AMP It Up for Life® (AMP) understands the challenges faced by employers — rising health care costs, absenteeism and under-productivity. We’ve all heard the saying that a healthy employee is a productive employee, and that a healthy employee population results in a healthier bottom line. It’s true!

As a business owner, CFO, or human resource professional, you have more to do than there are hours in the day. With AMP as your worksite wellness partner, your job of promoting health in the workplace is easy, effective and results-oriented!

AMP It Up for Life® is one of the nation’s premier providers of turnkey worksite wellness solutions. Our team of seasoned communication experts, project managers and health management consultants offers a fully integrated health promotion program. And, our revolutionary funding model can help employers implement worksite wellness initiatives even when dollars have not been budgeted to cover associated expenses.

AMP specializes in planting the seeds of change® through comprehensive print and Web-based health communication campaigns that impact body, mind and spirit. With AMP Consulting Services, AMP’s HRA and the products and services offered through our Preferred Vendor Partners — some of the most respected names in health care — you can have a world-class worksite wellness program.

AMP empowers you to capitalize on your organization’s greatest resource — the overall wellbeing of your employees.

AMP is an acronym for Awareness, Motivation and Personal Empowerment, the key components leading to sustained behavior change. AMP believes that if we can transform the health of America’s workforce, we can transform the health of our nation! In our quest, AMP It Up for Life® operates according to Biblical wisdom and principles. We promise to:

• Be responsive; acting quickly and appropriately.
• Build relationships based on humility, trust and respect.
• Treat others the same way we would like to be treated.
• Promote fiscal responsibility, integrity and fairness.
• Commit resources to help those less fortunate than ourselves.

Dr. T. Colin Campbell
For more than forty years, Dr. T. Colin Campbell has been at the forefront of nutrition research. His legacy, the China Project, is the most comprehensive study of health and nutrition ever conducted. Dr. Campbell is the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor Emeritus of Nutritional Biochemistry at Cornell University. He has more than seventy grant-years of peer-reviewed research funding and authored more than 300 research papers and coauthor of the bestselling the book, The China Study: Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long-term Health.

Michael Roizen, M.D.
Dr. Roizen is the founder and chair of the Scientific Advisory Board of RealAge, Inc. Dr. Roizen is past chair of a Food and Drug Administration advisory committee, has been an editor or associate editor for six medical journals, has published more than 155 peer-reviewed scientific papers, 100 textbook chapters, 30 editorials, and four medical books, and been issued 12 US and several foreign patents. Dr. Michael Roizen has personally delivered medical care to eight Nobel prize winners, 340 ex-smokers, over 100 Fortune 500 CEO’s or CFO’s and numerous just plain folks. He has been a frequent guest on Oprah, The Today Show, CBS and Good Morning America. With his latest book You — The Owner’s Manual, he demystifies medicine and health and provides the know-how needed to become a world expert on your own body.

Gary B. Sams, MS
As the Chief Wellness Officer of beBetter™ Networks, Inc. and the President of Partners in Corporate Health™ LLC (PCH), a beBetter Networks Company, Gary is responsible for the overall direction, implementation and evaluation of a wide range of programs and services effecting over 3,500,000 individuals across the country at over 1,200 worksites and through various population based initiatives. Among beBetter’s larger initiatives is its strategic alliance with AMP It Up for Life, offered under the umbrella of AMP’s beBetter Services, as well as the management of the West Virginia Tobacco Quit-line, aspects of the New York State Tobacco Quit-line, and projects for The St. Louis Business Health Coalition and Pittsburgh Business Group on Health. He is also responsible for new product development focusing on innovative health screening solutions and web based programming. beBetter Networks is a full service population health management company servicing corporations, insurers and public agencies across the nation. Partners in Corporate Health LLC, which Gary founded in 1986, has been recognized nationally for its award winning programs, products and services. Prior to founding PCH, Gary was the Corporate Wellness Coordinator for The CIGNA Wellness Network, a division of CIGNA Healthplan Inc., one of the nation’s largest HMO’s.

