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Dr. O'Donnell has helped more than 100 employers, health care organizations, government agencies, foundations, and health promotion providers develop new and refine existing health promotion programs and has served in leadership roles in four major health systems. He is Founder, President and Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Health Promotion and is also Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Health Promotion Advocates, a non-profit policy group created to integrate health promotion strategies into national policy. Health Promotion Advocates was successful in developing six provisions that became law as part of the Affordable Care Act.  He has co-authored 6 books and workbooks, including Health Promotion in the Workplace, which was in continuous publication for 27 years, and more than 180 articles, book chapters and columns.  He has presented more than 240 keynote and workshop presentations on six continents, served on boards and committees for 47 non-profit and for-profit organizations and received 13 national awards. His most recent awards are the Elizabeth Fries Health Education Award, presented October 29, 2011 from the James F. and Sarah T. Fries Foundation, and the Bill Whitmer Leadership Award, presented September 14, 2011 from the Health Enhancement Research Organization (HERO).  He earned a PhD in Health Behavior from University of Michigan, an MBA in General Management and an MPH in Hospital Management, both from University of California, Berkeley, and an AB in psychobiology from Oberlin College. He attended high school and was later a Senior Fulbright Scholar and visiting professor in Seoul Korea.

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