2026 WorkWell MA Awards Celebration & Social Event

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2026 WorkWell MA Awards

Celebration & Social Event

Monday, November 9
Four Points by Sheraton, Norwood, MA
11:30 AM – 5 PM ET

Monday, November 9
Four Points by Sheraton
Norwood, MA
11:30 AM – 5 PM ET

Join us for our 11th Annual WorkWell MA Awards event, celebrating community, connection, and well-being. We’ll also honor this year’s outstanding 2026 WorkWell MA Award Winners during our awards ceremony.

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EVENT SCHEDULE

2:30 – 3:00 PM | Registration, Exhibits, and Networking
3:00 – 4:00 PM | Keynote Address: Mental Health Symposium
4:00 – 5:00 PM | Expert Panel Discussion
5:00 – 6:00 PM | Networking and Exhibit Exploration
6:00 – 8:00 PM | Dinner and WorkWell MA Awards Ceremony

We were inspired and energized as we celebrated a decade of community and well-being at our 10th Annual WorkWell MA Awards event – it was an afternoon of learning proactive approaches to workforce mental health followed by celebration and networking!

We uncovered the secrets to peak performance with our keynote speakers Dr. Rich Joseph and Sarah Milby. They went beyond basic “wellness” to show us how supporting mental health can be a powerful asset to building “performance cultures” that sustain vitality, buffer stress and proactively offset mental health crises.

Following the keynote, we had the opportunity to engage in Learning Spotlights with local organizations successfully addressing workforce mental health. We enjoyed refreshments, connected with peers and explored an engaging group of behavior change exhibitors. The day culminated with a celebratory dinner and the 2025 WorkWell MA Awards ceremony, where we honored this year’s outstanding award winners.

Attendees enjoyed the opportunity to connect with fellow professionals, discover new ideas, and celebrate the incredible work being done to foster well-being in our community!

Mental Health Symposium Keynote

We’re long past “wellness as a perk.” And mental health is not just about avoiding burnout. It’s the foundation of human performance. In this keynote, husband and wife Rich Joseph and Sarah Milby will share the lens of Performance Medicine: a proactive model that treats health as a trainable capacity rather than a crisis to manage.

Drawing from experience working with executives, founders, and teams under pressure, our keynote speakers will explore how organizations can shift from stigma and siloed programs to building “performance cultures” that buffer stress, support attention, and sustain vitality. They’ll connect physiology and psychology – sleep, metabolic health, musculoskeletal pain, resilience training – and outline practical levers leaders can implement immediately.

The goal is to give employers a new playbook: one that positions mental health not as a liability to contain, but as an asset to invest in for long-term performance and organizational success.

Keynote Speakers

Rich Joseph, MD, MBA

Rich is an internal medicine physician and the founder of VIM Medicine, a private health management and proactive health practice.

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Sarah Milby

Sarah is an exited founder, seasoned operator, and trusted advisor with 15+ years of experience scaling technology companies in healthcare, wellness, and workforce development.

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A Sneak Peek for Unlocking the Secrets to Peak Performance

Employer Panel Discussion of Workforce Mental Health Strategies and Tactics

Real World Stories of Success

The playbook for creating a successful workforce mental health strategy has been available for years now. What we know works and the actions we take aren’t always aligned as logic would suggest. Behind each person and each organization is a story. In this session, we’ll hear stories from four award-winning benefits and wellbeing professionals who will share how their organizations are moving the needle on this incredibly important and challenging issue.

Join this esteemed panel of experts, moderated by long-time contributor to workforce mental health guidance, Philip Swayze in an interactive panel discussion.

Come prepared to share your challenges and walk away with actionable insights that might help solve them!