Conference Participants: September 2020

Dr. Salvatore Giorgianni, PharmD

Dr. Salvatore (Sal) Giorgianni received his Bachelor and Doctor of Pharmacy degrees from Columbia University in The City Of New York. He has extensive experience in all aspects of the practice of pharmacy and has had held faculty appointments at Columbia and Belmont Universities. He has completed a clinical practice residency at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. Dr. Giorgianni is a licensed pharmacist in his home state of New York and in Florida he holds both a general and consultant pharmacist license.

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Cal Beyer, MPA

Cal Beyer is the Vice President of Workforce Risk & Worker Mental Wellbeing for CSDZ, a firm dedicated to construction risk management for over 100 years. In partnership with parent company Holmes Murphy & Associates, CSDZ serves construction companies nationwide. Previously, Beyer served as Director of Risk Management at construction company Lakeside Industries, Inc. in Issaquah, WA from 2014 until 2020.

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Ruben Cantu

Ruben Cantu has over 20 years’ experience in public health, health equity, racial justice, program and organizational management, and technical assistance and capacity building. At Prevention Institute, he leads projects on community trauma and mental health and wellbeing. Ruben provides training, coaching, and strategic support on policy development, sustainability, partner development, and communications to 13 community coalitions through Making Connections for Mental Health and Wellbeing Among Men and Boys. Making Connections seeks to transform community conditions that influence mental wellbeing among men and boys of color, veterans, military servicemembers, and their families.

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Dr. Jean Bonhomme, MD, MPH

Dr. Bonhomme is Founder of the National Black Men’s Health Network and an expert on men’s health, minority health, the impact of poor men’s health on families. From 2003 to the present, he has served as corporate president and Chairman of the Steering Committee for CHAMPS (Community Health and Men’s Promotion Summit), providing free health screenings to economically disadvantaged minority males. Also from 2003 to the present, he has served as staff physician for Toxicology Associates of North Georgia (TANG), a drug treatment facility based in Marietta, Georgia. From 2004 to the present:, he has served on the editorial board of the Journal of Men’s Health, and from 2006 to the present on the editorial board of the American Journal of Men’s Health.

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Armin Brott

Armin Brott is a skilled media communicator highly sought after as a facilitator, author, lecturer, and authority on men’s health, leveraging expertise with multiple media platforms to craft messages that efficiently and effectively reach their target of males. Hailed by Time magazine as “the superdad’s superdad,” Brott is a pioneer in the field of fatherhood and has been building better fathers for more than a decade. As the author of 10 bestselling books on fatherhood, he’s helped millions of men around the world become the fathers they want to be—and that their children need them to be.

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Mike Chavez

Mike Chavez currently serves as the Community Benefit Specialist at INTEGRIS Health, Oklahoma’s largest health system. INTEGRIS’ mission leads Mike to provide programs, classes and events for at risk populations in Oklahoma. Mike also coordinates the Men’s Health University Initiative at INTEGRIS.

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James Craig, LCSW

James Craig is the Public Health Social Work Coordinator in the Maternal and Child Health Service (MCH) at the Oklahoma State Department of Health. He is also co-lead of the Infant Safe Sleep Workgroup and Maternal Mood Disorders workgroup. He is a licensed clinical social worker, and has been a professional social worker for the past twelve years.

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Darryl Davidson, MS

Darryl Davidson is the Director of Community Engagement at the City of Milwaukee. He leads Mayor Tom Barrett endorsed Milwaukee Fatherhood Initiative, a collaborative partnership of agencies focused on father engagement, case management toward empowerment, and strengthening communities. He oversees programs, education, and collaborative outreach activities related for teen males and men via the Black Male Achievement Advisory Council and convenes and facilitates the Milwaukee’s Men’s Health Referral Network dedicated to improving the physical, mental, emotional, and economic outcomes of men and boys.

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Daniel Ellenberg, PhD

Daniel Ellenberg, PhD, is a leadership coach, licensed therapist, seminar leader, and group facilitator.He is a principal in both Rewire Leadership Institute and Relationships That Work. He leads Strength with Heart men’s groups and workshops, is the president-elect of an American Psychological Association division (Society for the Psychological Study of Men & Masculinities) and wrote his PhD dissertation on psychological aspects of the male sex role. He is also a member of the boy-in-education taskforce for his APA division. He is co-author (with his wife) of Lovers for Life: Creating Lasting Passion, Trust, and True Partnership. Heco-created and delivered both resilience and leadership training programs for several NASA space centers. He is currently co-authoring a book on men and leadership and is a board trustee at the Wellspring Institute of Neuroscience and Contemplative Practice. He also leads workshops on how to have courageous conversations as well as develop self-compassion.

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Jacqueline Garrick, LCSW-C, BCETS, SHRM-CP, WPA

A social worker by background, Jacqueline Garrick entered the policy and program management realm upon her discharge from the US Army where she specialized in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) recovery and transition assistance services. She has served in executive positions at the American Legion and the Departments of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Defense (DoD) and with the House Committee on Veterans Affairs.

