Thursday, June 24, 2021
9:30 am – 11:30 am
Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, mental illness has been brought to light in people’s personal and work lives. As businesses reopen and employees ready themselves to return to work, is your business prepared for this new reality and the challenges that come along with it? Come join our panelists to learn from the experiences we’ve faced together during COVID-19 and explore the potential mental health outcomes awaiting us on the other side of this pandemic.
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Join us on Thursday, June 24 from 9:30am – 11 am to hear from organizations about how they can support employees with mental health issues, including anxiety and depression. The participants on our panel will share best techniques and tips for overcoming executive function challenges, providing supported employment, using job coaches, and maintaining continuous engagement. The employers on our panel will share best practices for enhancing coping skills, building confidence, and encouraging self-advocacy. Our panelists will discuss available resources, benefits to businesses, building partnerships, and answer questions from the audience.
Presenter Kristen Hamilton
Vocational Rehab Counselor
VCU Rehabilitation Research and Training Center
Kristen Hamilton, M.S., CRC, LRIC, earned her Master of Science in Clinical Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling at VCU. She has worked as a Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor at the VCU-RRTC since 2014. Kristen utilizes a collaborative strengths based approach to support clients in obtaining and retaining meaningful employment. She has experience working with individuals across disabilities including those with co-occuring mental health challenges. Kristen has a passion for empowering those that she serves to accomplish their goals in life by implementing coping skills and building resilience.
Lisa Clark
Recruiter Senior Talent Acquisition
Anthem, Inc.
Lisa Clark is an Experienced Recruiter embracing new technologies to provide increased value for her clients! She supports management and executive management within a fortune 35 organization that strives to be the very best! Her role is to anticipate and meet our new challenges and changes with the resources we need for the future. She has over 25 years of recruiting experience and has just hit the 15-year mark with Anthem. She has recruited for Sales, Marketing, IT, Research, Underwriting, Actuary, Accounting, Finance, Clinical, and business development. She is passionate about helping our military population and people with barriers to employment. She has been the Director of Employment at Goodwill Industries of the Southern Rivers and worked hard at assisting all types of barriers to employment.
Mark Yacano
Managing Director
Major, Lindsey & Africa
Over a career spanning more than 30 years, Mark Yacano has guided a wide range of law departments on both legal and business strategy. As a law firm leader, a practitioner and a strategic advisor, he has worked with clients to reduce their legal exposure, control their expenses and streamline their operations. As a Managing Director on our Transform Advisory Services team, Mark frequently advises companies on the adoption of a wide range of technologies including contract management, eBilling, matter management and eDiscovery platforms. In addition to technology selection, he guides clients through the development of workflow and best practices that accompany the adoption of technology. Mark lives in Richmond, Virginia, with Terri, his wife of more than 30 years. They have two adult children: Ben and Mollie. A passionate advocate for mental health and well-being, Mark is the host of our podcast, Erasing the Stigma: Conversations in Mental Health. He splits his time between Richmond, Washington DC and New York City.
