improve how teams collaborate, adapt, and deliver on strategic priorities.​ She previously led Intuit’s Innovation Catalyst Community, a network of hundreds of employees who dedicated part of their time to facilitating, coaching, and teaching design thinking across the company. In that role, she led innovation culture initiatives and designed programs that trained more than 1,500 employees to apply design thinking and generative AI to accelerate innovation, improve ways of working, and drive impact.​ As an internal wellbeing champion, Sylvia has led interactive workshops for hundreds of employees, helping teams build connection, resilience, and psychological safety – key enablers of performance, retention, and sustainable growth. Her earlier experience in Intuit’s Human Resources organization, where she focused on employee and workplace experience, gives her a deep understanding of how systems, leadership behaviors, and culture shape outcomes.​ Today, Sylvia partners with organizations to intentionally shape culture, elevate employee experience, and embed wellbeing as a driver of engagement, innovation, and long-term business performance.

Learn more at:
www.linkedin.com/in/sylvia-greenley/

Dr. Natalie Grinvalds, PhD, MPH, CHES

Health Behaviour Scientist | Workplace Wellbeing & Lifestyle Medicine Strategist | Researcher, Educator, Speaker, Fitness Professional & Health Coach | Founder, Dr. Natalie Grinvalds Consulting | United States / United Kingdom

Dr. Natalie Grinvalds is a health behaviour scientist, workplace wellbeing strategist, researcher, educator, speaker, and health and fitness professional with more than 15 years of experience across public health, lifestyle medicine, physical activity, nutrition, health behaviour change, and workplace wellbeing in the United States and United Kingdom. She brings together academic research and extensive practitioner experience to help organisations create healthier, more sustainable cultures and environments where people can thrive. Natalie’s work sits at the intersection of behavioural science, lifestyle medicine, and workplace wellbeing, with expertise spanning physical activity, exercise, nutrition and healthy lifestyle behaviours, behaviour change, health inequalities, and whole-systems approaches to health. She is particularly interested in how organisations can create the conditions that make healthy behaviours more accessible, sustainable, and equitable, moving workplace wellbeing beyond individual responsibility and isolated programmes toward a core organisational capability. She holds a PhD in Health Behaviour, Wellbeing and Physical Activity and an MPH in Public Health, and is a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES), health coach, and health and fitness professional. Her doctoral research explored how integrating healthcare and leisure services can create systems that support physical activity and wellbeing as part of everyday life. Her research and professional work have since focused on physical activity, behaviour change, health inequalities, and the implementation and evaluation of health and wellbeing interventions. Through Dr. Natalie Grinvalds Consulting, she works with organisations to translate evidence into practical workplace wellbeing strategies, education and training, and sustainable behaviour change. She also shares evidence-informed insights through speaking, LinkedIn Live, her podcast Wellness in the Real World, and her Substack newsletter. Natalie is a member of the Global Wellness Institute’s Workplace Wellbeing Initiative and serves as a Workplace Wellbeing Ambassador. She is also a member NIOSH Healthy Work Design Council. She is passionate about bridging the gap between research and real-world practice, and helping organisations create the conditions for healthier, more human-centred working lives.

Learn more at:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-natalie-grinvalds
https://open.substack.com/pub/drnataliegrinvalds
https://open.spotify.com/show/17fD35i2dY5fWZcfeM3qLC?si=6bxyllq7SBOgl9dmIoy26w&utm_source=copy-link

Caitlin Guilfoyle

Modern Work Leader, Leadership Coach, Speaker and Founder of Forae, Australia

Caitlin Guilfoyle is a Modern Work Leader, Leadership Coach and Founder of Forae, partnering with leaders and purpose-driven organisations to create healthier, more human-centred ways of working. With more than 18 years’ experience across public and private sectors, including as a former Future of Work Leader at PwC Australia and HR Lead for the G20 International Leaders’ Summit. She brings deep expertise in modern work practices, leadership strategy, employee experience and workplace wellbeing. Caitlin’s work spans coaching, facilitation, speaking and strategic advisory, helping leaders and teams align wellbeing, sustainable performance and meaningful growth. She is an adviser to the Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI) Future of Work Advisory Panel, holds an MBA (Strategic HR), and is a Certified Coach. Her insights on modern work and leadership have been featured in national media and industry forums.

