UW Health and Wellness Management Bachelor’s Program Faculty

Betsy Barrett is an adjunct instructor at UW-River Falls. Previously, she taught at UW-Stevens Point and Elmhurst College. She earned her BA from the College of Wooster, her MS from Miami University in Ohio, and her PhD from the University of Minnesota. She volunteers at the National Wellness Institute; runs (with her yellow lab, Croix),... [Read More]

Terry Aittama is a senior lecturer at UW-Stevens Point and has been teaching in the Health Promotion program, a National Wellness Institute (NWI) accredited academic program, for two decades. She has been involved in the creation and assessment of learning outcomes and curriculum and is the academic advisor for the NWI Student Chapter at UW-Stevens... [Read More]

Theresa Dionne is a proud 2009 UW-Stevens Point graduate with an MA in Communication. Theresa currently lives in Dallas, Texas and employed as patient experience consultant at Methodist Health System. In this role she offers coaching and professional development to all health care employees in both the clinical and administrative settings. In addition, Theresa is... [Read More]

Myron Falken received an MS in microbiology from South Dakota State University. He received an MPH and a PhD in environmental health with an emphasis on epidemiology from the University of Minnesota. He worked as an epidemiologist at the Minnesota Department of Health for 20 years and developed the blood lead surveillance system and the... [Read More]

Jason Horay has a BS from High Point University in Sports Medicine, and an MS in Health Promotion/Health Education from Mississippi State University. He is a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) and a Master Trainer with the CDC’s Work@Health Program. Jason was the Program Manager at Duke University’s LIVE FOR LIFE employee wellness program, and... [Read More]

Danielle Karvonen attended UW-Superior and graduated with her BS in Wellness/Fitness Management. She continued on at Benedictine University to obtain her MS in Public Health, and she is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Health Information Management. Danielle chose the health field because she loves to help and educate others about health and wellness. In... [Read More]

Erin Balliet Ratelis has been an innovator for change within the health and wellness industry for over 15 years. She is an insight-driven wellness professional with experience as a health and wellness consultant, wellness product developer, and thought leadership strategist in health care. She earned her BA in Community Health Education from UW-La Crosse and... [Read More]

William Simpson presently is an associate professor at UW-Superior and directs the exercise physiology laboratory. His experiences include YMCA work, cardiac rehabilitation, and 20 years in higher education, including a health promotion and wellness faculty position. He has presented nationally and internationally, including at the National Wellness Conference, American College of Sports Medicine, and International... [Read More]

Dave Sprague is an adjunct professor in his fifth year of teaching at the University of Wisconsin, both online and classroom-based courses. His prior business work experience includes training and development, executive recruiting, sales and marketing, public speaking, management coaching and research consulting for several companies such as Boeing, Emory Hospital and Clinics, Johns-Manville, Norwegian... [Read More]

Judy Springer, PhD, has over 25 years experience in the health and wellness field working at hospital, community, corporate, and academic sites in various roles. Past experiences in the academic setting have included instruction in exercise physiology, fitness assessment and programming, sport nutrition, aging and wellness, and lifetime wellness. She previously facilitated Physical Education courses... [Read More]

Emily Whitney received an MS in community health education at Utah State University and a PhD in health education at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. She is currently an assistant professor at UW-La Crosse teaching health education and health promotion courses such as Drugs in American Society, Human Disease, Stress Management, and Health Aspects of Aging.... [Read More]

Liz Wiebe, M.S, currently works at the University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation in Madison, WI as the Health Services Manager. Her background is in Health Education and Exercise Physiology, Most of her career has been in Worksite Wellness. She spent over 20 years at Lands’ End in Dodgeville, WI in a variety of roles, the... [Read More]