About Us

The Laurie Hamre Center for Health & Wellness offers integrated medical and counseling services as well as campus leadership on health promotion and sexual respect for all students and serves as a resource supporting the entire Macalester community’s effort to build a healthy campus. We are dedicated to providing care, support, and connection to resources for students of all identities.

Mission

The mission of the Laurie Hamre Center for Health & Wellness is to create a healthy community by working with students to achieve physical, emotional and social well-being while promoting the value of life-long learning and health.

Aspiration*

The Hamre Center seeks to infuse health into the everyday operations and practices that touch the lives of our students. Through this effort, we work to enhance the success of our institution; create a campus culture of compassion, well-being, equity and social justice; improve the health of the people who live, learn, work, play and love on our campus; and strengthen the ecological, social and economic sustainability of our communities and wider society.  * Adapted from the Okanagan Charter, 2015. International Conference on Health Promoting Universities & Colleges (7th : 2015 : Kelowna, (B.C.)

Administrative Staff

• Jen Jacobsen, MPH, MA
• Executive Director
• [email protected]
• 651-696-6185
• She / Her / Hers

• Torri Lattimore, BS, CMA
• Operations Manager
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• She / Her / Hers

• Nicola Michael-Tsai, BA
• Insurance and Referral Specialist
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• She / They

• Hannah Bech, BA
• Patient Access Coordinator
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• She/They

Medical Staff

• Steph Walters, MD, MPH
• Medical Director; Specialty training: Family Medicine, Adolescent Medicine
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• She / Her / Hers

• Ellen Giere, CFNP
• Nurse Practitioner
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• She / Her / Hers

• Brian Bradway, PA-C
• Physician Assistant
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• He / Him / His

• Baylee Zittlow, APRN, CNP
• Nurse Practitioner
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• She/Her/Hers

• Kevin Kuo, MD
• Adolescent Health Fellow: University of Minnesota
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• He/Him/His

• Vanessa Baca, DO
• Psychiatrist
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• She/ Her/ Hers

Health Promotion Staff

• Tiger Simpson, MS, BA
• Director of Health Promotion and Sexual Respect
• [email protected]
• He / They

• Rachel Banen, MSW, LGSW
• Associate Director of Health Promotion
• [email protected]
• She/Her/Hers

Sexual Respect Staff

• Paige Olowu, BA
• DoJ OVW Project Director
• [email protected]
• She / Her/ Hers

Counseling Staff

• Jon Vaughan-Fier, MSW, LICSW
• Interim Director of Counseling & Assistant Director of Counseling — Care Coordination
• [email protected]
• He / Him / His

• Don DeBoer, PhD, LP
• Assistant Director of Counseling — Training
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• He / Him / His

• Briana (Bri) Blakey, MS, LPCC, R-DMT
• Mental Health Counselor
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• She / Her / Hers

• Jen Moore, MA Counseling, LPCC, NCC
• Mental Health Counselor
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• They / Them / Theirs

• Adana Patrice, MA, LICSW
• Mental Health Counselor – BIPOC Support Coordinator
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• She / Her / Hers

• Jingming (Theodore or Theo) Wang 王景明, M.A., LPCC 
• Mental Health Counselor
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• He / Him / His

• Shoshana Rivers, MS, LMFT
• Care Coordinator
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• They/She

• Jodi Adams
• Counseling Intern
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• She / Her / Hers

• Simi Kaur
• Counseling Intern
• [email protected]
• She / Her / Hers

Hamre Center Org Chart

Updated March 2025, HB