About Our Event
About Our Event
AdventHealth Avista Foundation Annual Wellness Luncheon
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
10:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Attire: Business Casual
Omni Hotel Interlocken
500 Interlocken Blvd., Broomfield, CO 80021
Please join us in support of community wellness through AdventHealth Avista Foundation’s Annual Wellness Luncheon. Event proceeds will benefit the Avista Women’s Health Initiative, helping to expand resources and capabilities that provide essential care for women. Bring a friend, neighbor, or colleague and join us as we unite in the spirit of generosity and the pursuit of greater access to women’s wellness.
Event Information
Event Information
You Are Invited to Feel Whole
Join us for a meaningful day dedicated to wellness, inspiration, and community—all in support of integrative therapies at AdventHealth Parker’s Cancer Center. Your participation directly benefits programs that help cancer patients feel whole—physically, emotionally, and mentally—throughout every step of their journey.
Your support helps fund services like:
- Oncology massage
- Music and art therapy
- Yoga and Tai Chi
- Equine therapy
- Young Survivors Group
- Custom wigs
- …and more.
Event Details Thursday, October 9 10:00 AM – 3:30 PM PACE Center 20000 Pikes Peak Ave Parker, CO 80138 | Schedule 10:00 AM - Registration and wellness activities 11:10 AM - Luncheon featuring Keynote, Barbara Brooks 12:40 PM - Wellness sessions 2:40 PM - Closing remarks, "Sweet Escape" drawing, and departing gift 3:30 PM – Adjourn |
Our Speaker
Our Speaker
Featuring: Barbara Brooks
Across the Ages: Why Women Need Each Other Now More Than Ever.
The Surprising Wellness Benefits of Building Friendships Across Generations
Barbara Brooks is a nationally recognized advocate for women in business and aging well. Her work has been featured in Forbes, MarketWatch, Fast Company, CBS Colorado, and more. Expect infectious energy, deep expertise, and sharp humor in this powerful keynote.
Our Speaker
Our Speaker
Lessons Learned Through Survival
Discover lessons from survival that can help you overcome any challenge.
Three years after being diagnosed and treated for stage 3 thyroid cancer and with no survival training and little outdoor experience, LUKE SODERLING won Discovery Channel’s 60-day survival challenge. He credits his success to his attitude of gratitude and now inspires others on how to face their own challenges.
Event Schedule
Event Schedule
The Wellness Lab
Balancing Act: A Roadmap to Hormonal Wellness
Sarah McMahon, MD – OB/GYN, AdventHealth Medical Group
Real Talk to Silence Your Inner Critic
Alli Rosati, MA, LPC – Clinical VP, Intensive Outpatient Services, AllHealth
Colleen Williams, LCSW – VP of Acute Care Services, AllHealth
The Breast of Intentions: Genetics, Early Detection, Prevention & Survivorship
Melissa Gilstrap, MS, CGC – Genetic Counselor, AdventHealth Parker
Shastina (Tina) Donnelly, BSN, RN – Nurse Navigator, AdventHealth Parker
The Cancer Conversation: Symptoms, Shields & Hope
Nadine Mikhaeel, MD – Medical Director of Oncology, AdventHealth Parker
Hearts & Harvests | Fueling a Healthy Heart for Strong Living
Cynthia Bailey, RN, Emergency and Heart Health Specialist
Can’t attend? You can still make a difference.
Donate to support integrative therapies at AdventHealth Parker’s Cancer Center.
For questions, please contact
Loretta Howe, Foundation Events Manager at
Loretta.Howe@AdventHealth.com or 303-715-7611
Event Schedule
Event Schedule
Networking 10:30 am
Luncheon Begins 11:30 am
Keynote Speaker: Luke Soderling 11:50 am
Educational Breakout Sessions 12:40 pm
Booths close at 1:30 pm
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
Primary Care Panel:
Chad Maurer, MD
Amruta Pandit, MD
Lisa Kingsley, DO
GLP-1 Presentation:
Wanda Good, DO