Faced with shifting responsibilities and with many of their coworkers in new, remote work environments, the Wellness Champions continue to promote a healthy workplace culture by participating in Wellness Connection programming and encouraging their colleagues to do the same. The graphs below demonstrate that while Champions make up 4% of total Walktober participants, they led the way as Team Captains: 28% of all team leaders were Champions.
Approximately 3,000 WashU employees are participating in Walktober. My sincerest gratitude to our Champion network for helping to spread the word about this wellness challenge and motivating your colleagues to participate and take some time for self-care.
Shout out to our Wellness Connection Champion Walktober Team Captains:
| Champion Team Captain | Team Name |
| Babka, Jenny | Stroke Striders |
| Barrett, Cheryl | Wright Geimsa Team |
| Biver, Sam | Salt-N-Stepa |
| Blanchard, Deanna | MyDay FIN |
| Burns, Atiqua | Walk N Burn |
| Byers, Jennifer | Peds Rocks2 |
| Casanova, Cheri | PsychMovers |
| Chappell, Cindy | Lab Rats |
| Cordner, Theresa | Walktobers We Wear Pink |
| Daphna-Iken, Dorit | Sunshine my day |
| Dickey, Denise | RO Motivators |
| Dilberovic, Vildana | PT Dream Team |
| Downey, Rob | RM Sourcerers |
| Early, Rosalind | Spin Doctors |
| Everett, Sydney | SC Walkers |
| Fleshman, Linda | WashU Warriors |
| Flynn, Kat | Cranium Crew |
| Fuchs, Jean | Biology Lifers |
| Gibson, Ashley | Hocus Pocus |
| Hemingway, Britt | Walk at Homies |
| Hildebrandt, Theresa | Too Inspired to be Tired |
| Hogan, Erin | Go Ahead Make MyDay |
| Horn, Theresa | Protective Services |
| Hundley, Chelsey | FALL Into Fitness |
| Hyde, Krista | EHS Walks! |
| Jennings, Lara | OISS Globe Trotters |
| Johnson, Rachael | Tootsie Rollers |
| Knoten, Amanda | Keeping it Renal |
| Leingang, Karen | Just Do IT |
| Lischer, Melanie | Walkupational Therapy |
| Lohmann, Sherry | PT Cruisers |
| MacKay, Donna | The Walking Eyes |
| Matteuzzi, Christy | Pandemic Academics 1 |
| Matuszczak, Richard | Whiskey Business |
| McDaniel, Shonda | Take a Hike |
| Mezyk, Bryan | Pacesetters |
| Nyapete, Natalie | Falling into movement |
| Ortbals, Leanne | Pumpkin Spice Walkers |
| Patterson, Jamie | Major Steps&Capital Gains |
| Patterson, Kim | HIGH STEPPERS |
| Pena, Sheri | Falling into Fitness |
| Perlow, Leslie | United Pursuit |
| Peterson, Kim | Walk This Way |
| Quest, Nate | GPOctober |
| Richardson, Jana | Oto Walk-tober |
| Ruwitch, Melissa | Healthy Habifs |
| Schreier, Linda | The Stat Pack |
| Schulte, Danielle | Ion the Prize |
| Sharma, Mala | Genetic Footprints |
| Shelton, Rachel | Advancement Gets Active |
| Stabenow, Amy | Asleep On Our Feet |
| Stevens, Bridget | OFMD Halloween Hustlers |
| Tabak, Rachel | COPPR |
| Tallchief, Dani | The Sleep Walkerzzz |
| Thier, Diane | MSK |
| Todd, Lauren | Pandemic Academics 2 |
| Vaeth, Jen | Fully Executed |
| Warren, Amy | Crazy for Fitness |
| Weeden-Smith, Stefani | Civic Hikers |
| Williams , Paula | DOMS Stepping OUT!! |
| Wilmot, Tara | The Holy Walkamolies |
