2023

2023 Wellness Champion Award Winners

Oct. 6, 2023 – This year, Healthiest Employers® offered the first-ever Healthiest Employers Wellness Champion award.

2023 Wellness Champion Award Winners

Oct. 6, 2023

This year, Healthiest Employers® offered the first-ever Healthiest Employers Wellness Champion award. Winners were nominated by their colleagues, consulting partners, and vendor representatives and selected by Healthiest Employers on the basis of the 6 key values essential to workplace wellness:

  • Vision – understands the challenges and opportunities that differentiate their workplace and has helped set corporate wellness initiatives for team members
  • Culture – engages the hearts, minds, and bodies of employees to address well-being and is well-respected among peers as “walking the talk”
  • Learning – dedicates time to learning-minded practices and demonstrates continuous improvement in leading successful and productive employee wellness programs
  • Expertise – seeks out other members of the team to balance subject-matter expertise with emotional intelligence to develop a deep understanding of human behavior and motivation
  • Metrics – understands the strategic value of wellness to the organization and measures company success to make adjustments and improve results
  • Technology – maintains awareness of tools and technologies to deploy the most suitable programs for employees and encourage them to live their best lives

Each nomination form stated the success, compassion, and drive from each of our Wellness Champions. The following winners exemplify the six categories, strive to make health a priority in their workspace, and lead by example.

Click on each champion to learn more about their hard work and commitment to employee health! 

Melody Allameh

Benefits & Wellness Manager – Dudek
Encinitas, California

Deborah Allison

Risk Manager – City of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio

Becca Cahal

Employee Wellbeing Specialist – MLK Community Healthcare
Los Angeles, California

Janis Davis-Street

Global Public Health Manager – Chevron
San Ramon, California

Katelyn DiCintio

HR Generalist – City of Coconut Creek
Coconut Creek, Florida

Linda Duffy

Well-Being Program Manager – Broward County
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

Whitney Gorsegner

Wellness Program Manager – Garver
Little Rock, Arkansas

Timothy Haygood

Cable Locator – Georgia Power Company
Atlanta, Georgia

Laura Moliken

Ursinus College
Collegeville, Pennsylvania

Tracy Roth

Vice President of Customer Success – WellRight
Chicago, Illinois

Peggy Sczepanski

Global Well-being Program Manager – Dow Chemical Company
Midland, Michigan

Rolonda Smith

Employee Experience Manager
Cincinnati, Ohio