Well-being Collective Infrastructure

Key components of the Well-being Collective infrastructure include an advisory council, a steering committee, work teams, expanded well-being networks and backbone support.

Diagram showing the infrastructure of the Well-Being Colletive with the advisory council, steering committee, and well-being networks working together and work teams supporting the steering committee

Executive Sponsors

Executive sponsorship of the Well-being Collective is provided by the Office of the Provost and Student Life.

Martino Harmon
Vice President for Student Life

Martino Harmon, PhD, is the vice president for Student Life. He leads more than two dozen units across U-M focused on supporting student development and creating a positive Michigan experience.

Laurie McCauley
Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs

Dr. Laurie McCauley is provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at the University of Michigan, overseeing the university’s academic and budgetary affairs.

Advisory Council
Michael Solomon: Dean, Rackham Graduate School/Vice Provost for Academic Affairs – Graduate Studies
Beth Angell: Dean, School of Social Work
Tabbye Chavous: Vice Provost for Equity and Inclusion & Chief Diversity Officer
Ravi Pendse: Vice President, Information Technology
Daphne Watkins: Director, Center for Health Equity Research and Training, School of Social Work
Lindsey Mortenson: Chief Mental Health Officer
Adele Brumfield: Vice Provost for Enrollment Management
Richard Holcomb, Jr.: Associate Vice President – Human Resources
James DeVaney: Associate Vice Provost for Academic Innovation and Founding Executive Director for the Center for Academic Innovation
Julia Weinert: Managing Director, Poverty Solutions
Andrew Horning: Managing Director, Graham Sustainability Institute
Marina Roelofs: Executive Director, Architecture, Engineering and Construction
Tami Strickman: Special Advisor to the President and Executive Director, Equity, Civil Rights and Title IX
Srijan Sen: Director, Frances and Kenneth Eisenberg and Family Depression Center
Betsy Brown: Assistant Vice President, Communications
Laura Blake Jones: Associate Vice President and Dean of Students
Mary Jo Desprez: Director, Wolverine Wellness
Elizabeth Harry: Chief Wellness Officer, Michigan Medicine
Matt Burrows: Executive Director, Parent & Family Giving and Student Life
Meera Grace Herle: President, Central Student Government
Bipasha Ray: Vice President, Central Student Government
Angelica Previero: President, Rackham Student Government
Jordan Zammit: Vice President, Rackham Student Government
Jordan Zammit: Chief Health Officer & Associate Vice President for Student Life
Preeti Malani: Special Advisor to the President & Professor of Medicine
Joe Zichi: Well-being Collective Lead
Mike Widen: Director, Recreational Sports
Jon Kinsey: Chief of Staff, Office of the President
Tony Kolenic: Director, Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum
Steering Committee
Christine Gerdes: Special Counsel to the Provost, Provost’s Office
Michael Solomon: Dean, Rackham Graduate School/ ice Provost for Academic Affairs – Graduate Studies
Erin McKean: Assistant Dean for Student Services, Medical School
Carolyn Yoon: Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, Ross School of Business
Kevin Pipe: Associate Dean, Undergraduate Education, College of Engineering
Rebecca Flintoft: Executive Director for Student Affairs, College of Engineering
Tim McKay: Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, College of Literature, Science & the Arts
Mark Clague: Associate Dean for Partnerships, School of Music, Theatre & Dance
Matt Kaplan: Executive Director, Center for Research on Learning and Teaching
Mika Lavaque, Manty: Director, LSA Honors Program
Todd Sevig: Director, Counseling and Psychological Services
Oluwaferanmi Okanlami: Director, Student Accessibility and Accommodation Services – Services for Students with Disabilities
Lisa Shea: Associate Director, Recreation Sports
Anne Huhman: Director, Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center
Neeraja Aravamudan: Director, Ginsberg Center
Will Sherry: Strategic Initiatives, Student Life
Alex Bryan: Lead, Student Life Sustainability
Judith Pennywell: Director, International Center
Laurie Burchett: Administrative Managed Care, University Health Service
Joe Colangelo: Director, Office of New Student Programs
Joy Pehlke: Lead, Staff Well-being Network
Darryl Conway: Senior Associate AD and Chief Health & Welfare Officer, Athletics
Tom Braun: Chair, SACUA/Senate Assembly
Kaaren Williamsen: Director, Prevention Education, Assistance, Resources (PEAR)
Dyan Jenkins-Ali: Chief of Staff to Chief Health Officer
Teresa Oesterle: Deputy Director, DPSS
Karen Schmidt: Senior Director, MHealthy
Nadia Bazzy: Director, MESA
Sandy Goel: Administrative Director, Wellness Office (Michigan Medicine)
Meera Grace Herle: President, Central Student Government
Bipasha Ray: Vice President, Central Student Government
Angelica Previero: President, Rackham Student Government
Jordan Zammit: Vice President, Rackham Student Government
Harrison Haywood IV: Vice President, Residence Halls Association
Sarah Skaggs: Executive Director, Wolverine Support Network
Joe Zichi: Well-being Collective Lead
Lindsey Mortenson: Chief Mental Health Officer
Nick Kaleba: Senior Director, Strategic Communications and Marketing (Student Life)
Mithun Vidhya-Ponraj: Vice President, LSA Student Government
Laura Blake Jones: Dean of Students
Mary Jo Desprez: Director of Health Promotion and Wolverine Wellness
Rob Ernst: Chief Health Officer / AVP Student Life
Saumya Gupta: Assessment, SASS
Tony Kolenic: Director, MBG and Nichols Arboretum
Kelcey Stratton: Chief Behavioral Strategist / UHR
Expanded Well-Being Networks

