Maria Dee

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About Maria Dee

Wellbeing Strategist with 20+ years of industry experience providing influential leadership, strategic direction, innovative program design, and effective implementation to help organizations improve workforce health and wellbeing. Serves as an industry thought leader to inspire collaborations and partnerships across all sectors and encourage the sharing of innovative practices and the latest research to help solve some of the biggest challenges organizations face in achieving improved health and wellbeing of a workforce. Frequent speaker on a variety of topics, including wellbeing, mental health, health equity, and women leadership. Extensive experience in forging partnerships and guiding cross-departmental collaborations within matrixed organizations to achieve business goals. Proven ability to lead successful negotiations utilizing interest-based bargaining and problem-solving strategies to meet the most critical needs and develop strong workplace relationships and partnerships. As the Executive Director, Workforce Wellbeing at Kaiser Permanente, provides strategic direction, leadership, and expertise in developing and implementing an enterprise-wide wellbeing program in support of Kaiser Permanente's aim to have the most resilient and thriving workforce in healthcare. Helped Kaiser Permanente receive national recognition as a leader in workforce health and wellbeing programming including the adoption of industry leading actions such as policies on healthy catered food and healthy activities during the workday. AREAS OF EXPERTISE: Wellbeing Strategy | Employee Engagement | Relationship Management | Industry Keynote, Panelist and Speaker | Program Design & Implementation | Data Reporting & Analytics | Process Optimization & Improvement | Innovation