Kathy Cash is a nationally recognized expert in the field of health promotion. She has trained hundreds of health promotion managers and is author of “How to Add Sparkle and Pizzazz to Your Health Promotion Program,” a highly regarded reference manual for health promotion managers. She is a contributing author to three other books scheduled for release in 2009.

Kathy is a registered nurse who retired from the Air Force with the rank of lieutenant colonel. She developed the first official wellness clinic in the United States Air Force. Lessons learned from this prototype clinic would form the cornerstone for Health and Wellness Centers throughout the Air Force. Kathy wrote the first Air Force health promotion manager orientation manual. An updated version of this manual is still in use today. Prior to retirement, Kathy was a senior health promotion administrator for the Strategic Air Command and then the Air Combat Command. In that role, she sat on the Preventive Medicine Board of Directors for the Air Force Surgeon General.

After retirement, Kathy developed and managed the first civilian prevention program provided to the Department of Defense by a large Fortune 500 HMO. This program spanned eight states and served over one million beneficiaries.

Kathy is a frequent contributing author to the Health Promotion Practitioner magazine and the Wellness Program Management Advisor newsletter. As a consultant, she has worked with Internet ventures and other health-oriented companies seeking to provide health and wellness services to a variety of populations. Kathy is a popular guest speaker at conferences and on webinars dealing with wellness program management.