New Research: When Managers Carry the Weight of Workplace Mental Health

Name: New Research: When Managers Carry the Weight of Workplace Mental Health
Start: 2026-12-08T17:00:00.000Z

December 8, 2026

12 p.m. ET / 9 a.m. PT

When employees ask for mental health support, what happens next? Join workplace and benefits leaders to explore how managers respond, where employees can get stuck, and how employers can help.

Presenters

Georgette Kores

Director, Population Health Management, World Insurance Associates LLC

Chelauna Cosby, DHSc, MPH

Sr. Strategic Manager of Coaching Services, Personify Health

Kelsey Witmer

VP, Total Rewards & People Ops, Spring Health

Dan Harrah

VP of Clinical Partnerships

Why watch

Managers are often the first people employees turn to when they’re struggling. But knowing what to say, where to send someone for help, and how to support them can be hard, especially when managers are carrying a lot themselves.

Join us to get a first look at our new research on what happens after an employee asks for help. Hear leaders from World Insurance Associates, Personify Health, and Spring Health discuss what the findings mean for employers and how they can better support managers and employees.

What you’ll learn

What managers experience when employees turn to them for mental health support
Where managers may need clearer guidance and more support
What can make it harder for employees to find care after asking for help
How employers can help managers respond and connect employees with support

Plus, get early access to the report when you join us live.

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About the presenters

Chelauna Cosby, DHSc, MPH

Sr. Strategic Manager of Coaching Services, Personify Health

Chelauna Cosby, DHSc, MPH, is a population health leader with more than 16 years of experience across health coaching, public health, and digital health innovation. A Board‑Certified Health Coach and Senior Strategic Manager of Coaching Services at Personify Health, she specializes in translating behavioral science and lifestyle medicine principles into scalable, personalized coaching experiences that drive sustainable behavior change.

Dr. Cosby operates at the intersection of strategy, operations, and human‑centered design, with a strong focus on equity, engagement, and measurable impact. Her background spans public health systems, chronic disease prevention, and enterprise coaching operations, including strategic oversight of evidence‑based programs aligned with CDC and national best‑practice standards.

Prior to Personify Health, she served as a Public Health Educator and Outreach and Engagement Specialist within federally qualified health centers, working closely with underserved communities. These experiences shaped her leadership approach around empathy, cultural humility, and systems thinking. Her nine years as a CDC Diabetes Prevention Lifestyle Coach further reinforced the importance of trust, long‑term behavior change, and data‑informed decision‑making—principles that continue to guide how she leads teams and designs coaching solutions.

Dr. Cosby holds a BS in Health Sciences, an MPH in Health Education and Promotion, and a Doctor of Health Sciences in Global Health.

Kelsey Witmer

VP, Total Rewards & People Ops, Spring Health

With 10 years of People & Culture experience, Kelsey is a people-first leader who loves complex, ambiguous challenges that require creative problem solving. She is driven to deeply understand and empathize with people, champion experiences, and scale innovative solutions that drive behavioral/cultural change company-wide. As the Head of Employee Experience at Spring Health, Kelsey drives initiatives that enhance employee engagement, team collaboration, and organizational effectiveness. She leads a multidisciplinary team spanning Employee Experience & Belonging, Internal Communications & Change Management, and Talent Management, with a focus on launching cultural programs that engage team members, break barriers to cross-functional collaboration, and embed AI into internal operations.

Dan Harrah

VP of Clinical Partnerships

Dan Harrah is a licensed clinical social worker, former behavioral health benefits consultant and health plan operations leader. Dan leads Spring Health's Clinical Partnerships team, where he spends most of his time working with customers to build strategies to support the emotional wellbeing needs of employees and their families.

Vice President of Clinical Partnerships at Spring Health. Dan is a licensed clinical social worker and former behavioral health benefits consultant and health plan operations leader. Dan has nearly 20 years of experience in mental treatment and strategy. These days Dan spends most of his time partnering with employers and consultants to turn clinical and product innovation into practical workforce mental health strategies. He holds a bachelor's degree in psychology and a master's in social work, both from the University of Michigan.

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