The Rise of Workplace Wellness

Carrie Altieri leads global workforce communications programs at IBM in New York as vice president, Strategy and Communications, COVID 19. Prior to this role, she was vice president, communications for people & culture. In that role, she worked closely with IBM’s HR Chief in developing transformational programs for delightful employee experiences with design thinking, digital platforms and NPS as the standard metric of success. She was responsible for managing brand reputation, PR and social media on workforce issues. Carrie has shaped the external company narrative of how AI adoption is reinventing employees experiences and transforming the profession of HR and helped roll-out a major overhaul of performance management through an employee co-creation hackathon. She has also worked on communications for contemporary workplace policy issues such as U.S. DACA, diversity & inclusion, and addressing the potential for bias in AI deployments. Previously Carrie led internal and external communications for IBM's North America sales operations and global Systems Unit. After earning a degree in computer science from Columbia University, Carrie also spent 10 years in IT enterprise sales roles.

Licy Do Canto is Managing Director of APCO Worldwide’s Washington D.C. office headquarters and mid-Atlantic region lead. A respected expert in public health and health care policy, with nearly three decades of experience at the international, national, state and local levels across the nonprofit, philanthropic, corporate and government sectors, Licy is an accomplished, values-driven leader with unparalleled experience in developing and leading integrated public affairs campaigns. Prior to joining APCO, Licy served as executive vice president and managing director in Burson Cohn & Wolfe’s Public Affairs and Crisis practice. Licy is a graduate of Duke University and holds a certificate in public health leadership in epidemic preparedness and management from the University of North Chapel Hill—School of Public Health and Kenan Flagler Business School.