Institute Leadership

The Leadership Team consolidates knowledge of best practices and insights about opportunities for collaborative and/or interprofessional practice and learning opportunities throughout IIHHS. The Team is responsible for stewardship of resources, space and equipment. As a collective, this council embraces a larger network of colleagues across academic units thus advancing goals of the Institute, the College and the University. Team members contribute to grants development through advice, research, suggestions, and participation in proposal preparation as appropriate. Some members of this Team are also members of the Harrisonburg & Rockingham Healthy Community Council, to assure a strong alignment between the identified needs of the community and the programs provided through the Institute.

The Team relies on advice and guidance from the IIHHS Steering Committee and joint meetings with the Steering Committee are scheduled annually. Membership of the IIHHS Steering Committee includes representatives of the Leadership Team to further assure continuity of action and intent.

 

Linda Plitt Donaldson
Director of the Institute for Innovation in Health and Human Services
plittdlx@jmu.edu
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Kelly Atwood
Director of Clinical Programs
atwoodkc@jmu.edu
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Jolynne Bartley
Associate Director of Children and Youth Services
bartl2jx@jmu.edu
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Brenda Bechler
Assistant Director of Community Health Education
bechlebk@jmu.edu
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Brent Finnegan
Director of Health Education Design Group
finne2bm@jmu.edu
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Vesna Hart
Associate Director of Interprofessional and Interdisciplinary Education and Programs
hartvx@jmu.edu
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Kim Hartzler-Weakley
Associate Director of Research and Public Health
hartzlkm@jmu.edu
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Trevor Stokes
Director of Alvin V. Baird Attention and Learning Disabilities Center
stokestf@jmu.edu
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Institute Administrative Staff

Diana Pereira
Fiscal Administrator
brookedl@jmu.edu
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Kris Christophel
Clinical Billing Coordinator and Program Support
chris2ke@jmu.edu
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Melissa Nagy
Clinical Billing Specialist
nagymw@jmu.edu
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Jennifer Rea
Operations Coordinator, Research and Public Health
reajl@jmu.edu
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Katie Forsyth
Fiscal & Administrative Coordinator
forsytkb@jmu.edu
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Stephen Farrar
Administrative & Operations Services Coordinator
farrarsm@jmu.edu
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