Employee Mental Health

Diana joined Unilever in Q4, 2020, serving as its Chief Health & Wellbeing Officer. Her team has responsibility for the health and wellbeing of Unilever’s 150,000 employees around the world. Prior to Unilever, Diana was the Chief Medical Officer for GE Appliances (GEA), where she oversaw global healthcare delivery, as well as the company’s health and leave benefits. Earlier in her career, Diana held senior positions at Carewise Health and Humana. At Carewise, she served as VP, Clinical Strategy and Innovation, focusing on developing new products, services, and partnerships for the employer health and wellness markets. At Humana, Diana led the company’s clinical product and service innovation, with a focus on leveraging new technologies and partners. Diana trained in Internal Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Craig Kramer is Mental Health Ambassador and Chair, Global Campaign for Mental Health, in Neuroscience External Affairs at Janssen R&D, a Johnson & Johnson company.

In this capacity, Craig leads a Johnson & Johnson team that seeks to transform mental health care globally by raising awareness, reducing stigma, promoting research, improving access, and ensuring better patient outcomes.  Key initiatives include a global leaders’ coalition to champion proven, scalable reforms, including “next-in-class” employee mental health practices.

Prior to this role, Craig held a variety of positions in global corporate and government affairs at Johnson & Johnson and worked as a lawyer in the U.S. Congress, a Washington, D.C., law firm, and an international human rights organization.

Craig is a graduate of Princeton University’s School of Public & International Affairs, the University of Michigan School of Law, and Harvard Business School’s General Management Program. He serves the American Brain Coalition, citiesRISE, DMAX Foundation, International Alliance of Mental Health Research Funders, International Schools Services, National (US) Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention, One Mind at Work, Project HEAL, Trinity Counseling Services, United Nations Health Innovation Exchange Investor Coalition, United for Global Mental Health, and US National Response to COVID-19.

Craig was recently appointed chair of the US national commission on mental health and suicide prevention reform (aka the Action Alliance).

John Alaimo is a 6-year Amazonian working as a Sr DEI Business Partner supporting Disability Programs. John previously supported the technology industry for over 17 years, which consisted of roles in engineering management, designing and optimizing data center systems across multiple tech companies including AWS.

John is also a veteran of the US Navy, identifies with having non-apparent and physical disabilities, is neurodiverse, and has a history of mental illness all of which play a key part of who he is and the value he delivers. As a result, John has become a leader advocating for mental health and disability inclusion driving innovations across government, healthcare, and business to help create a culture shift with how employees are supported in the workplace. 

John serves as the Vice President of Amazon’s People with Disabilities (AmazonPwD) Affinity Group and is the Founder of the Mental Health & Well-Being Affinity Group. He holds a BS in Nuclear Engineering Technology and Graduate Certificate in Systems Design and Management from MIT. 

Lisa Singh is the Managing Director of Global Benefits for Silicon Valley Bank, a rapidly growing
multinational financial services company supporting the innovation economy. Lisa joined SVB in 2012
and is the benefits and well-being leader driving the strategic vision, development, and execution of a
global benefits program. In her role she focuses on improving the lives of employees through quality
programs meeting employee needs during their different life stages. She created a mental health
strategy designed to remove barriers to care and change stigma. Viewing benefits design and
administration through a DE&I lens is another major priority for Lisa in her efforts to influence positive
change that has a meaningful impact for employees and the broader society.
Prior to joining SVB, Lisa held benefit positions in organizations of various industries and sizes including
employers such as Charles Schwab, Siebel Systems, UC Stanford Health Care, Thelen LLP and
Transamerica.

