Event Details
Q1 ISHRA Membership Meeting
Date: | March 19, 2024 |
Location: | Goodwill of the Heartland Headquarters (near the Eastern Iowa Airport) 8200 6th Street SW Cedar Rapids, IA 52404 |
Event Type: | Meeting |
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Personal Well-being:
One in five US adults faces mental illness, underscoring the need to address mental health in the workplace. In 2019-2021, 65% of American workers reported significant work-related stress with the World Health Organization recognizing burnout as an occupational hazard, which directly affects employee engagement and the financial success of our organizations. Workplace safety and well-being efforts should extend to mental well-being. This session will offer resources for supporting your organization's employees through evidence-based practices like Mental Health First Aid Training, professional development, EAP, and other opportunities to identify, understand, and respond to mental health challenges.
Presenter Bios
Diana Kremzar has served in her role as Family Services Director at the University of Iowa for 8 years. Prior to returning to her alma mater, she held roles in Human Resources and Public Health, all devoted to positively impacting the collective well-being of a community or organization. In her current role, she leads various work-life integration programs and initiatives around childcare, elder caregiving, workplace flexibility, and financial well-being. She believes the pandemic has played a tremendous role in shining a spotlight on work/life and family issues, easily overlooked areas when considering an organizations vitality. She is excited about the progress we are seeing in the development of workplaces that support the whole person.
iana received her Master's in Public Health from the University of Iowa. She is a Certified Health Education Specialist and an active member of the Johnson County Child Care Coalition, leading efforts to around business and childcare impacts.
Megan Hammes is the Owner of Hammes Homestead and Consulting, founded in May 2023. Megan’s primary focus is providing Mental Health First Aid Training to leadership teams and work groups, but can also provide customized workshops. She is certified to teach MHFA community-specific courses for Higher Education and Military, Veterans and their Families. Megan also provides organizational well-being consulting with a focus on program and policy review as well as workplace award applications. Prior to this, Megan served as the Senior Director of Well-Being at an academic, research institution with an academic medical center where she provided leadership for initiatives and policies designed to support the whole-person well-being.
Megan has degrees from the University of Iowa and American University in Washington DC.