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Advisory Committee Member Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Hi all, I’m Stephanie Feals - jumping in to the chat super late! I’ve read all the intros, the chat, and the charter from the google docs. About me: I’m in PA, have an elementary age daughter, a great husband, a dog and 2 cats. 🙂 My background is TV news/communication, but I took a detour through corporate life at a Benefits Tech company where I lead corporate culture and philanthropy both before and after we went public. It was fascinating all around from learning about tech, benefits, organizational culture, and how it changes over time as we went public and grew. That experience with culture was absolutely relevant to this group, because people are people no matter where they are. The benefits experience was also super relevant and helpful to this world… and to my life post 2015 when I had a high-risk pregnancy, developed severe pre-eclampsia/HELLP, leading to my daughter’s premature birth (3 months early). Later several family members had cancer. Through those experiences as a patient, advocate for those I love, as well as my ability to understand benefits and communicate well, I have become thoroughly entrenched in the world of healthcare. I currently have 2 online shows, Making Healthcare Work for You, which I co-founded and co-host with Apurv, and The Stephanie Feals show (which is much newer).

I am a mother of three, an artist, and entrepreneur who founded LOVEVOLVE®, a social enterprise that aims to build healthier families, safer relationships, and stronger communities through the power of love. With over 30 years of experience in art and design, I leverage my expertise in color psychology, art therapy, and marketing to create impactful products and partnerships that promote relationship health education and awareness.

Love unites us to the wholeness of Oneness. To reach you and for you to reach me, we need to fall in love with aspects of each other, whole-hearted.

I am an author, leadership coach, speaker and learning experience creator who connects from my heart and is on a mission to show leaders how to lead from a place of love. I’ve enjoyed over 30 years as a leader, including as a senior executive in Healthcare and Hospitality, including 5-star hotels and advancing the guest model to patient care with the largest U.S. health system, HCA. I value my MBA in Healthcare Management, my Professional Coach Certification (PCC) and being a certified NeuroMindfulness Practitioner. I am proud of my award winning book - The Words We Choose: Your Guide to How and Why Words Matter, and to have co-authored the best seller, The Great LeadHERship Awakening. It has been an honor to be a guest speaker on many podcasts and interviewed for various mediums, including Fast Company and NPR. Lots more information at www.ThrivingLeaderCollaborative.com, most importantly…let’s connect!

Vivek Nanda is the founder of TopHealth Media Network, a healthcare-focused media network and strategic marketing company that helps physicians, healthcare executives, and healthcare companies build trust, authority, and growth through media-content-driven systems. He specializes in podcasts, owned distribution, and media strategies that turn expertise into long-term leverage.

Wendy Lipton-Dibner, M.A is considered the leading authority on organizational development through strategic and operational impact. A multiple-time bestselling author, social scientist, executive strategist, and serial entrepreneur, Wendy is known for her unparalleled ability to help leaders increase profitability by maximizing and capitalizing on the Real-World Impact they create for all stakeholders. President and CEO of Professional Impact, Inc., Wendy is the developer of Organizational Impact Strategy, and inventor of the Real-World Impact Metrics//Journey of Impact app. She has helped thousands of enterprise, healthcare, small business, and non-profit organizations increase team effectiveness and revenue as the direct result of making a measurable difference in people’s lives. Forbes® called Wendy’s strategies, “The Secret to Success in Business,” and Inc.® labeled her formulas, “Your path to profitable impact.”