HRE Health & Benefits Leadership Conference 2018

Nancy Spangler
Senior Consultant, Center for Workplace Mental Health
American Psychiatric Association Foundation


Nancy Spangler, PhD, OTR/L, developed workplace health promotion, population health management, and organizational strategies beginning in 1983 with a Boston-area consulting group and for nine years with Saint Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. As president of her own consulting firm, Spangler Associates, since 1994, she helps organizations look broadly at the multiple systems that support individual and organizational health and resilience. Her diverse clients have included employers, managed care organizations, benefit consultants, pharmaceutical companies, professional organizations, governmental agencies, and research organizations. Nancy has worked as a consultant to the Center for Workplace Mental Health, a program of the American Psychiatric Association Foundation, since 2006. She devises communication strategies for the Center and helps to develop collaborative relationships with employers who have programs, policies, and practices supporting mental health across the spectrum of prevention, screening, and effective treatment. She has conducted interview and discussion group research with employer representatives to understand strengths in employer practices related to stress prevention and resilience-building, as well as mental health program effectiveness. Nancy holds bachelor and master's degrees in occupational therapy from the University of Kansas, and she has practiced as an occupational therapist in a variety of settings. Her doctor of philosophy degree was in therapeutic science, an interdisciplinary area of study at the University of Kansas Medical Center. She has taught and mentored graduate level students for Boston University, George Washington University, Rockhurst University, and the University of Kansas. Nancy has published peer-reviewed articles and textbook chapters on behavior change and workplace mental health issues. She is an experienced presenter and keynote speaker on organizational and health-related topics.

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