Dr. Shurney is the former Chief Medical Director / Executive Director for Global Health Benefits and Corporate Wellness for Cummins​, Inc. He has an extensive background in health care management and policy.  Dr. Shurney is co-author of the book “Integrating Wellness into Your Disease Management Programs” which is a “how-to” strategic guide for employers that wish to innovate their approach to chronic condition management. Dr. Shurney is board-certified in general preventive medicine and public health.

Dr. Walter Willett is a Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. He served as Chair of the Department of Nutrition at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health for 25 years.  Much of his work has been on the development of methods, using both questionnaire and biochemical approaches, to study the effects of diet on the occurrence of major diseases. He has applied these methods starting in 1980 in the Nurses’ Health Studies I and II and the Health Professionals Follow-up Study. Together, these cohorts that include nearly 300,000 men and women with repeated dietary assessments are providing the most detailed information on the long-term health consequences of food choices.   Dr. Willett has published over 2,000 research papers, primarily on lifestyle risk factors for heart disease and cancer, and has written the textbook, Nutritional Epidemiology, published by Oxford University Press. He also has four books for the general public. Dr. Willett is the most cited nutritional scientist internationally. He is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and the recipient of many national and international awards for his research.

Public health specialist, solution-focused therapist, and professional coach focusing on nutrition and health promotion. He is a founder and leader of “Cranberry” project of lifestyle medicine interventions in Finland helping people to regain health and vitality. Currently, he is also serving as Chairman of the foundation board, Finland Lifestyle Medicine and Health Promotion Foundation SR.

Dr. Lauren Messina is the Director of Training and Education at the Consortium for Health and Military Performance (CHAMP), a Defense Center of Excellence at the Uniformed Services University that specializes in Human Performance Optimization (HPO). In this role she oversees the operational, strategic, and administrative components of delivering comprehensive health and performance education and

training to the DoD and national security community. She is an Assistant Professor in the College of Allied Health Sciences at the Uniformed Services University and has taught as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Maryland, College Park. She has worked as a mental health care provider in the clinic and private practice settings and is a member of the National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI), Maryland Board of Directors. Dr. Messina holds a master’s degree and clinical license in Couple and Family Therapy and a doctoral degree in Family Science from the School of Public Health at the University of Maryland, College Park.