FAPAC April Friday Webinar

April Friday Webinar with GEHA

Topic: Mental Health and Resilience

Friday, April 28, 2023

3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET

Speaker: 

Join GEHA's Jenny Edwards, MA, LAT/ATC, WCP, CWC, Senior Health Engagement Administrator, discusses when our mental health is being threatened, being resilient can help. In this presentation, you will learn that resilience can in fact be learned, there are ways to improve your own resilience, and how to support others.

Jenny is a licensed, certified Athletic Trainer with over 25 years of experience in the healthcare industry.  The opportunity to have worked in multiple settings as a clinician has provided a unique understanding of the relationships each aspect of the health care ecosystem has with one another. Earning the Wellness in Clinical Practice Certification and focused professional development in Exercise Management for Persons with Chronic Disease & Disability propelled Jenny to focus her clinical work on education and prevention in healthcare.  She has spent the last 15 years building wellness services within healthcare systems, community settings and private employer groups.  She has also worked in higher education settings, where she focused on delivering healthcare strategies to community members to improve population health and developed award-winning corporate wellness programs.  Fueled by her passion for creating personal relationships to help foster health improvement, Jenny has served as a mentor for the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce members through the Healthy KC initiative, served on the Healthy Kansas Hospitals Advisory Board and has also attained Faculty Member status through the Wellness Council of America.