Nick Stefanizzi is the Chief Executive Officer of Northwell Health’s direct-to-employer organization, Northwell Direct, which supports businesses through a full spectrum of customized employer health services. Next Steps Forward host Chris Meek is excited to welcome him to the program due, in part, to his work on a mental wellness collaboration between Northwell Direct and the New York Police Department called Finest Care that was launched in July 2022. Throughout the conversation, Nick will speak in-depth about the work carried out by Finest Care, how the collaboration came about and how it is different than the way that mental health care has traditionally been delivered to NYPD personnel, how the program eases the pathway to care through mental health access and acceptance of the need to seek treatment, and what more needs to be done in the mental health space moving forward.
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About the Author: Chris Meek
Dr. Chris Meek is an American philanthropist and finance officer. Meek is the co-founder and chairman of SoldierStrong, a charitable organization which provides support for U.S. service members and veterans. He is also the co-founder and chairman of START Now!, a non-profit which provides foreclosure counseling to homeowners, as well as senior director of global relationship management at S&P Global and a member of the Maxwell Advisory Board at Syracuse University.