The Metro Denver Health and Wellness Commission (MDHWC) will provide overall direction, priorities and decision-making during its plenary meetings. However, in order to ensure that the MDHWC is inclusive and operates both efficiently and effectively, committees comprised of both commission members and non-members with key perspectives, knowledge and expertise will accomplish much of its work between commission meetings. The activities of all committees will support the MDHWC’s mission to make the metro
With the adoption of the MDHWC Strategic Plan: 2007-2012 – Our Recipe to Create America’s Healthiest Community ,the MDHWC has implemented three key initiatives: Healthiest Schools And Early Childhood Programs; Healthiest Worksites; Healthiest Communities, in addtion to the following committee structure: Executive Committee, Organizational Development Committee, Communications Committee, and the Insurance Committee.
Team & Committee Chairs
Mark Barnes, Worksite Chair
Elaine Gantz Berman, Schools/ Early Childhood Chair
Ken Fellman & Larry Harte, Public Sector Co-Chairs
Pam Hanes, Insurance Committee Chair
Steve Sanders, Communications Committee Chair
Suzanne Arkle Wilson, Organizational Development Chair