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David Giorgianni

Possess over 17 years of experience in public speaking to all levels of status, ensuring effective communication through coaching, problem solving, certifying, and educating. Over 17 years of understanding of military culture and programs as it relates to the NATOPS, Personal Financial Management (MCO 1700.37), Sponsorship (MCO 1320.11G), Transition Readiness (MCO 1700.31), and Information and Referral (MCO 1754.10).

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Dr. Sara Jones, PhD, APRN, PMHNP-BC

I have a broad background in psychiatric nursing, with extensive training and experience as a psychiatric RN (2005) and board-certified psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner (2013). My research interests have always focused on associations between trauma and mental health.

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Dr. Corey Lyon DO, FAAFP

Dr. Corey Lyon is an associate professor in the department of family medicine for the University of Colorado School of Medicine.  Currently serving as the Associate Program Director for the University of Colorado Family Medicine Residency in Denver Colorado as well as an Associate Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs in the Department of Family Medicine. 

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Lee Lynch

Lee formed Lynch Advocacy Solutions, LLC in October 2014 after spending more than two decades as an agency and in-house communications expert. Her many years of experience extend across advocacy, writing, public relations, public affairs, issues management, marketing, and journalism. Throughout her career she has had the pleasure of serving clients of all sizes in many different industries and leading teams of up to 25 people to develop and implement programs, initiatives and campaigns. Above all, she loves to be able to do great work for her clients and bring other specialists into the fold to ensure her clients’ goals are met or exceeded every time.

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Susan Peschin, MHS

Susan Peschin is president and CEO at the Alliance for Aging Research the leading national non-profit organization dedicated to accelerating the pace of scientific discoveries and their application to improve the experience of aging and health. Since 2012, Ms. Peschin has been a driving force in the growth and success of the organization.

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Dr. Demetrius James Porche, DNS, RN, FNP, CS, CCRN

Dr. Demetrius James Porche is Professor and Dean of Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, Louisiana School of Nursing. He holds an appointment also in the School of Public Health at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center. He received his undergraduate Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from Nicholls State University and his Master of Nursing and Doctor of Nursing Science from Louisiana State University Medical Center. He completed Family Nurse Practitioner post-graduate coursework at Concordia University Wisconsin. Dr. Porche earned a Doctorate of Philosophy from Capella University in Organization and Management with a specialization in Leadership.

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Dr. Anna Radin

Dr. Radin is an Applied Research Scientist for St. Luke’s Health System in Idaho, and the Principal Investigator for two studies funded by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI): Suicide Prevention Among Recipients of Care (SPARC Trial) and Mental Health Among Patients, Providers, and Staff in the COVID-19 Era (MHAPPS). She has a Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) degree in epidemiology from Johns Hopkins University, a Master of Public Health (MPH) degree in health behavior from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and over a decade of public health research and practice experience.

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Darrell Sabbs

For over four decades, Darrell Sabbs has served the communities of Southwest Georgia through hard work and determination, driven by the shared belief that “service is the rent we pay for living.”  From teenagers to the eldest members of society, his focus has remained strong – to recognize the struggles of the underserved and to provide tools to help them ensure a healthier future for themselves and their families.

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David Sullivan

David Sullivan (Kiowa-Choctaw) has served in education as a community leader, collective action network officer, federal consultant, community trainer, district administrator, world language teacher, student equity advocate, and systemic impact leader working for intercultural, intergenerational communication between parents, students, elders, community organizations and tribal governments for over 25 years.

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Ana N. Fadich Tomšić, MPH, CHES

Ana Fadich Tomšić serves as Vice President at Men’s Health Network (MHN) where she oversees outreach, promotion, and health education to men, boys, and their families. As a certified health educator (CHES), she develops targeted disease education awareness materials & programs on men’s health topics and leads discussions in an effort to reduce health disparities and educate the consumer. 

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Dr. Brooke Weingarden, DO, MPH

Dr. Brooke Weingarden is a child and adolescent psychiatrist who works with Birmingham Maple Clinic in Troy, Michigan, Oakland County Schools, and Christ Child House. Her areas of specialization include addiction in adolescents, as well as early childhood evaluations, disruptive behavior disorders, mood disorders, anxiety, thought disorders, and ADHD. She has lectured and presented nationally on the issue of adolescent addiction and trending drugs of abuse. She also has extensive experience working with patients who have comorbid substance use disorder and mood disorders. Because of the settings in which she practices, including clinics, schools, and more intensive residential settings in the Detroit area, Dr. Weingarden has extensive experience working with patients of racial and ethnic minority backgrounds, as well as low-income populations. Dr. Weingarden also conducts research of the clinical and therapeutic benefits of CBD as a physician affiliate for Hempworx.

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