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Wellness Champion Spotlight | Colorful Choices Team Captains

Eat a healthy diet and keep calories in check.

I’d like to recognize all of the Wellness Champions who rallied their teammates to join the new summer wellness challenge, Colorful Choices. Thank you for your leadership and your commitment to Wellness Connection and your colleagues. Your ingenuity, determination, and creativity are inspiring.

Approximately 900 WashU employees participated in the Colorful Choices campaign. The charts below demonstrate that while Champions made up 8% of all participants, they led the way as Team Captains: 36% of all team leaders were Wellness Champions:

A big thank you to our Wellness Champion network for supporting our 8IGHT Ways to Wellness evidence-backed strategy, and for encouraging your colleagues to be cognizant about their nutrition on a daily basis.

A special shout out to each of our Wellness Champion Team Captains and their creative team names:

Wellness Champion Team CaptainColorful Choices Team Name
Amurao, Max (Dr.)EH&S Color Squad
Babka, JennyNutritious Neuro
Byers, JenniferSkywalkers
Chappell, CindyLab Rats
Colson, RebekahBroccupational Therapy
Dilberovic, VildanaPT Dream Team
Downey, RobRM Sourcerers
Early, RosalindSpin Doctors
Fuchs, JeanBiology Lifers
Holzhauer, JenniferPsych Foodie Friends
Howell, RaemaROYGBIV PALATE
Jennings, LaraDiversity & Inclusion Trotters
Leingang, KarenJust  Do IT
Lohmann, SherryPT Cruisers
Lyons, CherylThe Fruit Oncs!
MacKay, DonnaThe Colorful Eyes
Marshall, Bess (Dr.)KidEndos
Pena, SheriColor Fusion
Richardson, JanaTeam Oto
Ruwitch, MelissaHealthy Habifs
Schreier, LindaOHIDS Green Team
Sharma, MalaGenetic Footprinters
Thompson, MichaelProtective Services
Tigges, LisaTaste the Rainbow
Vaeth, JenColorful Counsel
Warren, AmyPsyched for Wellness
Hafner, NikkiHerb Your Enthusiasm
Buschhorn, LaurenSome Cute Cucumbers 
Page, EmilyFresh Foodies

Join our growing network of Wellness Champions!

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Learn more about the role here.