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Implementation Team: Staff Resumes

Laura Dwire, MSOL Kathy Wehrle, RD, CD
(Health Initiative Project Management) (Health Initiative Management)
HEAL Program Manager Community Outreach Registered Dietician
St. Joseph Community Health Foundation Parkview Health

SELECTED EXPERIENCE SELECTED EXPERIENCE
• 25 years of professional leadership and program management, 15 years of • Implemented Kohl’s Healthy Kids Program.
program implementation, change management, and community involvement. • Originated Parkview’s Pediatric Weight Management Program.
• Worked in manufacturing, consulting, healthcare and not-for-profit • Instrumental in bringing evidence-based best practice health and wellness
management. campaign, LiVe to Parkview Health.
• Planning Committee and Resource Development Member- Brightpoint (CANI) • Developed Our HEALing Kitchen curriculum for HEAL program encompassing
Board. health and nutrition through cooking and collaboration.
• Planning Committee and Strategic Planning- Community Harvest Food Bank. • Contributing author to Nutrition and Diet Therapy, Nursing Textbook by Delmar/
• Program Manager- Healthcare Access Program- Implemented a shared Cengage Publishing (Chapters include “Pediatric Nutrition” and “Weight
electronic medical record amongst safety-net providers in Fort Wayne, IN. Management Across the Lifecycle”).
• Program Manager- St. Joseph Community Health Foundation- Developed a • Piloted 4-Series Head Start Parents program for healthy family eating.
healthcare resource guide for Allen County services. • Developed Real Solutions, adult weight management curriculum.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
B.S. Management, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio B.S.- Food and Nutrition in Business
M.S. Organizational Leadership, Indiana Institute of Technology, Fort Wayne, The University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison Wisconsin- 11-month
Indiana internship at Level I trauma, tertiary care teaching hospital

YEARS OF EXPERIENCE - 25

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