Workplace Mental Health & Well-Being Summit

How do business leaders address the challenge of employee mental wellness in the workplace? Join us for this half-day summit where best practices will be shared by an impressive lineup of local mental health experts with topics including:

1. Mental Wellness in the Workplace and Beyond
2. A Snapshot of Mental Health in Utah
3. Navigating Mental Wellness Conversations
4. Suicide Prevention

Dr. (and Colonel, U.S. Army, Retired) James D. McDonough, Jr. is the Vice President for Corporate & Foundation Relations and Government Grants for the Huntsman Mental Health Foundation (HMHF) located in the University of Utah. HMHF is a leader in mental health philanthropy supporting the research, clinical, and education priorities of the Huntsman Mental Health Institute (HMHI). Formed in 2021 following a transformational gift by the Huntsman family, HMHF's class-leading grants portfolio reflects one of the fastest growing research areas within the university and leads the foundation's efforts to build a deep bench of clinical research capabilities with the federal government. 

Prior to joining the foundation in early 2023, Jim served as Chief Executive Officer of Headstrong, a leading, national nonprofit providing mental health treatment for military connected individuals and their families. After a distinguished 26-year career as an Army Air Defense Artillery officer, Jim continued serving through a number of key leadership assignments in the veterans’ sector, including two stints as Director of the New York State Division of Veterans’ Services, as Senior Fellow for Veterans Affairs within the New York State Health Foundation, as Managing Director of the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) at Syracuse University, where he was responsible for all aspects of fundraising and the global deployment of the Institute’s widely recognized programs and services, and as Chief Executive Officer for Veterans Outreach Center in New York, where he led the nation’s oldest continuing serving nonprofit dedicated to the needs of military connected individuals and families. Jim is married to his lovely wife, Donna, and he completed his doctorate in law and policy from Northeastern University in June 2022.

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