Rebecca is a Licenced Clinical Social Worker with over 15 years of experience in the mental health field. She currently serves as the Head of Clinical, Global Mental Health in Google Benefits. She supports the mental health of Googlers and their families by leading on global clinical mental health strategy and programming, ensuring solutions and interventions are clinically sound. She also oversees global critical incident and crisis response and support for special employee populations. Prior to joining Google in 2019, she served as Clinical Director at a national EAP, and spent 12 years in leadership and clinical roles supporting student mental health at New York University. Rebecca has specializations in college and corporate mental health, psychiatric emergency, suicide prevention and response, sexual misconduct prevention and response, and helping individuals and organizations through crisi

Sheela Subramanian is Vice President and co-founder of Future Forum. She holds 20 years of experience building high-growth global teams across Google, Slack, and startup organizations. As a champion for workplace equity, her work is cited in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, and other publications. She is also co-author of How The Future Works: Leading Flexible Teams to Do the Best Work of Their Lives. Sheela earned her BA from Stanford University and MBA from Harvard Business School and is the mother to two magical daughters.

With over 25 year of human resources experience, Deepa is in her dream job now at NVIDIA corporation as the Global Well-being Manager.  Prior to NVIDIA, Deepa held roles at Cisco, Stanford and other education organization focusing on leadership development, inclusion, and overall employee experience.  Deepa’s educational background in both Psychology and Education create the foundation for her work in well-being. Her primary focus is mental health and creating an environment where we normalize the conversation around mental health.  NVIDIA’s values are strongly embedded in the sense of community.  We want our employees to do their life’s work here at NVIDIA.  That said, we believe that employee should bring their whole authentic self to work every day and that includes their families, who come to work with them every day from an emotional perspective.  Deepa’s role is to support and promote a culture of well-being.

DeAnne Aussem serves as the Well-being Leader @PwC US and MX. As a Managing Director,
leadership development expert and credentialed well-being coach, DeAnne draws upon more than 25
years of professional services experience supporting leaders, teams and organizations across the
U.S. and globally. DeAnne is a recognized dynamic and innovative business leader with deep
expertise in Strategy, Global Leadership Development, Well-being, Diversity & Inclusion and Human
Capital which enables her to be a trusted advisor and source of strategic insight on today’s most
difficult leadership challenges and initiatives that champion the future of work.
As a sought after thought leader, keynote speaker, facilitator and coach who demonstrates
exceptional cultural dexterity, DeAnne presented at the 2019 Great Place to Work Summit and the
O.C. Tanner Influence Greatness conference. In 2017 and 2016, DeAnne was a featured speaker and
cited as a ‘Leading Coaching Luminary’ during the World Business and Executive Coaching Summit
(WBECS), the world’s largest digital gathering of business and executive coaches. DeAnne has also
been featured extensively in the media including Working Mother, Forbes, The New York Post, Thrive
Global, Huffington Post and Quartz at Work.

Nicole Stelter, Ph.D., is the director of Behavioral Health at Blue Shield of California, a nonprofit health plan with more than $22 billion in annual revenue serving 4.7 million members in the state’s commercial, individual, and government markets.

Stelter plays a key role in implementing Blue Shield’s Behavioral Health Reimagined strategy. She is also responsible for providing behavioral health and market/provider expertise across Blue Shield of California’s behavioral health initiatives, with a focus on commercial lines of business.  

Stelter has more than 30 years of behavioral health experience, most recently serving as Kaiser Permanente’s director of National Strategic Customer Engagement, Specialty Consulting for Mental Health, and Health Equity. In this role, she led the company’s total workforce health portfolio, including providing internal and external consultation and product development for mental health, occupational health, wellness, Employee Assistance Programs (EAP), and disability management services. 

Stelter holds a bachelor’s degree in Psychology and a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from California State University-Dominguez Hills and she earned a PhD degree from Capella University in Minneapolis.  

Stelter is a licensed marriage and family therapist, a clinical trauma professional, and holds certifications in community/organizational disaster mental health. Her clinical focus has been with the first-responder community (police and fire), and she served as a behavioral health officer in the California Army National Guard (State Guard/Reserves) from 2010 to 2015. 

