Meet Our Experts

Child and Family Specialist  In her role as Child and Family Specialist, Saige assists in helping children and caregivers cope with a cancer diagnosis and… Read More »Meet Saige Spears, MS, CCLS  

Community Oncology Dietitian  Emily assists in creating and delivering nutrition programs including cooking demonstrations, individual nutrition consultations, evidence-based nutrition presentations, and side effect management. Emily… Read More »Meet Emily Guzman, MS, RD, LDN

Bilingual Oncology Support and Family Counselor  Ima provides psychosocial support to adults, young adults, and families impacted by cancer. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts… Read More »Meet Ima Garcia-Perez, LSW

Oncology Exercise and Engagement Specialist In her role as Oncology Exercise and Engagement Specialist, Alex teaches different exercise programs as well as helps facilitate participant entry into Wellness House. Alex joined… Read More »Meet Alex Bohnstedt, ACSM-EP

Oncology Exercise and Engagement Specialist In her role as Oncology Exercise and Engagement Specialist, Leanne facilitates exercise classes, as well as individual exercise consultations and assessments for people affected… Read More »Meet Leanne Siewert, NASM-CPT, VCS

Director of Marketing and Communications As Director of Marketing and Communications, Mery is responsible for overseeing all marketing, public relations, media, and brand strategy at Wellness House. Mery joined… Read More »Meet Mery Vieira

Community Oncology Dietitian In her role as Community Oncology Dietitian, Jamie assists in creating and delivering an array of nutrition programs and offerings at the… Read More »Meet Jamie Shifley

HR and Volunteer Manager In her role as HR and Volunteer Manager, Lizz recruits, coordinates, and champions staff and volunteers across the organization. Lizz joined… Read More »Meet Lizz Hawkey, SHRM-CP

Director of Development As Director of Development, Kate is responsible for overseeing all fundraising, events and donor relations at Wellness House. Kate joined the team in 2022 and holds… Read More »Meet Kate Fridholm, MBA

Oncology Education and Engagement Associate Kara works with her team to develop and implement a wide variety of Oncology education-based classes as well as provide… Read More »Meet Kara Niekamp

Participation Engagement Manager In her role as Participation Engagement Manager, Marci facilitates participant entry into Wellness House programs and helps support the front desk team in… Read More »Meet Marci Goldberg

Courtyard General Manager In her role as Courtyard General Manager, Jamie is responsible for day-to-day retail operations, volunteers, merchandise selection/scheduling/pricing/intake and marketing. Jamie joined The… Read More »Meet Jamie Ott