Healthy UNH Program Staff

Healthy UNH is staffed by the New Hampshire Institute for Health Policy and Practice. The staff is responsible for implementing and executing operating plans, steering the Healthy UNH Action Committee, and providing financial management for Healthy UNH.

Ned Helms, Director

Jo Porter, Deputy Director

Kimberly Persson, Project Director

Stacey Gabriel, Research Associate

Amy Schwartz, Director of USNH Cost Containment

Healthy UNH Action Committee

The Healthy UNH Action Committee is a team of faculty, staff, and student leaders from across academic, business, and service departments at UNH. This Committee helped to develop a sustainable plan for Healthy UNH and now steers Healthy UNH's efforts going forward.

Dick Cannon
Chair
Vice President, Finance and Administration

James Lewis
Associate Professor/Chairperson, Health Managment & Policy, College of Health & Human Services

Joanne Samuels
Assistant Professor, Nursing, College of Health & Human Services

Tom Kelly
Director, Sustainability Academy

Kevin Charles
Assistant Vice President, Student & Academic Services
Executive Director, Health Services

Gladi Porsche
Medical Director, Health Services

Denny Byrne
Director, Campus Recreation
Affiliate Assistant Professor, Kinesiology

Joan Tambling
Director, USNH Human Resources

Lisa Wilder
Administrative Assistant II, Department of Education, College of Liberal Arts

Sharon Cowen
Family & Consumer Resources Educator, Cooperative Extension
Representative, Extensin Educators Council

Curt Grimm
Deputy Director, Carsey Institute

Bridget Finnegan
Director, New & Emerging Media, University Advancement

Erika Mantz
Director, Media Relations, University Advancement

Christina VanHorn
Training Coordinator, Human Resources

Christina Rowland
Information Technologist II, Housing IT & Marketing
Representative, PAT Council

Rochelle L'Italien
Registered Dietitian, Dining Services

David Cross
Director, Counseling Center

Bob Woodward
Professor, Health Management & Policy, College of Health & Human Services
Professor, Economics, Whittemore School of Business & Economics

Stacey Silva
Human Resources Partner, UNH Manchester

Brad Manning
Director, Environmental Health & Safety

Renate Jurden
Senior Administrative Assistant to the Dean of the College of Health & Human Services

Amy Weeks
Graduate Student

Dennis Bobilya
Associate Professor, Molecular, Cellular, & Biomedical Sciences, College of Life Sciences & Agriculture