Eric S. Armbrecht, PhD
Dr. Eric Armbrecht is committed to the research, development and implementation of new ideas that facilitate chronic disease prevention and management throughout the health care system. A balance among technical expertise, creativity and scientific method characterize his approach to independent research and work with government, corporate and non-profit clients. He has led statewide and regional efforts to address health improvement goals for communities and employers. Dr. Armbrecht is an assistant professor of internal medicine at the Saint Louis University School of Medicine's Center for Outcomes Research (SLUCOR). He also works with Open Health LLC, a public health planning and program evaluation firm based in St. Louis. He serves on the board of directors of St. Louis Diabetes Coalition and as co-chair of the National Business Health Coalition's Education and Research Committee. Dr. Armbrecht holds a bachelor of science from the University of Notre Dame and a doctor of philosophy from the Saint Louis University School of Public Health.

James O’Keefe, M.D. & Joan O’Keefe, R.D.
Becoming the best, healthiest, happiest you can be is more than just dieting; it’s a lifestyle! This is the message that’s touted in the O’Keefe’s The Forever Young Diet & Lifestyle which offers advice the whole family can follow.  James H. O’Keefe is a highly regarded clinical cardiologist, medical school professor, researcher and author based in Kansas City, MO. Joan O’Keefe is a registered dietician specializing in nutrition counseling focusing on weight loss, optimum health and improved athletic performance in adults, teens and kids. The O’Keefes’ give practical, down-to-earth advice on how to become lean and youthful through exercise, optimism, volunteerism and spirituality! Their message is one of optimism, fun and rejuvenation.

Leslie Sansone
The originator of Leslie Sansone's In-Home Walking Program (www.WalkAtHome.com), Leslie is the owner of Studio Fitness in New Castle, Pennsylvania and the creator of 75 popular in-home walking videos. With her appealing products and personality, it's no wonder that Leslie's fitness company has grown from small classes in a church hall to a $180 million business. Today, Leslie's expertise is sought by such high-profile entities as the President's Council on Physical Fitness, the PA Governor's Council, Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly), CNN and popular women's magazines like Health, Woman's World and Prevention. She's also a Contributing Editor to Woman's Day Magazine and Executive Producer of lesliesansone.com. Her first book, Walk Away the Pounds, was a best-seller, as was her 2006 release, Eat Smart, Walk Strong.

Michael Maxwell, M.D.
Dr. Michael Maxwell is a co-founder of docvia.com, a company dedicated to strengthening the physician-patient relationship and combating escalating health care costs. Dr. Maxwell serves as Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors and Co-Chief Medical Officer for docvia. He practices internal medicine with the OMNI Medical Group for St. John Health System in Tulsa, Oklahoma and is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians (FACP). A member of AMP It Up for Life's Expert Advisory Panel, Dr. Maxwell represents “the family” doctor, with a specialized ability to speak to employees across the country about issues that most affect them and their families.

Christopher H. Coulter, M.D., MPH
As a Certified Physician Executive (CPE) and one of only two Certified Employee Benefit Specialists (CEBS) in the U.S., Dr. Coulter currently serves as Chief Medical Officer, Senior Vice President for Precept. In this capacity, he is responsible for health management services and direction of the Precept Health Management Center, where he delivers consulting services to employers including Disney, Crane, and Owens Corning. A Master of Public Health graduate from The Johns Hopkins University, Dr. Coulter started, grew, ran, governed, bought and sold UltraLink, Inc, a national benefits company. Dr. Coulter demonstrates leadership and innovation, evidenced through his vast professional accomplishments, including highly acclaimed national publications and presentations.

Jyl Steinback
As the founder of Family Fit Lifestyle, Inc. and known as “America’s Healthiest Mom” (www.AmericasHealthiestMom.com), Jyl’s knowledge and expertise is invaluable to working parents desiring to make their homes “healthy” homes. As an author, personal trainer, lifestyle consultant, fitness instructor and nutrition expert, she began providing personal training 25 years ago and recognized that many health challenges were associated with eating and lifestyle choices made in the home. Jyl has developed thousands of healthy recipes, with her cookbooks having sold more than 2 million copies. A contributor to numerous national publications, she has been featured in People, Women’s World, Better Homes and Gardens, and Family Circle and has been a guest on CNN, Food Network, HGTV, The Morning Show and Good Morning America.