Learn more at:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/caitlin-guilfoyle/

Joana Kebss

Founder, Life As Style, Brazil

More than 12 years as an integrative health specialist brought Joana Kebss a deep understanding on how to develop energizing wellness experiences. Her medical background embraces: ~ functional medicine ~ aesthetic medicine ~ lifestyle medicine. Her design skills embrace: ~ branding ~ aesthetic intelligence ~ luxury market. This philosophy and aesthetic design blends minimalist architecture  with coast indoor / outdoor living to incite wellbeing. Through this approach, her business, Life as Style, became synonymous with “style as medicine” providing consulting, concept design and development for wellness business or wellness seeker business.

Learn more at:
https://www.cleanbeautysocialclub.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/joanakebss/

Talya Landau

Founder, Shmone | Workplace Wellbeing Strategist & Speaker | Israel

Talya Landau is a workplace wellbeing strategist, speaker, and founder of Shmone, a practical approach to wellbeing based on eight-minute rituals that support energy, focus, and emotional balance. She brings a distinctive combination of technology leadership and wellbeing expertise, having led workplace wellbeing initiatives at Wix and served as Director of Internal Innovation at Amdocs. Trained in positive psychology, behavioral psychology, mindfulness, and health coaching, Talya advises organizations on burnout prevention, energy management, and the design of sustainable workplace wellbeing strategies. This work was recognized through Amdocs’ award for implementing a “Leading with Wellbeing” solution. She is particularly interested in how organizations can prepare for wellbeing in the agentic era, supporting employees and leaders to preserve their humanity while protecting cognitive load, attention, and human connection. Talya helps leaders, managers, and teams move beyond one-off wellbeing activities by embedding practical tools into the flow of work and life. She also studies wellbeing cultures in the field around the world, translating what she finds into habits that hold up inside a demanding workday. Her writing includes pieces on burnout as a multidimensional challenge and on advancing menopause support in the workplace.

Learn more at:
https://shmonerituals.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/talya-landau-a538061/

Nicholas Layne

Workplace Wellbeing Initiative LinkedIn Live Lead, Vice President of Strategic Growth at Propel, United States

Nicholas Layne is the Vice President of Strategic Growth at Propel, with seven years of experience designing high-performing wellbeing programs for large and diverse workforces. He specializes in applying behavioral science to create engaging, culturally aligned health initiatives that drive meaningful behavior change. Nicholas developed the culture integration framework used by multiple Fortune 500 companies and co-leads the strategic direction for Propel’s wellbeing program design. He is a recognized educator and facilitator who regularly presents to corporate leaders, wellbeing professionals, and national audiences on motivation, behavior change, holistic wellbeing, and organizational culture.

Learn more at:
https://propelwellbeing.com/

Ollie Martin

Global Workplace Financial Health Architecture | Curiosity-Led Strategy across Home, Work & Health, United Kingdom

Ollie Martin is a global financial health leader working at the intersection of strategy, health, and human impact. He has led large-scale financial health initiatives across 60 countries for Amazon, designing the architecture, governance, and measurement of financial health benefits that reduce stress and support long-term security for global workforces. Curiosity sits at the core of Ollie’s approach. Through his Get Curious philosophy — focused on the everyday decisions we make at home, work, and in our health — he explores how better questions lead to better outcomes. This perspective is captured in his published Curiosity Journal, designed to help people slow down, reflect, and make more intentional choices across these three domains. Ollie brings these worlds together by pairing rigorous, scalable financial health systems with a deeply human understanding of behaviour, agency, and lived experience.

