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BHCG Annual Meeting: Transforming Health Care for Business Success
Employee health isn’t a cost—it’s a catalyst.
Join global leaders including former Pitney Bowes CEO Mike Critelli and corporate medical expert Dr. Ray Fabius, as they break down the real‑world why and how behind building high‑performance, health‑driven organizations.
Save the date—this is one you won’t want to miss.
Additional expert speakers to be announced.
Registration opening soon. Sponsorship opportunities available.
Meet our Speakers
Dr. Ray Fabius
Throughout his career, Dr. Raymond J Fabius has garnered medical and business leadership experience in an extensive variety of healthcare management areas including informatics, strategy, operations, network development and oversight, patient management, quality management, disease management, national accounts, occupational medicine, emergency preparedness, worker productivity, wellness and health promotion, travel medicine, web-based health content delivery, data warehousing, and analytics. He has served as a physician executive in academics, private practice, managed care, the health insurance industry, e-health, corporate and workplace health, the pharmaceutical industry, and health informatics and analytics. He has been Global Medical Leader for General Electric, Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for Thomson Reuters, Population Health Strategist for Walgreens and CMO for Truven Health Analytics. He was also the CMO and President of i-trax, the leading provider of workplace health centers. He is the author of many articles, book chapters and five books including the leading textbook on population health entitled Population Health: Creating Cultures of Wellness which is utilized by 165 medical schools and universities. https://www.jblearning.com/catalog/productdetails/9781284166606
Dr. Fabius is also the recipient of the Bill Whitmer HERO Award for lifetime leadership in the health and wellbeing space. Previously he was recognized by the National Business Group on Health and the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine with the Global Leadership in Corporate Health Award. Dr. Fabius also serves the Greater Philadelphia Business Group on Health as its medical adviser since its inception a decade ago. Additionally he is a member of the editorial board of two major medical publications – The Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine and The Population Health Management Journal.
Dr. Fabius is a recognized serial entrepreneur having participated in several accreditive transactions including the sale of US Healthcare to Aetna, the sale of I-trax to Walgreens and the sale of Truven Health Analytics to Veritas Capital as well as establishing the largest independent pediatric practice in the Philadelphia marketplace early in his career.
Dr. Fabius is the co-founder, president and chief medical officer of HealthNEXT, the marketplace leader in building enterprise cultures of health, safety and wellbeing. Leveraging physician executive expertise, systematic process improvement, health informatics and the science of population health, his company has developed a platform and methodology to bend health care cost trends, and reduce absenteeism, presenteeism, voluntary turnover, as well as worker’s compensation. His research has demonstrated that workforce health produces a competitive advantage.
CEO Mike Critelli
Michael J. Critelli is a veteran CEO, board leader, and transformation strategist whose career has focused on guiding large, complex institutions through periods of structural disruption. He is best known for his tenure as Chairman and CEO of Pitney Bowes, where he led one of the most significant reinventions in the company’s long history.
When Critelli became CEO in 1996, Pitney Bowes was a mature manufacturer of mailing equipment, heavily dependent on a regulated product line. Over the next 12 years, he led a disciplined transformation that repositioned the company as a diversified technology and services enterprise focused on mailstream solutions.
The company expanded globally, reduced reliance on regulated revenues, and built new growth platforms for a digital economy. Central to his leadership was confronting uncomfortable realities early—about markets, regulation, technology, and organizational inertia—and acting before external pressures forced change. His commitment to innovation was reflected in 15 U.S. patents. His industry leadership included regulatory and legislative reform that produced the first comprehensive postal reform legislation in 37 years.
Critelli’s systems-level approach also encompassed workforce wellbeing. His leadership in employer-sponsored health innovation at Pitney Bowes was the subject of a 2009 Harvard Business School case study published by Professor Michael Porter and Senior Researcher Jennifer Baron, which highlighted how employer-led health initiatives not only improved employee health, but enhanced long-term enterprise performance.
He has since advised numerous organizations and presented this work at forums including the World Economic Forum, the Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship, The Business Council, the World Health Organization and the National Business Group on Health. He is currently co-authoring a book on building workforce cultures of health.
Beyond his operating role, Critelli has remained deeply engaged in governance, public policy, and advisory work. He has led major transportation and environmental policy initiatives, including chairing state-level public-private task forces focused on Clean Air Act compliance and transportation reform. He served for more than 15 years on the board of the New York–based Regional Plan Association and co-chaired its Connecticut Committee during the release of its Third and Fourth Regional Plans.
Critelli spent 23 years on the board of Eaton Corporation and, since 2008, has advised RAND on issues at the intersection of health, economic wellbeing, and public policy. He also advised Proudfoot for eight years, bringing an operator’s perspective to enterprise execution.
Following his Pitney Bowes tenure, he became a serial entrepreneur, serving as CEO of the Dossia Service Corporation, which focused on deploying patient-controlled, lifelong electronic health records. His advocacy contributed to revised FDA rules granting patients unrestricted access to diagnostic results.
Critelli’s work spans business, policy, and storytelling. He created and produced the feature-length film From the Rough and serves on several nonprofit boards focused on health, education, and opportunity.
Today, Critelli is CEO of MoveFlux Corporation, an AI-enabled software platform that helps organizations identify emerging risks, opportunities, and system-level blind spots. He is also co-founder of the MakeUsWell Network, which uses AI-supported tools to translate complex health and wellbeing science into practical guidance. Together, these efforts reflect the consistent through-line of his career: helping leaders see what others miss and act before change becomes unavoidable.
He holds a BA from the University of Wisconsin and a JD, cum laude, from Harvard Law School.
Rachel Ver Velde
Rachel Ver Velde
Associate Vice President of Government Relations & Senior Political Advisor
Rachel Ver Velde joined WMC in 2021. Prior to joining WMC, she served as Chief of Staff for Congressman Glenn Grothman from Wisconsin’s 6th District. She managed his official office operations in both Washington, D.C., and Wisconsin.
Rachel also served as the congressman’s Senior Advisor on the campaign, where she oversaw all functions and achieved double digit margins of victory in four election cycles. She was the Campaign Manager for Congressman Grothman’s first congressional run, winning a contentious three-way primary and subsequent general election.
From 2013 through 2014, Rachel served as Chief of Staff in Congressman Grothman’s Wisconsin State Senate office and helped him usher 33 bills to Gov. Scott Walker’s desk for enactment that legislative session.
Her experience prior to 2013 includes policy roles with Congressman Grothman’s Senate office and working for Congressman Paul D. Ryan in his Janesville office.
Rachel graduated with Honors from the University of Wisconsin – Whitewater with a B.A. in Political Science and Economics. She enjoys spending time with her husband and three boys and refereeing the amateur wrestling matches that happen on an almost daily basis in her living room.
Dr. Chintan Desai
Chintan Desai is a healthcare executive serving as the Market Chief Medical Officer for Ascension Wisconsin. A board-certified Internal Medicine physician, he specializes in translating organizational psychology and leadership frameworks into actionable strategies that bridge the gap between executive alignment and frontline clinical care.
Throughout his career, Dr. Desai has been a driving force in healthcare transformation, focusing on continuous quality improvement, patient safety, and physician engagement. He has successfully led market-wide quality initiatives, optimized operational throughput, and fostered a resilient culture of safety. As an active voice in the healthcare community and a firm believer in mentorship, he has developed leadership programs designed to address clinical burnout and empower the next generation of physician leaders.