Mary L Krall
Pueblo County Government
Colorado City,USA
1
Certification
26
years of professional experience
Wellness professional with strong background in health promotion, health education, and program management. Driven by a results-oriented approach with the ability to adapt to evolving needs, prioritizing team collaboration to achieve goals. Skilled in developing personalized health and wellness plans, facilitating group training, and fostering a supportive environment.
Work History
Health and Wellness Specialist
7 Years 2 Months- Create, implement, promote, evaluate, and coordinate all health and wellness programs as they pertain to claims cost on our health insurance.
- Maintain Ergonomic Evaluation Program
- Provide ergonomic training for supervisors and employees.
- Build and maintain relationships with outside health professionals and vendors to help administer health and wellness activities and programs to employees.
- Maintain TimeTap scheduler for all wellness activities.
- Budget (track all wellness expenses, revenues, and plan annual on-going expenses in budget)
- Provide a variety of wellness training (i.e. on-boarding, back health, proper ergonomics)
- Teach group fitness classes
- Work closely with outside health resources to provide Lunch `n Learns and other activities (such as flu shot clinics, Hepatitis A and B shot clinics, and cholesterol screens)
- Maintain the employee Fitness Center
- Provide exercise and nutrition consultations
- Perform body mass compositions (Tanita Assessments) on employees and educate employees on their results and how to improve numbers.
- Track program effectiveness through data analysis and plan programs based on claims costs
- Part of the HR Benefits Team, answer health benefit related questions, back-up to the Health Benefits Administrator as necessary.
- Educate employees on health topics and provide guidance on how to improve health status as they pertain to my certifications and education.
- Administer American Red Cross CPR/AED/First Aid Training/Certifications
- Administer Mental Health First Aid Training/Certifications
- Help maintain the Talent and People Services SharePoint Intranet page
- Manage annual wellness budget
Population Health and Wellness Director
3 Years 4 Months- Director of the Employee Health, Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehab, and Wellness Department.
- Worked with providers and a variety of community groups to implement population health strategies
- Develop operational budgets, capital budgets, and strategic plans
- Champion of the Natrona County Zero Suicide Initiative
- Manage all daily operations including all sales of the Wellness Department
- Tracked program effectiveness through data analysis
- Created departmental policies and procedures
- Hire, evaluate, and supervise staff
- Assisted in the design of the blueprints of the Wellness Center (from the ground up)
- Was part of the hospital administrative team which required me to act as admin. on call as needed for the entire hospital
- Filled in as needed in Cardiac Rehab as an Exercise Physiologist
- Health Coach
- Group Fitness Instructor
- Wrote and oversaw all contracts and RFP’s
- Participated in Studer leadership principles
Health Promotions Specialist
4 Years 6 Months- Managed a $9 million Health Fund Budget
- Helped create health plan design changes based on costly and preventable health trends
- Created, implemented, promoted, and evaluated all health and wellness programs
- Acted a chair of the Departmental Well Aware Champions
- Created and designed monthly Stall Talk Health Newsletter
- Networked with local hospitals, physicians, and allied health professionals
- Acted as a health educator and taught a variety of various group fitness classes
- Performed ergonomic assessments for employees
- Assisted Benefits Technician as needed, esp during open enrollment
- Conducted RFP’s and wrote contracts
Wellness Director
4 Years 4 Months- Developed and monitored a budget of up to $700,000 annually
- Developed an annual capital budget
- Produced and maintained monthly expense reports
- Completed bi-weekly payroll
- Created departmental policies and procedures
- Managed the Active and Alive Grant
- Hired, terminated, trained, evaluated, and supervised staff
- Planned, implemented, promoted, and evaluated specialty health promotion programs for employees and the community
- Participated as a Quality of New Mexico Examiner
- Acted as chair of the wellness committee and wellness program
- Helped implement a tobacco free campus
- Taught a variety of group exercise classes and was a personal trainer
Exercise Physiologist and Health Educator
6 Years 3 Months- Worked with patients in the Phase I, Phase II, and Phase III Cardiac Rehab program
- Provided health education on ADL’s pre and post-surgical interventions
- Designed and implemented exercise prescriptions for patients.
- Taught a variety of health education classes to patients and family members
- Taught pre and post-op bariatric exercise classes
- Performed employee back screens
- American Heart Association BLS/Heartsavor/AED Instructor
- Created exercise videos for patients
- Taught a variety of group fitness classes and was a personal fitness trainer
- Acted as an exercise spokesperson for the radio, newspaper and television
Education
Masters of Science Degree - Health Services
Bachelors of Science Degree - Exercise Physiology and Health Education
Skills
Workplace Wellness Programs
Health Promotion
Chronic Disease Management
Behavioral Change Strategies
Health Education/Health Coaching
Teamwork and Collaboration
Budget Administration
Exercise Physiology
Fitness Center Management
Program Management/Event Coordination
Affiliations
- University of Wyoming Alumni
- Humanscale Ergonomics
- Certified Corporate Wellness Specialist (You can find my name under the professional directory)
- National Association of Sport Medicine (NASM)
- National Council for Behavioral Health
- American Red Cross
- Association of Diabetes Care and Education Specialists
Certification
- American Red Cross CPR/AED/FA Certified Instructor
- Mental Health First Aid Instructor
- Diabetes Community Care Coordinator Certificate
- Certified Corporate Wellness Specialist through Global Health and Wellness Association
- Certified Office Ergonomic Evaluator in Office Ergonomics through Humanscale
- National Association of Sports Medicine certified Weight Loss Specialist
- National Association of Sports Medicine Nutrition Health Coach and Behavioral Health Specialist
- American Fitness Association of America Certified Personal Trainer and Group Fitness Instructor
- Barre Above certified
- AAAI/ISMA Yoga, Total Body, Pilates, Cycling and Kickboxing.
Timeline
Health and Wellness Specialist
Pueblo County Government
04.2019 - CurrentRead More
Population Health and Wellness Director
Wyoming Medical Center
05.2015 - 09.2018Read More
Health Promotions Specialist
City of Casper
10.2010 - 04.2015Read More
Wellness Director
Gila Regional Medical Center
05.2006 - 09.2010Read More
Exercise Physiologist and Health Educator
Cheyenne Regional Medical Center
01.2000 - 04.2006Read More
California College for Health Sciences (Independence University)
Masters of Science Degree from Health Services
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University of Wyoming
Bachelors of Science Degree from Exercise Physiology and Health Education
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