Kierstin Langston, MPA, CPT

Experience

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  Fitness 19

  Jul 2007 - Jul 2012

  Personal Trainer

  · Quickly build rapport with clients from a wide range of backgrounds.· Develop and instruct personalized cardio, strength training, and weight loss programs. · Maintain confidential files of client, customer service and sales information. · Recruited for club management training program. Supervise front desk staff including scheduling, reviewing timesheets, club marketing and promotion, membership sales, and customer service training.

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  Shrider & Associates

  Oct 2007 - Jun 2009

  Office Manager

  · Supervise three employees.· Prioritize and route assignments to employees.· Manage office budget, including payroll.· Analyze expenses and coordinate payments to vendors.· Schedule and facilitate meetings with staff, clients, and vendors.· Coordinate employee recruitment, screen applicants, schedule interviews, and process new hire paperwork.

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  Synergex

  Aug 2008 - Dec 2015

  Wellness Coordinator

  • Develop and implement corporate wellness programming including Lunch’n’Learns, health fairs, health coaching, personal training, yoga, and fitness evaluation testing.• Convey company health and fitness culture to employees and their dependents.• Distribute health messages through various mediums.• Organize charity fundraisers and coordinate teams for charity athletic events.• Keep abreast of current national wellness and wellbeing initiatives and activities, developing a network of resources and contacts to use as appropriate. Explore ideas and opportunities to personalize the program to increase employee participation. • Act as the Safety Coordinator by conducting an annual safety meeting, organizing and training the emergency response team and maintaining the AED program.• Awarded Sacramento Business Journal’s Healthiest Employer in 2012. Finalist 2011, 2013, 2014 and 2015. Show less

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  Kaiser Permanente

  Jan 2012 - Dec 2015

  Health Education Instructor

  · Teach and model self-management skills, concepts, resources, and tools related to health, lifestyle change, and behavior modification. · Lead and manage teams for corporate health promotion events, managing staffing needs at event, planning inventory, and prioritizing needs to complete assignment efficiently. · Share knowledge of Dr. Pruitt’s Smart Skills; get participants activated with motivating conversation. · Conduct health fair screenings and fitness evaluation testing. · Work independently and as a team with the Senior Health Educator, analyze employee satisfaction survey for the KP Thrive run/walk team to determine and implement effective programming to grow the program with fresh and creative ideas.· Coach KP THRIVE run/walk team. Assist employees and their families training for 5k, 10k, Half Marathon and Marathon events. Aid in stretching and strengthening for injury prevention. · Create curriculum for the Pediatric Specialty Departments Adolescent IBS Program including fitness, yoga, and guided visualization. · Follow strict confidentiality policies to be HIPAA compliant. · Create close relationships with Account Managers, Corporate Clients, THRIVE team participants, and Health Education Department Team. · Conduct client pilot fitness evaluation program, including beginning and ending fitness evaluations, counseling, and follow up coaching. Show less

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  Northern California Worksite Wellness Coalition

  Jan 2014 - Dec 2015

  Steering Committee Member

  • Partner with worksite wellness professionals from companies like Eskaton, VSP, and Dignity Health to provide forums where companies can share best practices in worksite wellness to promote healthy behaviors for employees and their families.

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  California Department of Public Health

  Jan 2016 - Jan 2017

  Worksite Wellness Coordinator

  · Lead a top-down and bottom-up approach to wellness in the workplace focusing on creating a culture of wellness.· Work closely and collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders including executive management, employees, state departments, unions and healthcare partners.· Lead and facilitate employee advisory committee.· Develop partnerships with internal and community health and wellness programs to further wellness initiatives within the department.· Drive changes to department policy in order to facilitate access to wellness in the workplace.· Content management: Design communications including weekly emails, flyers, and maintaining wellness intranet site.· Prepare presentations and travel to CDPH offices across the state to communicate wellness programming opportunities as well as conduct environmental scan.· Present findings to the Directorate and the Executive Management Team and make recommendation on programming, policy changes, and employee needs.· Lead Let’s Get Healthy California Goal Team 2 : Living well in project design and implementation. Show less

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  California Department of Human Resources (CalHR)

  Jan 2017 - Mar 2020

  Statewide Wellness Program Manager

  · Received Gold Superior Accomplishment Award July 2018.· Responsible for overall operation of the Statewide Wellness Program pursuant to Executive Order 119-95. · Ensure adherence to federal laws, regulations, state statutes, and state policies.· Develop and publish written policy guidance and training to enable consistent application of evidence-based practices and policies including promulgation of administrative policies, executive orders, regulations, and/or legislation.· Responsible for complex program with multiple department influence. · Perform research and analysis into barriers that inhibit conduct and effectiveness of wellness activities at state worksites.. Provide direction and leadership to approximately 200 departmental wellness coordinators and human resource managers in the areas of policy interpretation; program reforms, and improvements; and, health advocacy. Provide team building and training opportunities.· Manage and execute quarterly forums to provide resources and training for department wellness coordinators. · Develop deep relationships with other benefits programs, labor organizations. CalPERS, CalPERS- contracting health carriers, health and fitness vendors, and non-profit organizations in the development and implementation of a comprehensive statewide program. . Develop wellness curriculum for the mandatory 80-Hour Supervisor training. In partnership with SEIU, advise on wellness coordinator training modules, schedule and facilitate trainings. . Consistently present data to Division leadership. Consult with Executive Management as needed.. Content management for multiple wellness website pages, design various communications for internal and external use, and create social media content. . Collect, analyze, and report data on program effectiveness.. Volunteer for department committees such as the Disability Advisory Committee, Employee Recognition Committee. Show less

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  Vitality Group Inc.

  Mar 2020 - now

  Director of Sales

  Proudly Serving the Northwest : NorCal, N. Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Utah, Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Alaska.Vitality is a leading behavior change platform which uses the power of incentives, data and behavioral economics to make people healthier and enhance and protect their lives. Vitality has achieved global scale through successful partnerships with leading insurers and the most forward-thinking employers around the world. More than 20 million people in 20+ countries engage in the Vitality program. Primary responsibilities involve creating a market demand in the Northwest for Vitality products by utilizing wellness background and expertise, influencing product design, market positioning, vendor identification and contracting, technical marketing, Vitality design, public relations, and sales.Sales:Sell stand-alone wellness based products and wellness based add-ons to employers, brokers, employer cooperatives and other entities that have a base of members or employees.Evaluation:Evaluation of product design, market positioning, technical marketing, Vitality design, public relations, and sales.Strategy:Identify opportunities for growth through strategic alliances and market expansion.Create stand-alone wellness based products and wellness based add-ons to existing health products.Participate in and develop industry solutions for the wellness based product market in the United States to facilitate more affordable healthcare & foster employee well-being. Show less