Center for Healthy Communities

Center for Healthy Communities Staff:

Name:  Shari Hagedorn

Position:  Program Coordinator I

Degree(s) and College(s):

• Associate Degree, Executive Secretary Program, Southeast Community College, Beatrice, NE

Program and Activities:

   Grants:

• The Aging Imperative:  Teaching Future Family Physicians Skills in Geriatrics
• Community Based Participatory Research in Family Medicine
• Farm to Fork:  Cultivating Grassroots Capacity to Transform Food Access
• Increasing Identification of Vulnerable Elderly in the Community Utilizing the
  Electronic Health Record
• Johnsons Park Health Alliance:  Building a Culture of Community Sufficiency for Health in the
  Fond du Lac and North Avenue Neighborhoods
• Lakeshore Lodge
• Mi salud - Mi vida:  Health Promoter Model for Diabetes Self-Management
• Nuturing Healthy Youth Leaders through Faith-Based Partnerships
• Partnership for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management in Western Wisconsin
• Stop Abuse and Neglect of Elders (S.A.N.E)

Name:  Melissa Holmquist, MS

Position:  Program Coordinator II

Degree(s) and College(s):

• BS, Journalism, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Milwaukee, WI
• MS, Counseling, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI

Programs and Activities:

   Grants:

• B.R.A.N.C.H. Out (Building a Rejoiceful Alliance of Neighbors for Change and Healing), Church-based Health and Wellness program
• Community Based Participatory Research in Family Medicine
• Farm to Fork:  Cultivating Grassroots Capacity to Transform Food Access
• Johnsons Park Health Alliance:  Building a Culture of Community Sufficiency for Health in the
  Fond du Lac and North Avenue Neighborhoods
• Mi salud - Mi vida:  Health Promoter Model for Diabetes Self-Management program
• Collaborative Curriculum on Chronic Obesity (CoCo)
• Coordination of the Family Medicine Fellowship Program

   Teaching:

•  Family and Community Medicine M3 Clerkship

Name:  Leslie Patterson

Position:  Program Coordinator II

Degree(s) and College(s):

• BS, Natural Science with an emphasis on Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison,
  Madison WI

Programs and Activities:

   Grants:

• A RCT of a Peer Support Intervention to Improve Hypertension

Name:  Trinitie Wilke

Position:  Program Coordinator I

Degree(s) and College(s):

• BS, Criminal Justice, Carroll College, Waukesha WI

Programs and Activities:

   Grants:

• Marion Initiative, day to day operation of implementing
• Drug Free Communities Support Program Grant:  Programming, implementation, day to day operation of Marion Area Resource Center, development and implementation (examples:  parenting classes, mentoring, and drop-in play time)
• Collaborating with local, individuals and organizations

Name:  Robert Tomczyk

Position:  Program Coordinator I

Degree(s) and College(s):

• BS, Education, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Whitewater, WI
• MS, Education, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Whitewater, WI

Programs and Activities:

   Grants: 

• Marion Initiative, day to day operation of implementing
• Drug Free Communities Support Program Grant:  Programming, implementation, day to day operation of Marion Area Resource Center, development and implementation (examples:  parenting classes, mentoring, and drop-in play time)
• Collaborating with local, individuals and organizations

Name:  Bernadette Witzack

Position:  Program Coordinator II

Degree(s) and College(s):

• BA, Studio Art, Beloit College, Beloit, WI
• MA, Public Service, Health Care Administration, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI

Programs and Activities:

   Grants:

• Stop Abuse and Neglect of Elders (S.A.N.E.)