Chris Dawe
(403) 493-2799 🇨🇦
(660) 654-2733 🇺🇸
chris@strategichealthy
impacts.com
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With over 30 years of experience across Canada and the U.S., Chris is an industry leader dedicated to salutogenic, upstream wellbeing impacts. His expertise spans higher education and community settings, driving progress in health promotion, wellness, health, counseling, accessibility, recovery, recreation, sport, and community-building—most recently as the Assistant Vice President for Health & Wellbeing at the University of Houston. His consulting includes co-leading the Active Alberta Coalition and the Calgary ActiveCITY Collective.
A deeply engaged volunteer industry leader, Chris is a founding member and current Past Chair of the U.S. Health Promoting Campuses Network (USHPCN) and representative to the International Network (IHPCN). His background also includes serving on NIRSA's Board of Directors, contributing to NASPA's Wellbeing and Health Promotion Leadership planning committee, and presenting widely across industry platforms (including ACHA, IUHPE, CUPA-HR, CACUSS, ARPA, and Athletic Business).
Chris brings a distinct talent for translating research and complex ideas into clear strategy and actionable results. As a Collective Impact leader, he brings leaders together to build a future of healthier people and stronger communities, championing settings-based health promotion as essential to the wellbeing of planet, place, and people.
Kathleen Hatch
(509) 592-3596
kathleen@strategichealthy
impacts.com
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An internationally recognized leader, consultant, and healthy campus specialist with over 30 years experience in higher education. In addition to her consulting role, Kathleen is currently serving as the Morrison Family Associate Vice President for Student Well-being at Kansas State University. Prior to this, Kathleen was Executive Director of Recreational Sports at The Ohio State University after her role as Assistant Vice President for Campus Life & Executive Director at Washington State University.
Kathleen is currently serving as a member of the U.S. Health Promoting Campuses Network (USHPCN) Steering Group. She previously served as President of NIRSA (2013-14), concluding nine continuous years of board and governance commission leadership roles during a successful repositioning of NIRSA in higher education and a vital force in the development of “healthy people and healthy communities”. Kathleen is a catalyst for inspiring cultural and organizational change while maximizing opportunities within the built and natural environments.
Kathleen’s passion, leadership and expertise is well recognized within post-secondary in Canada and the U.S. One of her recent areas of specialty is working with multiple associations for broader collective impact strategies including NIRSA, ACHA, NASPA, CACUSS and other active living, recreation and sport organizations and ministries.