Speaker
She navigated the system. Now she explains it to the people who design it.
Brenda Rogers brings a grounded, unfiltered perspective to obesity care, GLP-1 access, and the real cost of delayed intervention. She speaks to the gap between how coverage decisions are made and how they are lived.
"Brenda is exactly the kind of voice this conversation needs. She is refreshingly unfiltered, honest about her journey, the real barriers she has faced around access and affordability, and what it has actually taken to reach her current position." Through her involvement with Obesity Matters and our OM Wellness Workshop, she speaks to what so many in our community feel but rarely say aloud. That authenticity is rare, and it lands. When I put Brenda in front of a journalist or a panel, I trust her to bring both credibility and candour to the conversation. She doesn't just tell her story, she helps others feel seen in it.
Priti Chawla
Founder & Executive Director, Obesity Matters | Parlons Obésité
Why Brenda
The perspective most policy rooms are missing
Brenda Rogers helps decision-makers understand what their coverage choices actually create. Her work starts with one question: what happens to the people who don't make it through the system as it's designed today?
With over a decade supporting senior leaders at McDonald's Restaurants of Canada, Brenda understands how institutional decisions get made and how they play out beyond the spreadsheet.
With 30+ years at Canucks Sports and Entertainment, working with crowds of up to 20,000, Brenda brings the ability to read a room and hold attention, which gives her message more impact in policy and healthcare conversations.
Signature Talk
What Happens When We Wait
The Real Cost of Delayed Intervention in Obesity Care
Most systems are designed to intervene later, when risk is higher, cost is higher, and people are more complex to treat. Brenda walks audiences through what that actually looks like in practice, not just on paper.
Brenda connects delayed access to increased system load, fragmented care, and rising costs that are harder to manage over time. Drawing from her own experience navigating access to care, Brenda brings a grounded perspective to how these decisions play out in real life, and what becomes possible when timing changes.
Audiences leave with
National Media Coverage
Brenda's story has appeared in 40+ media pickups across Canada.
Her perspective has been covered across Canada from coast to coast. Decision-makers in your audience may have already encountered her work.
These patients without drug coverage are eagerly awaiting generic Ozempic in Canada
Brenda speaks to the access gap facing Canadians who need GLP-1 medications but face coverage barriers, and what the arrival of generic options could mean for real patients.
Read the articleWhat is food noise and why are we hearing about it amid the rise of GLP-1 medications?
Brenda offers lived-experience insight into the psychological and physiological dimensions of obesity that most coverage discussions fail to address.
Read the articleOn the Obesity Matters panel
Watch Brenda speaking alongside an esteemed panel of obesity care leaders at Obesity Matters' You Belong Here session — sharing her lived experience with her peers and the community she calls her cheering squad.
Background
Credibility on both sides of the table
Brenda Rogers brings an unusual combination: she has worked inside large institutions and navigated the healthcare system as a patient. That dual perspective is exactly what makes her effective.
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Bring this perspective into your next conversation.
Coverage decisions, policy forums, and insurer roundtables are shaped by data. Brenda adds what data cannot: a clear account of what those decisions actually create for the people they affect.
Brenda Rogers is available for speaking engagements, panel appearances, and media interviews across Canada.
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