Learn more at:
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/ollie-martin-gc

Emily Pearson

Founder & CEO, Wellbeing Lead Academy Ltd, Author – United Kingdom

Emily Pearson is a leading voice in Human Sustainability and strategic workplace wellbeing. With 15 years in health and social care and a decade driving transformation in the workplace wellbeing sector, she combines clinical insight, strategic capability, and lived experience to reshape how organisations support their people. She is the founder of the Wellbeing Lead Academy, home to the UK’s first and only accredited career pathway for wellbeing leads – including the pioneering Level 5 Advanced Certificate in Strategic Wellbeing Leadership – and creator of the Human Sustainability Framework by the Wellbeing Lead Academy, guiding organisations to move beyond wellbeing initiatives and build regenerative, high-performing cultures. Emily also leads the nationally recognised ManBassador™️ Programme, the first workplace men’s health intervention of its kind, addressing the 5 biggest killers of working age men through a male friendly approach to improving men’s health at work. A sought-after keynote speaker and advisor to organisations such as EY, Sky, and Hitachi Rail, Emily is known for her clear thinking, authenticity, and ability to turn complex human challenges into strategic opportunities. Her book, Human Sustainability: Solving the CEO’s Blind Spot, publishes in 2026.

Learn more at:
www.wellbeingleadacademy.uk
www.emilypearson.co.uk

Lygeia Ricciardi

Founder and CEO of AdaRose, United States

Lygeia Ricciardi is the Founder and CEO of AdaRose, an AI-powered platform that advances workplace wellbeing and performance through personalized micro-breaks and meaningful social connection. Her work focuses on the intersection of workplace wellbeing, artificial intelligence, and behavior change, helping organizations strengthen focus, resilience, collaboration, and sustainable productivity as work continues to evolve. Prior to founding AdaRose, Lygeia spent more than 20 years at the forefront of the digital health and patient engagement movement across the public and private sectors, leading national initiatives that empowered people to take a more active role in their health through technology. She has been named among the Top 30 Voices Transforming Wellness, Most Influential Women in Health IT, and the 50 Most Influential Voices in Healthcare. A frequent speaker and writer, her work has been featured in Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, and Consumer Reports. She holds a master’s degree in Technology in Education from Harvard University and a bachelor’s degree from Wellesley College.

Learn more at:
www.adarose.com
www.lygeia.com

Reena Sheth

Wellness strategist and Founder of Gaiia, India

Reena Sheth is a wellness strategist and Founder of Gaiia. She represents the Sustainable Wellness Group (UK) in India and serves as the World Wellness Weekend Ambassador for India and APAC. She is also an initiative member of Wellness for Cancer at the Global Wellness Institute and contributes to regional wellness dialogue through her board role with the Asia Pacific Spa & Wellness Coalition (APSWC), amongst others. Her work focuses on the development of regenerative and integrative wellness systems across hospitality, workplace wellness, and community wellness contexts, with particular emphasis on emotional health, sustainability, and systemic impact. With extensive experience across Asia-Pacific markets, Reena contributes to cross-sector dialogue on the future of wellness, translating global research and policy frameworks into culturally relevant, scalable initiatives. Through her engagement with World Wellness Weekend, she supports inclusive wellness participation, public-private collaboration, and evidence-informed programming aligned with long-term societal wellbeing. She is the author of the book Gaia – Your Living Wellness Playbook, an upcoming publication exploring practical wellness rituals across sleep, food, movement, mindfulness, and purpose.

