Your Community Leader for Worksite Wellness
Providing companies and wellness professionals with programs, education and resources to optimize their employee health and wellness programs.
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2024 - 2025 Board of Governors
Chair Carly McKimm Carly McKimm is a Wellness Manager on the Health Designs team, where she supports employers nationwide in creating healthier, happier, more productive workplaces through corporate wellness initiatives – including biometric screening, wellbeing coaching, and ongoing programming. Carly began her professional career in health administration, but her true passion has always been to serve and empower others to live their healthiest, happiest lives, through health education. She believes that knowledge is truly the power that allows us to unlock limitless potential and achieve amazing outcomes. She earned her Master’s in Public Health from the University of North Florida and is certified in public health by the NBPHE. She continues to pursue further education in the wellness field. Carly enjoys spending time on the water, reading a good book, and cheering on the Jags with her husband Shawn. Connect with Carly |
 Events Committee Lead Ethen Norton Ethen is a former Army veteran with over six years of experience in HR and is currently serving as the HR Operations and Technology Manager at VTrips. He is also pursuing his MBA in a graduate program. Ethen is passionate about expanding the wellness culture on the First Coast, as he firmly believes that the wellness and well-being of our people are top priorities and essential driving forces for any organization. He looks forward to contributing to the First Coast Worksite Wellness CouncilConnect with Ethen |
Marketing
Katie Sims
As a proud southern soul from Georgia, food, nutrition and cooking for the people I cherish is my love language. That passion combined with a bachelor’s degree in nutrition and dietetics from the University of North Florida creates an unwavering commitment to create flexible solutions that make healthy living attainable for all. I currently lead and oversee comprehensive wellness initiatives at a local software company called RF-SMART where I aim to develop and implement evidence-based programs that promote holistic well-being, enhance employee satisfaction, and drive positive health outcomes. Join me in savoring life's flavors and empowering communities for a healthier tomorrow!
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Healthiest Companies Director
Tori Snow
Tori Snow is a Jacksonville native, dedicated to helping others in her community to live healthier and happier lives. Tori earned a degree in Public Health from The University of North Florida and now has seven valuable years of experience in the industry. Currently, she serves as a Client Engagement Coordinator for PATH, where she helps companies create programs to help employees to achieve their health and wellness goals. In her time outside of work, Tori enjoys teaching yoga, walking her dog, and all outdoor activities including paddle boarding, camping, and hiking.Connect with Tori
Sponsorship
David Sneed
David is a Large Group Employee Benefits Specialist for the Jacksonville, FL office. He specializes in cost-containment solutions for companies with 100 or more employees, having served in the industry since 2013. He remains in close contact with his clients throughout the year to ensure a maximum level of attention and service.
He is grounded in the belief that doing the right thing is always the best idea, and the right thing is serving people. I maintain a gold-standard in continuing education with a special interest in the latest trends and technologies affecting self-funded clients. Along with the resources provided to him with USI, David’s promise is that if there is a discount, service, or plan to be found he will turn over every stone to identify those cost saving opportunities.
David also takes particular pride in ensuring that the pressures on today’s Human Resource professionals are alleviated by providing them the level of white glove support they need to stay focused on any company’s most important asset: its people.
Originally from Houston, TX, David has made his home in Jacksonville since 2003 where he resides with his wife Katherine and their two children. David is highly involved in the local not for profit community, serving as the President of the Board for a nonprofit providing clothes, books, and hygiene products to unhoused children in the Duval County Public School System. He also volunteers with his church’s animal ministry as well as with Feeding Northeast Florida.
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Legal & Compliance
Michael Clouser
Michael is a partner at Quintairos Prieto Wood & Boyer P.A., a large national law firm based in Florida. Michael leads the firm's Business Transactions and M&A group as well as the Sports & Entertainment group.
He has spent the last twenty years working as corporate general counsel within Fortune 500 companies in the insurance and financial services industry.
Earlier in his career, Michael built a successful sports agency practice where he represented numerous National Football League players in contract negotiations with NFL teams. He was recognized and quoted in the Wall Street Journal as one of the top NFL player agents for negotiating record setting deals on behalf of his NFL clients.
He has earned professional designations as a Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) and Certified International Privacy Professional (CIPP).
Michael graduated with honors in Accounting from the College of William & Mary and earned his J.D. from the University of Miami School of Law where he served as Managing Editor of the Law Review.
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Senior Advisor
Cassie Bruce CWWS, CWPC
Cassie is an Employee Wellness Consultant who develops strategic, research-based wellness programs designed to empower employees to practice healthy lifestyle behaviors and mitigate underlying risks within the organization. Cassie builds relationships with local employers and facilitates the development of health & wellness programs for Baptist Health, Northeast Florida's largest healthcare system. Prior to working for Baptist, she spent 4 years as a Wellness Consultant for Harden, one of the Southeast's leading independent insurance agencies.
Cassie has continued to develop her knowledge of worksite wellness best practices by obtaining the designations of Certified Worksite Wellness Specialist (CWWS) through the National Wellness Institute and Certified Wellness Program Coordinator (CWPC) through the Chapman Institute. She is also a Certified Personal Trainer through the American Council on Exercise (ACE) and has recently completed the Wellcoaches Health & Wellness Coach Certification.
Cassie graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in Communications and a Psychology minor from the University North Florida.
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Senior Advisor
Rachel McElreath Miller
Rachel is a Client Engagement Coordinator with Baptist Health PATH (Personalized Approach to Health) where she supports a variety of clients in their journey towards creating a meaningful wellness program at their workplace. Through programs such as biometric screenings, lunch and learns, challenges, and health coaching, Rachel's main goal is to bring impactful wellness programs to First Coast employers. With experience in university wellness, children’s health and wellness, and worksite wellness, Rachel has touched several areas within the field. Rachel enjoys going to the beach, spending time with family and friends, and cheering on the Jags!
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Senior Advisor
Jaime Kennedy
Jaime Kennedy is a native of Neptune Beach and joined The Bailey Group/NFP in 2012 as a key member of the Well-Being & Engagement team, formally promoted to Director in 2015. With a master’s degree in public health from the University of North Florida (UNF) and a certification as a Wellness Program Manager (CWPM), she leads her clients in providing strategic, consultative guidance to support their goals of reducing healthcare costs by focusing on prevention. Jaime moved to the Corporate Benefits team in 2018 with a role to further support her clients with developing multi-year strategies, contribution plans that integrate wellness with benefits, and high-level planning that ensures the benefits strategy is aligned with the overall business strategy. Now living in beautiful St. Augustine, Jaime is a devoted wife & mother, enjoys an active/outdoor lifestyle, and loves to cook nutritious foods for the ones she loves.
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