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
• 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
• 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, Madison, 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
• Johnsons Park Health Alliance:  Building a Culture of Community Sufficiency for Health in the
  Fond du Lac and North Avenue Neighborhoods
• Collaborative Curriculum on Chronic Obesity (CoCo)
• Coordination of the Family Medicine Fellowship Program

   Teaching:

•  Family and Community Medicine M3 Clerkship

Name:  Amy Kistner, LPC, SAC-IT

Position:  Program Coordinator II

Degree(s) and College(s):

• 2003 University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, Master of Science Degree - Health Psychology; Graduate Certificate - Women’s Studies
• 2000 Carroll College - Waukesha, WI; Bachelor of Science Degree - Psychology Minor - Economics; Minor - Women’s Studies

Programs and Activities:

   Grants:

• Health Care Can Change from Within

Name:  Leslie Patterson

Position:  Program Coordinator II

Degree(s) and College(s):

     •  MS, Administrative Leadership-Higher Education, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI

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

Programs and Activities:

   Grants:

• A Randomized Control Trial (RCT) of a Peer Support Intervention to Improve Hypertension
• Strong Rural Communities Initiative
• 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
• Empowering Individuals to Improve Their Hypertension Control through Peer Support

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.)

• Salud de la Mujer:  Community Developed Materials to Increase Health Literacy in a Latino Community