Creating a Menopause-Supportive Work Environment
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Menopause benefits are crucial, not just perks, aiding millions of U.S. working women. Affecting 20% of the workforce, they significantly impact professional lives.
What you’ll learn:
- The Basics: Quick dive into menopause and its workplace impact.
- Strategies & Support: How to build menopause-friendly policies and programs.
- Best Practices: Insights from companies leading the way.
Speakers
Cynthia Williamson
Cynthia Williamson has been with Ralph Lauren for eight years in the position of Senior Director, Benefits. Cynthia is responsible for the research, design, planning, compliance, implementation, communication and administration of Health & Welfare and Retirement employee benefit plans for the US and Canada. Prior to working for this retail brand, she spent several years in the media industry with roles of progressive responsibility.
During her tenure with Ralph Lauren, Cynthia has also had responsibility for HR Operations, domestic relocation and has been the lead for several global benefit initiatives. Most recently, she has taken on responsibility for Global Mobility.
Toni Morrissey, MD, FACOG
Dr. Toni Morrissey is an OB-GYN with over 25 years of experience currently practicing at Maven Clinic and Almond ObGyn. Dr. Morrissey previously worked at Optum for over two decades, most recently as a senior partner OB/GYN. Her roles included high-risk care, fetal medicine certifications, clinical documentation improvement, and EMR customization. Dr. Morrissey's expertise spans obstetrics, gynecology, and digital health innovation. In addition to her patient care work, Dr. Morrissey developed the Baby Birthday app to help better predict delivery dates. She earned her MD from Johns Hopkins and BS in Neural Science from Brown University.
Dr. Mark Cunningham-Hill - Medical Director
Dr. Cunningham-Hill is an employee health expert known for his ability to create, identify and implement high-quality workplace health programs including prevention and screening, chronic illness interventions, and mental health and wellbeing initiatives. His broad occupational medicine and public health experience encompasses addressing chronic diseases impacting employers, employees and communities within the context of social, cultural and racial determinants of health.
Mark has served as the Medical Director for Northeast Business Group on Health since early 2018. Until 2017, he served as Senior Director, Global Solutions Center and Head of Occupational Medicine at Johnson & Johnson, Inc . At J&J, Mark led a team of experts covering occupational medicine, health and wellness, personal energy management, EAP and mental wellbeing, and work-life effectiveness, and supported regional operational groups delivering health services to 135,000 employees in 120 companies. Prior to seven years at J&J, Mark spent 17 years at GlaxoSmithKline in both London and Philadelphia, including as Head of Global Operations, Employee Health Management.
Mark received his MB ChB, Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery at Manchester University in the UK. He is a Fellow of both the American College of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, and the Faculty of Occupational Medicine, London.