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ENTRY FROM: The Top 100 Health Promotion Professionals
Nominee: Wendy Weaver
Helping Others Help Themselves
Wendy Weaver was born and raised in upstate New York. Through her career she has traveled all over the world. Her wellness career started with the Military as a contracted Exercise Specialist and now currently works as a Wellness Consultant/CEC for Humana Inc.
Wendy is well known for her dedication and success in leading teams and individuals to meet aggressive wellness goals. In her roles she manages and advises large commercial accounts (80k strong) on wellness programming and implementation. She works with Disease Management and Clinical Programs to reduce claims and skillfully communicated with Board of Directors, wellness center managers, corporate benefit managers and Humana executives on wellness initiatives and results driven wellness programs. Wendy’s 22 years’ of experience in fitness, nutrition, stress management, exercise and holistic health will be well utilized towards our aggressive engagement goals.
PROFFESIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Wendy received her Bachelors of Science in Health Management from California College for Health Sciences. She has many certifications in wellness. Certificates include: NWI, CWWS, CWWPM, ACSM, ACE, Holistic C.H.E.K, WELCOA certified, and WELCOA faculty status. Currently Wendy is on the steering committee for the Wellness Council of Tampa Bay and a member of Culture Advisory Board. The certification that is most valuable to me is WELCOA.
She has many certifications that are very specific and detailed in each area of wellness but WELCOA webinars and certifications tie them all together in a practical way.
DEMONSTRATED SUCCESS
When managing large accounts (80,000 employees) on wellness programming and implementation. She worked with Disease Management and Clinical Programs to reduce claims. Through organizing and running health screenings, walking programs and other wellness and health related topics, such as onsite educational programs she was able to use the 7 Benchmarks from WELCOA for tremendous success. Keys were:
• Build relationships, creating cohesive wellness teams and capturing leadership support with CEOs, Executives, hospitals administration, doctors, and other vendors and corporations.
• Choosing Appropriate Interventions and developing new strategies to secure vendors into first time provider status.
• Collecting data and carefully evaluating and auditing company claims, suggest steps towards wellness, and give presentations with proven results.
• Developed and grew company wellness program from zero to ten.
• Secured market one jumbo account with $500,000 for wellness budget.
• Manager of research wellness project with proven results of $7 return on investment of $1 spent.
• Drive down costs for both clients and carrier though wellness consulting and programming.
LEADERSHIP
“Wendy's passion for wellness is contagious! When you are around her you experience her excitement. Wendy truly enjoys helping others, whether it is with exercise or eating healthier. “Wendy is Wellness by living and breathing and applying to herself what she preaches.”
“Wendy is motivating, dedicated, the highly knowledge in the corporate wellness field, she has great values, trustworthy, has a tremendous passion for helping others, very organized, anything she touches becomes successful, attention to detail, big thinker, planner, visionary, strong role model, practices what she preaches, available and always willing to help, humble, very open, makes you feel comfortable with sharing, and excellent at follow up and follow through.”
What have been most valuable to her career are the opportunities she has had with working with such a diversified population along with the number of different companies from private to public sector.
The best advice is to get out and do it. Don’t be afraid not to try. Start with pilot programs and test groups. Listen, study, learn and be around successful people/companies.
INNOVATION
When running hospital based wellness center from initial opening which included hiring and managing a team of 68 employees she had the pleasure of doing things differently and from scratch. The success started with hosting hospital base research project while generating improvement strategies for the new wellness center. She was the Director of Younger Trimmer Fitter project which was aired on the Today Show 12/31/05.
COMPELLING VISION
The biggest opportunities we have in the health promotion industry:
Keeping it simple and not stressful
We need to have a Resilient Workforce
Healthcare costs and increasing labor costs
Employee Productivity
Poor customer service from employee because of personal mental and physical stress
In the next 5 years, Wendy would like to pursue and advance in the industry through helping other wellness professional. She was one of the first wellness consultants in the insurance industry and has learned a lot through her years. We together can help fight the battles of our dis-ease world.
