Leaders are navigating through a new and uncharted work environment.
Throughout this series, we will address the most challenging topics workplace leaders are facing today. Offered every other month, we’ll cover topics such as:
- Navigating political discourse in the workplace
- Creating belonging in the workplace
- How AI impacts the workplace
- Authentic leadership
- Supporting a Mutli-generational workforce
- De-escalating conflict with the public/customers
We know that the workplace today is different from the workplace of even just a few years ago. Equip yourself with the communication tools needed to navigate current challenges and create successful, high-performing teams.
Sherri Snelling is a corporate gerontologist, author, podcast host, and founder/CEO of the Caregiving Club, a strategic consulting and educational content firm with expertise in longevity, caregiving, Alzheimer’s, brain health, women’s wellness, well home design, and financial gerontology.
She provides employee education about family caregiving for a network of thousands of employer clients and recently published her second book, Me Time Monday – The Weekly Wellness Plan to Find Balance and Joy for a Busy Life.
Sherri has more than 25 years of experience in health care, aging, and caregiving, with senior leadership roles at UnitedHealthcare and Keck Medicine of USC, and as Chairman of the National Alliance for Caregiving. She writes for PBS Next Avenue and USA Today, and has advised the White House, CDC, NIA, Alzheimer’s Association, and Georgetown University. Sherri is also a frequent guest on TV news and radio and is a highly sought-after speaker.
She has a master’s in gerontology from USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology and master’s certifications from MIT Sloan School of Business, “Shaping the Workplace of the Future,” and Harvard University on “Happiness Psychology.” Sherri lives in Newport Beach, Calif.
Melissa Fisher is a senior strategic healthcare marketing professional at Kaiser Permanente and a dedicated caregiver advocate. Her advocacy began in 2018 following her father’s diagnosis with frontotemporal dementia and deepened in 2023 after her mother was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and dementia. That same year, Melissa also became the legal representative for her aunt. By 2024, she was simultaneously caring for all three family members while working full-time and being a mom to two young adults.
Melissa is actively engaged in state and national advocacy, focusing on policies that strengthen support, benefits, and protections for caregivers, as well as the rights of individuals with dementia and long-term care residents and their representatives, having successfully helped pass two pieces of state legislation.
She has served for the past eight years as the Oregon State Ambassador for the Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration (AFTD), supporting families affected by dementia. At Kaiser Permanente, she founded Care Partner Care, an HR-endorsed workforce wellbeing community that is available to more than 12,000 employees and physicians, offering resources, connection, and peer support. Melissa is deeply committed to giving back to the caregiver community that has supported her.
