OUR AMAZING SPEAKERS
IWD is proud to present our fantastic line-up of speakers for the 2019 conference.
Keynote- LeRoy Butler
Keynote – LeRoy Butler spent his childhood in Jacksonville, Florida, challenged by physical problems that forced him to wear leg braces and use a wheelchair. Doctors predicted that he would be lucky if he ever walked normally. He went on to a NFL career as a strong safety for his entire career with the Green Bay Packers where he was known for his determination, grit and positive attitude both on and off the field.
Rana De Boer
Rana De Boer serves as the Work Well Manager for the City of Sioux Falls. She is President of Create Energy, LLC supporting business leaders to generate new thinking to embrace a culture of empowering energy and aligning internal employee services to boost human performance and advance organizational functioning.
Mark Pew
Mark Pew, Sr VP of product development and marketing for Preferred Medical, is an advocate of the BioPsychoSocialSpiritual treatment model and focuses on the intersection of chronic pain and appropriate treatment as it relates to clinical and financial implications of prescription painkillers and non-pharma treatment.
Chris Stewart-Patterson
Chris Stewart-Patterson H. M.D. practices Occupational Medicine and is an instructor for the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine lecturing on the assessment of disability and fitness to work. He is the CME course director of ‘Medical Fitness to Return to Work’ for Harvard Medical School.