Wellness Committees and Work Groups

The mission of the CDPHE Employee Wellness Advisory Board and Subcommittees is to educate, inform, and facilitate action among employees, and institute system change to promote healthier lifestyles for all employees.

Wellness and Safety Advisory Board

Stephanie Burke - OEPR - Public Health Emergency Preparedness
Crystal Cortes - HFEMS - Caregiver Support/Alzheimer's Education/Aging

Alicia Haywood - PSD -

Ivy Hontz - PSD - Employee Council
Lynn Garst - OEPR - Responder Health and Safety
Gabi Johnston - EDO - Communications
Mariah LaRue - CHED

Shelli Marks - DCEED - Garden Committee

Daniel McKenna - HR - Worksite Wellness, Safety, Student Opportunities Coordinator

Tanya O’Connor - PSD -

Stefanie Rucker - APCD - Mental Health

Melanie Simons - OEPR
Megan Snow - DCEED - Health Communications/Transportation Alternatives

Dee Dee Valdez - PSD - Tobacco control and prevention
Phil Von Hake - APCD - Transportation Alternatives - CDPHE Bikes

Wellness Committees and Work Groups

Disease Prevention

Becky DiOrio - Diabetes Prevention Program

Jill Bednarek - Tobacco

Michele Lynch - Tobacco
Becky Selig - Cancer

Check, Change, Control Champions
Jon DeCelles - DEHS
Michale Dee - OIT
Lauren Farnsworth - LSD
Chad Fear - HFEMS
Sarah Garber - DEHS
Melody Mascarenaz - HMWM
Jo Matson - APCD
D'Alva Messina - HFEMS
Deborah Monaghan - DCEED
Tanya O'Connor - PSD
Lynda Saignaphone - PSD
Tara Trujillo - PSD
Ben White - CHED

Family Friendly Workplace

Isabel Dickson - PSD

Christal Garcia - PSD

Kate Jankovsky - PSD

Tomei Kuehl - PSD - Lead

Shayna Micucci - PSD

Stacy Miller - PSD

Ynke deKoe -PSD

Garden Committee

Julie Pfankuch - PSD

Ivy Hontz - PSD
Shelli Marks - DCEED

Health Eating - Active Living (HEAL)

Joan Brucha - PSD
Crystal Cortes - HFEMS

Natalie Roth - PSD - Weigh and Win

Daniel McKenna - HR

Sherryl Garcia - PSD - Weight Watchers at Work

Cate Townley -PSD

Lactation Support Committee

Reid Bryan - PSD
Ynke DeKoe - PSD
Daniel McKenna - HR

Stacy Miller - PSD - Lactation Specialist

Dana Podell - APCD - Women’s League

Julia Rodriguez - Admin - Building Operations

Joi Simpson - Human Resources Director
Renee Strauss - Human Resources

Mental Health, Mental Illness and Substance Abuse Committee

Kirk Bear - APCD

Christine Demont -PSD
Curt Drennen - OEPR

Daniel McKenna - HR

Phuonglan Nguyen -PSD
Michele Lynch - PSD

Stefanie Rucker - AQCD - Lead

Aaron Shipman - DCEED

Janeen Haller-Abernethy - CSEAP

Renee Strauss - HR

Transportation Alternatives Committee - Green Team Subcommittee

Ben Eby - WQCD

Craig Giesecke - APCD

Greg Fabisiak - Bike Lockers

Lorin Scott-Okerblom

Megan Snow

Cate Townley

Phil Von Hake - Lead

Robby Long- Transportation Solutions Representative

Prevention Services Staff Engagement Approach Team

Wellness Champions 
  
Wellness Champion Vision
Wellness champions are our department’s superheroes-those employees who make building a culture of health, defeating health risks and promoting good habits a priority. They are individuals who represent the spirit of wellness through their passion and expertise. Their participation takes this wellness program from a two-dimensional strategy to a high touch, high impact wellness campaign.”

A Wellness Champion is an individual within a division or office who:

• Promotes wellness by leading by example, such as
• Taking the stairs instead of the elevator
• Suggesting walking meetings
• Standing during meetings
• Bringing healthy snacks to meetings
• Taking a 30 minute wellness break daily
• Inviting others to join in wellness
• Is passionate about improving or maintaining his/her health
• Is willing to pass along wellness information via emails, flyers, word-of-mouth
• Helps create the wellness “buzz”, actively encourages participation in wellness initiatives

 Contact Daniel McKenna for more information on how to participate on the Wellness Advisory Board, on a Wellness Committee or as a a Wellness Champion.