Nancy Lesch has served on the Board of Directors for Conspirare for the last four years, including serving as chair, overseeing the development of Conspirare's new strategic plan, and helping to launch the organization's 25th anniversary commemorative year. She holds a Master of Music in Choral Conducting from the University of Texas at Austin and has sung with Conspirare's Symphonic Choir for eight years. In her professional life, Lesch brings more than 30 years of wellness industry experience aimed at engaging large-scale employers in supporting healthy living. Her specialties include product development, strategic consulting, and client relationship management. Her work is focused on supporting her clients with innovative ways to drive higher engagement among employees and better health outcomes.

 

Janet Bezner, Nancy's life partner, has conducted both pro-bono and paid consulting for organizations seeking to implement strategic plans. Nancy enlisted Janet to share her expertise as an organizational development consultant with Conspirare; in this capacity Janet worked in tandem with Nancy to develop our newly launched, three-year strategic plan. Janet currently works as an Associate Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at Texas State University. She joined the faculty at Texas State in Fall 2014, having taught at Southwest Texas State earlier in her career. Dr. Bezner also has served as a staff Vice President at the American Physical Therapy Association for 9 years. Her PhD is in health education from the University of Texas, and her interests and expertise are in health promotion, prevention and wellness.