SUMMARY

• Detail - oriented, organized and highly motivated professional with a background in corporate health and wellness.
• Demonstrates exceptional communication skills as well as significant proficiency with all Microsoft Office applications. Works cooperatively in teams and actively markets wellness services throughout the community.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Biometric Screening
• Contract Management
• Customer Service
• Database Management
• Event Planning
• Health Risk Appraisal Administration
• Lesson Planning
• Marketing
• Public Speaking
• Project Management
• Sales
• Training and Teaching Experience
• Wellness Coaching

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Arizona

Coordinator/ Manager

Responsibilities:

• Develops, promotes and grows worksite wellness program within Confidential (YRMC)
• Responsible for the design and implementation of a strategic and comprehensive organization-wide Wellness Program
• Provides leadership and direct management for wellness programming focused on vendor management, programming administration, marketing and communications, leadership engagement and budget management
• Works collaboratively with service lines to deliver wellness services and education for patient care
• Assists clients (employees, dependents, patients) in establishing and meeting wellness goals
• Manages biometric screening, Health Risk Appraisal (HRA), health education and wellness coaching protocols and staff
• Analyzes current health status of company and develops measurement and evaluation strategy for programming including participant satisfaction, program impact, and program value and utilization
• Actively markets and sells services to regional businesses and implements effective worksite wellness practices, and assists customer in meeting their wellness goals
• Responsible for the design and growth of the children's wellness program Healthy Kids to help prevent childhood obesity
• Develops curriculum and works collaboratively with community physicians, leaders, schools and wellness professionals to provide a thorough 12-week education program for children and parents
• Manages all contracts, grants and funding for all programs within Wellness Department

Confidential, Arizona

Health Promotions Coordinator

Responsibilities:

• Designed and delivered health education presentations and materials for the following subject areas: physical fitness, injury prevention, nutrition, weight management, substance abuse, sexual health, tobacco cessation and chronic disease prevention
• Coordinated health events, including Health & Safety Fairs, Crews Into Shape Challenge, and the Great American Smokeout
• Maintained and developed Wellness Coalition for MCAS Yuma, including outside organizations to include Yuma County Public Health District, American Red Cross, and Department of Commissary Agency
• Performed biometric screenings, fitness testing and health risk appraisals per week for service members, dependents, retirees and DoD Civilians.
• Developed and generated monthly e-Newsletter for the Semper Fit and social networking pages for Health Promotions
• Managed and negotiated contracts with outside vendors
• Managed the generation and implementation of the Massage Therapy Program, Health & Fitness Booklets for the Personal Training Program, monthly health education classes, cooking classes and grocery store tours for all patrons

Confidential, Arizona

Leader and Receptionist

Responsibilities:

• Managed and conducted meetings with incoming members by providing program and healthy lifestyle advice and support
• Generated lesson plans to present new meeting topics each week for groups of 20 to 60 members
• Meetings are based on scientific principles about nutrition and how to maintain a healthy lifestyle
• Successfully opened two new meeting locations to meet needs of the Yuma Community
• Managed staff, opened and closed meeting centers, including set-up, supply re-stocking and cleaning
• Maintained records and program documentation, including meeting attendance and statistical data for meetings

Confidential, Arlington, Virginia

Administrative Assistant III

Responsibilities:

• Served in multiple positions for this organization, including Clerical Specialist II, Administrative Assistant II and III, respectively. Originally worked for Confidential Federal Services (HNFS) in first two positions, processing healthcare requests for a DoD-affiliated contract
• Transferred requests from HNFS customer care system into the military’s medical database
• Excelled in locating network providers and processing requests in a timely manner
• Assigned as Team Lead for management of daily production, audits, and development and implementation of work processes that vastly improved the team’s daily production
• Provided administrative support and acted as a central point of contact for a DoD-contracted financial counseling program
• Routinely coordinated meetings, travel, and worked collaboratively to ensure effectiveness of program operations
• Developed and organized records management system for projects through utilization of Excel
• Conducted orientations and training via teleconferences for network of 800 financial consultants