Mike Weiner, LMSW is the Director of EY Assist, Ernst & Young’s US based Employee Assistance and Work Life program. Mike joined EY in 2015 and is a mental health clinician with nearly three decades of experience.  He leads a team of clinicians who, together with a number of vendors, develop innovative programs and solutions to support the emotional wellbeing and daily life needs of EY’s people.

Mike previously worked for Anthem as the Clinical Account Manager for one of their largest global EAP / behavioral health accounts. He also worked for Managed Health Network, the behavioral health division of Health Net, Inc. as the Director of Account Management. Prior to working in the Employee Assistance field, Mike assessed and counseled adults, couples and families at a public hospital and a private mental health clinic. Mike has a Master’s of Science and Social Work from Columbia University.

Joe Grasso, PhD, is the Senior Director of Workforce Transformation at Lyra Health and a clinical psychologist by training. At Lyra, he consults with employers on programs, policies, and communication strategy to support mental health in the workplace, and he leads the development and delivery of Lyra’s educational content on psychological wellness and behavior change. Prior to joining Lyra, Dr. Grasso managed the implementation of a national training program for more than 1,500 mental health providers at the US Department of Veterans Affairs, where he also led quality improvement initiatives and conducted health services research. His peer-reviewed research spans topics including integrated health care, psychotherapy outcomes, and the intersection of social identities and mental health.

Noah Nordheimer is a passionate visionary, leader, investor, and CEO of All Points North. Noah’s drive comes from an unshakable call to innovate within the behavioral health realm and a 20-year track record of exceeding stakeholder expectations.Before founding All Points North Capital and serving as Chief Executive Officer for APN Lodge, Noah created the Baltimore-based Concerted Care Group (CCG) in 2014. At CCG, he designed a uniquely integrated model of care that has shown immense long-term promise for improved client outcomes and sustained addiction recovery. He’s realized those same goals on a much larger scale with All Points North.Noah rejects the standard “siloed” approach and believes that the best possible outcomes come from the most complete and personalized care. He works to bring every viable treatment modality together on one comprehensive campus at All Points North Lodge – offering hope to even the most complex clients. Noah’s vision for the future of healthcare includes a synergistic approach to addiction treatment, behavioral health, primary and preventative care, and personal development. He believes so-called “wrap-around services” are essential supports on the journey toward optimal wellness.Noah is a vocal advocate for addressing the whole spectrum of client needs, innovating beyond the current norm of other behavioral health companies with a truly comprehensive treatment strategy. His vision for care has already rewritten the narrative of addiction treatment, elevating and redefining standards of care and expanding post-treatment possibilities for clients and their families.

Dr. Kate Daly brings over a decade of professional experience in behavioral health to her role as APN’s Medical Director. She combines clinical excellence, a warm approach, and evidence-based interventions to care for people who may have felt misunderstood or overlooked in previous clinical environments.After earning a Bachelor of Science in Physiology and Neurobiology, Dr. Daly earned her Master of Philosophy from the University of Cambridge. She completed her Doctor of Medicine at the University of Maryland and a Combined Accelerated Program in Psychiatry at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, graduating magna cum laude.Later, Dr. Daly completed her residency at the University of Washington, where she was Chief Resident of the Spokane Track. During residency, she was honored by the University of Washington, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences for Excellence in Public Psychiatry and Social Dedication. In 2014, Dr. Daly achieved the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Certification. Since then, she has served behavioral health clients in various practices.Dr. Daly is passionate about providing psychiatric services for women, transgender, non-binary, and gender-fluid persons suffering from mental health issues. She emphasizes a safe, compassionate space balanced with a push to do hard work, step outside what’s comfortable, and face challenges head-on. She believes in personalized care for each client’s unique story, circumstances, and needs.As the Medical Director of Plus by APN, Dr. Daly leads the team in offering excellent clinical care that relieves short-term symptoms and propels clients toward long-term recovery.