Connie Dovel Email & Phone Number

• Conduct personalized, one-on-one coaching sessions with caregivers of children with T1D via cloud based digital platform. • Utilize Motivational Interviewing techniques to promote positive behavioral changes. • Offer expert advice on exercise, nutrition, and sleep tailored to the unique needs of children with T1D. • Assist caregivers in developing effective disease management strategies. • Create and update training materials for the health coaching team. • Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure a holistic approach to care.

• Collaborate with client to identify needs and create goals. • Ellicit responses from the client to assist with understanding where they are in the behavior change process.• Provide affirmations for the client taking steps towards positive life changes.• Work with special populations such as pre and post natal and elderly on healthy lifestyles.

Reston, Virginia, United States

● Use of motivational interviewing to assist members with goal setting.● Through reflective listening assist the member in facilitating learning and results.● Collaborate with members to identify needs and assist with stretch breaks, meditation breaks and team building activities both in person and virtually.● Continue to innovate new ideas to engage the virtual members.● Ensure top notch member experience by providing excellent service.

Ashburn, Virginia, United States

Verizon, Ashburn, VA February 2020- Present● Collaboratively working with employees to assist with disease management through lifestyle choices. ● Use of reflective listening in both individual and small group coaching sessions facilitates learning and results● Provide health coaching for employees across the United States and abroad. ● Lead Wellness Roundtables to get members thinking and talking about behavior change. ● Facilitate EAP webinars for employees to promote health coaching.

The Grand, Bethesda, MD VeriSign Reston, VA● Coordinate on-site seminars, fitness classes and other wellness initiatives as a means of encouraging a healthy lifestyle and behavior change for clients.● Design and deploy health education materials and promotional materials based on client feedback.● Coach all clients on benefits of a healthy lifestyle and assure autonomy. ● Responsible for quality control of the client experience.

Fairax County , Virginia

• Oversee all operations of a 15,000 square foot facility as well as two additional remote facilities.• Manage eight full-time employees as well as ten part-time employees• Responsible for creating and managing budgets at each respective facility.• Responsible for all client reports and payroll functions at each facility.

• Educated clients with disease and injury to become healthy again through diet and exercise.• As an independent contractor advised clients on exercise regimens and healthy living concepts.• Achieved 20% increase in number of clients' success in achieving and maintaining desired• lifestyle changes.• Advised clients with disease and injury to attain healthy lifestyles through diet and exercise.

Bs, Exercise Physiology

Activities and Societies: Phi Sigma Sigma

Master'S Degree, Health Promotion Management