Learn more at:
https://www.gaiia.co.in
https://www.linkedin.com/in/reena-s78

Corey Spiegel

Founder & CEO, Light House, United States

Corey Spiegel is the Founder and CEO of Light House, a global platform designed to support women through honest conversation, shared perspective, and meaningful connection. Drawing on more than 25 years as a senior executive in entertainment sales, marketing, and brand partnerships, Corey brings a rare combination of strategic vision, cultural insight, and deeply human leadership to her work. Often described as a modern-day book club for emotional wellbeing, Light House brings women of diverse backgrounds and life experiences together to explore the real and often complicated issues shaping their lives. Through thoughtfully curated conversations, intimate gatherings, unique experiences, and luxury retreats, Light House creates space for women to speak candidly, learn from one another, and gain practical insights for navigating life with greater clarity, confidence, and resilience. Light House has built a powerful community rooted in the belief that meaningful conversation can change how women experience life—and that no one should have to navigate its most defining moments alone. Corey’s work and the impact of Light House have been recognized by The Wall Street Journal, NBC News, The Miami Herald, Yahoo, and other notable media outlets. She was also named one of Los Angeles’ Top 50 Female Leaders of 2024.

Learn more at:
findyourlighthouse.com
[email protected]
@findyour_lighthouse
https://www.findyourlighthouse.com/media-interviews-features

Gloria Treister

Board Certified Holistic Health Practitioner and Coach | Founder, Wellness Evolution | Author, Wellness 101: Simple Steps to Good Health. United States

Gloria Treister, HHP, is an award-winning wellness entrepreneur, speaker, Founder/CEO of Wellness Evolution, bestselling author of “Wellness 101: Simple Steps to Good Health,” and Author of weekly wellness articles “Wellness 101.” Through a Functional Medicine lens, she’s known for translating complex health concepts into simple, motivating actions that support healthy longevity and wellbeing—especially for busy professionals. Gloria partners with Board Certified Family Medicine and Functional Medicine physician Tammy Gutierrez, MD (“Dr. G”) through their ‘Get Well With Us’ collaboration, expanding access to creative, affordable, and personalized wellness programs for proactive companies. Their ‘Your Wellness Your Way’ workplace programs drive optimal engagement through fun, purpose-driven missions, health literacy opportunities, and challenges that build momentum and lasting habits. Learn more by reaching out to Gloria at [email protected].

Learn more at:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gloriatreister/
Wellness 101: Simple Steps to Good Health
www.WellnessEvolution.com
https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/wellness-101%C2%AE-7074754920800735232/

Ahna de Vena

Founder, Sleep & Dream Foundation | Creator, Sleep to Thrive™ & Holistic Sleep Therapy™

For 22 years, Ahna has pioneered practical sleep innovations that help people, teams and communities restore the capacity to do what matters most. Through her CPD-accredited program, Sleep to Thrive™, she translates this expertise into practical strategies that help high-performing workforces restore sleep, resilience and sustainable performance. Her work has supported more than 100 organisations, including the BBC, Westpac, the International Labour Organization (ILO), New Zealand Police and Cancer Council, and reached thousands of people worldwide. Ahna is the creator of Holistic Sleep Therapy™, a methodology developed through more than two decades of direct clinical observation, and founder of the Sleep & Dream Foundation, where she is pioneering Sleep Care™ in Trauma Recovery to help establish sleep as an essential part of healing. She believes sleep is the doorway. What returns with it has the power to change lives.

Learn more at:
ahnadevena.com
sleepanddream.org.au
Linkedin/ahnadevena

Sloan Wilkins

Executive Financial Strategist & Financial Wellbeing Advocate, Australia

Sloan Wilkins brings more than 30 years of experience across banking, wealth management and executive leadership. Since 2021, he has focused on financial wellbeing, helping individuals and organisations build greater financial confidence, reduce money-related stress and make more informed financial decisions. Through Everyday Money Live, Sloan delivers practical workplace financial wellbeing education designed to support employees at different life and career stages. He also works with individuals and families through executive financial strategy, with a strong focus on financial behaviour, personal wealth accumulation and long-term wellbeing.

Learn more at:
https://www.sloanwilkins.com/
https://everydaymoney.live/ext/business