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I have known Wendy Weaver both personally and professionally for over 10 years. She has such a great knowledge and passion for the field of wellness. As my employer she was always challenging me and motivating me, and always supportive and positive. Now, as a colleague, she is a great resource, and it is nice to have someone to relate to that had such a love of and experience in the field.
Carlye F. on 10/12/2014
I met at least 20 years ago...I remember we both worked in the same department...we started chatting and soon she introduced me to a world that would change my life! The fitness world. I started going to her step class (mind you the 5am class!!)...I had never done step before in my life but something about Wendy...her personality, her passion, she cared about each and every one of her students! She made it so fun I didn't even realize it was fitness! Wendy got me out of that slump I was in, the bad relationship..... the feeling bad about myself...she truly helped me find happiness! Now many years later I'm still leading that healthy lifestyle, I've done marathons, 5 and 10ks....I truly thank Wendy for introducing me to this world! She is an awesome person....even though we live in opposite sides of the country.... I know I can always count on her guidance if ever needed!
Jodi h. on 10/11/2014
As someone who has worked with Wendy before I've always been impressed with not only her ability to present health and wellness to others, but the fact that she lives by those ideals as well. Communicating with clients and employees is never easy, especially when it comes to trying to show someone a different way of doing things than what they are used to. The key is convincing them there is a better way and getting those ideas across in a friendly and fun way. Wendy is certainly great at both. What I find so great about wellness programs is that its not just about improving the bottom line via keeping healthcare costs under control, but its also about better living. As the old saying goes, if you don't have your health, what do you have? There's another old saying that money can't buy love, and it certainly can't buy you a healthy life either. And that's where Wendy comes in, at many times in our lives we've had a great teacher that opened our eyes to an important reality that literally changed our lives. That is certainly what Wendy brings to the table in the world of wellness.
Tony R. on 10/11/2014
Hello Wendy, & all those coming across this thread. I couldn't help but notice, as I read through the many personal heartfelt positive comments, & common patterns refering to "Love, heart, dedication, passion, leadership, professionalism, & ect.." I personally couldn't agree more, with all that has been carringly said, & shared thus far!! Wendy truly does practice what she preaches. I personally remember, & observed many conversations, situations, & instances with Wendy, while in the midst with others, & continually see Wendy's heartfelt professionalism in her daily life as well, & the most genuine thing I've truly noticed, is Wendy's humble ability to listen; so much so, that she becomes one with the person she's with, to the very core of having heartfelt tears in her eyes!! Then make a difference!! Wendy's compassion truly over exceeds her professionalism in not only her work, but her personal life as well! A woman that works with not only heart, & soul, but a cheerful loving spirit that moves mountain! I'm honored to have you as a friend, & a person that has the same vision, & love to help others, as there main reason to live! Your a blessing, an "Angel" in disguise! Your humble Love for mankind gave up your "identity"!! Much love, & success!! ~ D
Dorian R. on 10/11/2014
I have known Wendy Weaver since we were kids. She has always been healthy, non smoker, good healthy eater, and always concerned about her health and that of her friends and family. I knew growing up that she would find a way to make health and wellness her career. She is so dedicated to helping others achieve their fitness and wellness goals, she makes daily posts on her FB account about the dangers of not eating healthy, the good thing about her, is that she is not judgemental, and is truly willing to help, not because it's her job, but it is what she truely loves. She is an inspiration to me, and to so many others.. She loves her seminars, she loves to tell stories of how wellness can fit into anyones daily lives, and she does this not for attention but to help people, she has always been there for anyone that needs her advise, including myself, always with an encouraging word. I have never known anyone that cares about others the way she does, and I believe she is more than worthy of this award. I hope everyone continues to vote for her, She should be recognized as one of the very best in the industry.... She definitely has my vote. Congratulations Wendy for all of your accomplishments, and she looks so darn good doing it. Heather S
HEATHER S. on 10/11/2014
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