Virginia Rink Email & Phone Number

United States

Project management and grant writing for Plunum Health. Facilitated work group meetings among leaders from four partner organizations to build relationships, support collaboration, and identify areas of opportunity to improve programs and services.• Delivered HR (Human Resources) implementation project plan• Secured grant funding for HR implementation

Managed the redesign of the Total Wellness Program for the employee population at AltaMed. Transitioning from a participatory wellness program to one that is outcome based and utilizing evidence based strategies to accomplish goals.• Established a new company wide employee wellness program that exceeded benchmark standards for engagement, produced customized programs with verifiable data and outcome-based results that supported ROI.• Project and budget management of a new employee gym and wellness program, cafeteria, grants, and HR events.• Collected and analyzed program outcome data, and developed reporting for executive leadership and stakeholders.• Directed the design, implementation and evaluation of health and fitness challenges, webinars, and awareness events. • Led and empowered team members to create and deliver health education resources and programs with high quality.• Led cross functional teams on special projects and deliverables that impact patient and employee health programs.• Ensure compliance with all contract and regulatory requirements that impact employee health programs.• Created new policies, FAQ’s and procedures for employee benefits, wellness, and special programs.• Developed the wellness communication plan and related items for educational materials, emails and marketing.• Presentations developed and delivered for training, education and meeting updates to team members and leaders.• Coordinated health and benefit fairs, flu clinics, biometric health screenings and special events.

• Managed teams in developing, implementing, and evaluating pilot programs, which led to a successful launch serving 65,000+ employees.• Managed twelve program coordinators that successfully implemented programs, and expanded participation and engagement to reach 30% of the employee population. • Evaluated and modified program materials to improve quality and optimize best practices.• Assessed population health risks using health biometrics and health risk assessment data to determine annual program plan and goals.• Led communication efforts to effectively market programming through multiple avenues including digital signage, Intranet postings, newsletter submissions and magazine articles.•Engaged in vendor relations to improve communication and support among stakeholders.•Keynote speaker for internal team trainings (50+), health education webinars (300+), live education workshops (10-20) and a live seminar for LA County Employee Retirees (240+).

Woodland Hills, Ca

• Modified three vol. of the Healthy Challenge workbook series and created two new vol. and respective workbooks. • Developed a presentation to introduce each one of the volumes (5), and an educational presentation for each volume.• Developed the Healthy Challenge Program series overview and action steps to implement the program.

•Created a culture of health with in the workplace through café and facility integration, onsite screenings, fitness activities, wellness seminars, health coaching and implementing wellness committees.• Guided individuals to move through the stages of change and reach personal wellness goals through motivational interviewing.• Developed and delivered presentations through webinars and live seminars that improved health and wellness knowledge and skills.• Developed innovative wellness program materials, challenges, and marketing tools that motivated participation that exceeded contract goals.

San Diego, California, United States

• Conducted investigative research to identify new projects, experimented with flavor enhancers and created prototypes with the company’s signature flavor enhancers that resulted in new clientele for the company.

• Met with patients to take their food order and insure it complies with the specific dietary needs of the patients.

Master’S Degree, Public Health

B.S., Foods And Nutrition