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Better care and outcomes for Virginia employers and employees

Explore how Virginia employers and community leaders are addressing the mental and physical health challenges shaping employee health outcomes across the region.
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Panelists speaking at the Virginia workforce health roundtable.

Virginia employers face a complex healthcare landscape with rising mental health needs and access gaps. Employee health outcomes depend on workplace culture, social determinants, and proactive investments. Watch public health leaders, HR practitioners, and healthcare executives discuss how you can build a strategic healthcare plan that delivers real results.

INSIDE THE ROUNDTABLE

What Virginia's most pressing health challenges mean for employers

This on-demand recording captures a conversation held at The Jefferson Hotel in Richmond, Virginia. Hosted by Marathon Health, the event features two panel discussions, each addressing a distinct dimension of employee health outcomes in Virginia.

Panel one: Community health and the employer's role

Moderated by Dr. Nirav Vakharia, chief operating officer at Marathon Health, this panel features Dr. Danny Avula, Mayor of the City of Richmond, and Dr. Robert Winn, director and Lipman Chair at VCU Massey Cancer Center.

  • How whole health, physical, mental, and social, is defined at the community level

  • The rise of cancer in younger adults and the value of early intervention

  • How housing, income, and care access shape outcomes for working populations

  • What local government is doing to fill gaps left by shifts in federal support

  • Why trust-building and community engagement drive lasting health improvement

Panel two: Mental health access and employer innovation

Panelists include Dr. Elaine Perry, district director of Richmond and Henrico Health Districts, Jesalyn Moore, LCSW, police wellness manager for James City County PD, Paulette Giambalvo, HR division chief for the City of Richmond, and Dr. Jeff Wells, chief executive officer and co-founder of Marathon Health.

  • Why mental and physical health must be managed together

  • The supply-and-demand gap in mental health services, and employer solutions

  • How Richmond and James City County are expanding mental health access

  • Mental health challenges facing first responders and embedded support models

  • How benefit design and integrated care can reduce friction and boost utilization

  • How technology and AI extend, not replace, human relationships in care

What you'll take away

Understand how integrating physical and mental healthcare through intentional benefit design improves employee outcomes, lowers total costs, and drives meaningful engagement.

Speakers at the Virginia workforce health roundtable posing together.
WHY WATCH

Actionable approaches for improving workforce health

Insights grounded in practice

Hear from Virginia leaders—mayors, HR professionals, and wellness managers—who are actively reshaping workforce health. Every perspective is grounded in lived experience, not theory.

Key takeaways for your health strategy

The panelists tackle what Virginia employers face daily: closing mental health gaps, designing benefits that meet employees where they are, and making the case for proactive investment.

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Strengthen your employee health strategy

This recording is designed for HR leaders, benefits managers, and public sector employers in Virginia who want practical, peer-informed perspectives on improving employee health outcomes. Watch to hear how community leaders and healthcare experts are rethinking workforce health—and what that means for your organization.