Student Network

Armaan Amiri
Anika Vishwanath
Anna Michala Graf
Ava Lizbeth Buitenhuis
Andrew Spencer Zupancic
Brooke Lynn Bailey
Danielle Smith
Cristina Beatriz Gonzalez
Alexandra Grossman Moon
Hayley Marguerite Marchand
Hannah Kaylyn Shaul
Isabella Gow
Kate Dillon
Keara Madison Keelty
Lauren Katherine Peck
Max Clinton Carey
Max S Hrigora
Olivia Rita Berding
Saumya Gupta
Sydney Foster
Tamia Lewis
Taylor Valentine

Faculty Network

Amy VandenBerg
Michelle Jannette Bellino
Burcu Tasoluk
David Cordova
Camille Renee’ Quinn
Heather A O’Malley
Janet Jansen
Jolene Renee Bostwick
Kathryn Nelson
Karen M Staller
Lorenzo Garcia-Amaya
Silvia Lindtner
Elizabeth Marie Levin-Sparenberg
Lindsey K Lepley
Laura M MacLatchy
Michael Andrew Smith
Maria Coolican
Mary Jo Desprez
Max Clinton Carey
Michelle Kees
Maria Anna Masotti
Marcia Sampaio Campos
Mark W Newman
Stephanie Sanders
Antoinette Bartolotta Coe
Sarita Schoenebeck
Zain AbuSeir
Joseph Zichi

Staff Network

Ann Fisher
Jamie Sherman
Catriona Mary Mortell-Windecker
Imm-Kee Lang
Isabella Gow
Jennifer Slater
Josie Wielinski
Kristi Rahrig Jenkins
Katie Stannard
Katie Lynn Hudson
Linda Louise Hart
Lisa M Camfield
Heather Lollar
Margaret Kim Liu
Mary Jo Desprez
Max Clinton Carey
Mike Krajcik
Madeline Tripp
Nabeela Jaffer
Reagan Spindler
Sheryl M Bourlier
Shannon Hennessey
Giota Tachtara
Todd Elkins
Karrie Schultz
Joseph Zichi

Staff Network 2.0 (Student-facing)

Angela Baugher Wine
Jesse Beal
Devin Berghorst
Brandon C Bond
Sharon Burch
Beth Cable
Jamie Carter
Shih-Ya Chang
Grace Christiansen
Mark Chung Kwan Fan
Kim Elliott
Ashley Evearitt
Kamara Gardner
Riahanah Gause
Rigo Gutierrez
Spencer Hall
Kelly Higgins
Sandra Iaderosa
Jamie Lee
Elizabeth Mann Levesque
Catherine Victoria Matuza
Felicia McCrary
Heather Moore
Chidimma Ozor Commer
Taylor Elaine Pahl
Joy Pehlke
Jeri Preston
Angela Saghar Farrehi
Elizabeth Rohr
Stephanie Ann Salazar
Nicola Saliendra
Paola Savvidou
Andrea Sell
Karishma Shaukat Collette
Allen Sheffield
Joyce E Sutton
Ellen Taylor
Cesar Vargas Leon
Riley Wilson
Joseph Zichi

Backbone Support

Sponsor:
Robert D. Ernst, Chief Health Officer, Associate Vice President for Health and Wellness in Student Life, Executive Director of University Health Service Student Life – Health Wellness

Mary Jo Desprez, MLIR, Director of Health Promotion and Wolverine Wellness
[email protected]

Joe Zichi, MA, Well-being Collective Lead
734-763-1320
[email protected]

Saumya Gupta, Student Accessibility & Accommodation Services Project Coordinator

Max Carey, Well-being Collective Student Lead