HEALTH PROMOTION LEADERS TO SPEAK AT BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE

CONTACT: Philip Haberstro, [email protected], (716)851-4052

Ashley Griffin, [email protected], (716)851-4052

BUFFALO, NY– The Wellness Institute of Greater Buffalo announced a free Health forum on October 18th that will have guest speakers Dr. Michael O’Donnell and Jake Williams speaking about improving health promotion by developing and refining health promotion programs, products and policies.

Dr. Michael O’Donnell is the CEO of the Art & Science of Health Promotion Institute (https://www.artsciencehpi.com/) and is also the founder of the American Journal of Health Promotion. Dr. O’Donnell also founded the Art and Science of Health Promotion Conference, and is founder and former chairman of Health Promotion Advocates (http://healthpromotionadvocates.org/). His work with more than 150 employers, health care organizations, government agencies, foundations, insurance companies and health promotion providers has developed and refined health promotion programs, products, policies, and has served major roles in health systems, including the Cleveland Clinic as Director of the Health Management Research Center at the University of Michigan. Amongst his many publications, Dr. O’Donnell has presented more than more 300 keynote and workshop presentations and has received 15 national awards. Dr. O’Donnell will be speaking on his current ground breaking white paper Universal Access to Health Promotion.

The Wellness Institute’s second speaker is Jake Williams who is the Healthier Colorado’s () first Executive Director. Before taking charge of Healthier Colorado, Jake Williams served as a consultant to the Walton Family Foundation (https://www.waltonfamilyfoundation.org/) on its effort to sustain the Colorado River. He also worked with the Gill Foundation (https://gillfoundation.org/) to achieve LGBT legal equality. Jake Williams has worked to set in motion a range of strategic voices to help protect the West’s land, air, and water. He has also led teams on legislative, electoral, and healthcare advocacy campaigns for the Service Employees International Union (http://www.seiu.org/). Along with his many passions, Jake Williams also published The Voice Our Health Deserves, a white paper that explains why we need to create a national movement and political apparatus to advance health, and how we start doing that.

The Wellness Institute’s forum will begin at 7:00PM at Buffalo State College’s Bulger Communications Center in room 403. Please call to register at (716)851-4052 or register at Eventbrite before the event.

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