Founding Community
Advancing preventive mental health requires collaboration across healthcare, research, education, business, technology, public health, and lived experience.
Founding Members
Stephen Sokoler
Founder, Preventive Mental Health Institute
Tal Ben-Shahar
Founder, Happiness Studies
Michelle Blair-Medeiros
Employee Engagement Program Manager, CalHR
Brian Bloom
Senior Vice President, Global Benefits, Wellbeing, & Mobility Operations, Korn Ferry
Laura Butler
Chief People Officer, TTEC
Maxine Carrington
Senior Vice President/Chief People Officer, Northwell Health
Dominic Cole-Morgan
Head of Rewards, Coca Cola Hellenic
Beth Danehy
Director, Faculty and Employee Assistance Program, University of Virginia
Charles DeSantis
Associate Vice President of University Benefits and Wellness, Chief Benefits Officer, Georgetown University
Chris Dysinger
Vice President - Global Benefits and Mobility, Walgreens
Elisha Engelon
Partner, Human Capital Solution Client Leader, Aon
Tammy Fennessy
Sr. Director of Benefits, Dick's Sporting Goods
Christopher Giannelli
Group Head of Benefits, WPP
Dan Gibbons
Senior Director, Self Funded Health Plans, University of California
Paul Gimenez
Senior Director, Organization Development & Talent, Montefiore Health System
Lauren Goldstein
Senior HR Leader, Gartner
Slade Gormus
Manager, Well-Being-Benefits, Carmax
Ali Hasan
Commercial Director, AXA Health
Neil Hunter
Chief Learning Officer, Deloitte Canada
Jeanie Hutchinson
Senior Manager, Benefits, Goodyear
Mylene Isler
Senior Director, Talent & Rewards Americas & EMEA, Lupin
Lara Johnson
Senior Director of Employee Growth and Well-being, Netskope
Chris Kim
Director, Global Head of Employee Experience - Benefits - Wellness, KKR
Jeffrey Knapp
CHRO & Chief People Officer, Ember Advisors, LLC
Rich Krutsch
Chief Growth and Strategy Officer, Healthyr
Tavia Laing
Benefits Manager, Kingspan
Michael Latsko
Vice President & Chief HR Officer, Arizona State University
Lee Lewis
Chief Strategy Officer & GM Medical Solutions, Health Transformation Alliance
Sandy Locke
Deputy CPO, Global CPO Risk & Human Capital, Aon
Meredith Marlin
SVP of Total Rewards, Regeneron
Randall Martin
Clinical Director, Weill Cornell Medicine Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Weill Cornell Medicine
Fabio Mazetti
Global Benefits Sr Manager, Health & Wellbeing Philip Morris International
Marni McDowell
Senior Director, Global Wellbeing & Experience, Micron
Jillian McManus
Assistant Vice President, Arizona State University
Christina Muller
Founder & Principal, Mind Your Workplace
Deborah Olson
Well-Being, Lead Strategist | People, Culture, Genentech
Nasrin Oskui
Global Head of Well-being, Director, Deutsche Bank AG
Teresa Ou
Former Head of Business Operations, Lyra Health
Bahar Ozkan
Sr. Director of Corporate Wellbeing, Concentrix
Ketan Patel
Managing Director, Chief Talent Officer, TZP Group
Jill Personett
VP, Global Benefits, Worldpay
Prudence Pitter
Founder & CEO, PEARRM Services
John Pompe
Director, EAP and International Benefits, Caterpillar Inc.
Jaclyn Pritchett
Chief Human Resources Officer, Brookdale
Stacey Rodgers
Vice President, Global Benefits, Pearson
Bayard Russell
Program Manager, Google
Urvashi Saigal
Sr. Director, Head of Benefits, Danone
Kamy Scarlett
Senior Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs & Human Resources, Best Buy
Ryan Seman
Vice-President Health & Well-Being (Total Rewards), Starkey
Claude Silver
Chief Heart Officer, Vayner
Jaime Stack
Sr. Director, Benefits Sevita
Nicole Stec
Vice President, Lockton
Kristen Strobel
Senior Director Global Benefits, BD
Kia Swan-Moore MD MPH
Global Medical Director, Goldman Sachs BD
Gregor Teusch
Under Armour
Bill Tompkins
VP, Total Rewards, Miller Knoll
Meredith Touchstone
AVP, Benefits, CarMax
Tevis Trower
Founder, CEO, Balance Integration Corporation
Nichole Viviani
Chief People, Culture and Change Officer, Global Payments
Erin Wolthusen
Global Benefits Director, Callaway Golf
Sue Zbikowski
Chief Clinical Officer, Journey
Zane Zumbahlen
Chief People Officer, Wedgwood
PMHI is bringing together a select group of leaders who believe mental health support should begin earlier.
Advancing preventive mental health requires collaboration across healthcare, research, education, business, technology, public health, and lived experience.
Why Join?
Members join because they believe prevention belongs at the center of mental health.
By joining, you'll help:
- Strengthen the movement
- Shape future conversations
- Connect with like-minded leaders
- Advance earlier support for individuals, families, workplaces, and communities
Who Is Eligible?
PMHI is inviting leaders whose work or experience can advance preventive mental health.
We welcome leaders including:
- Mental health clinicians
- Researchers
- HR & benefits leaders
- Healthcare executives
- Business leaders
- Authors
- Public speakers
- Technology innovators
- Educators
- Community leaders
- Nonprofit leaders
- Individuals with meaningful lived experience
What It Involves
There are:
- No dues
- No obligations
- No required meetings
- No required time commitment
Members can participate however they'd like.
Examples include:
- Joining conversations
- Sharing ideas
- Speaking at events
- Contributing to research
- Participating in interviews
- Simply lending their support
Benefits of Becoming a Founding Member
Members receive:
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Recognition as a Founding Member of the institute
- A Founding Member badge for your profile and
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First invitation to exclusive webinars and events
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Early access to reports and research, before they
go public
Request an Invitation
PMHI is currently inviting a select group of leaders to become founding members.