About Us

The Laurie Hamre Center for Health & Wellness offers integrated medical, counseling, health promotion, and sexual violence prevention services and programs 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
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• 651-696-6185
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• Torri Lattimore, BS, CMA
• Operations Manager
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• Katie Tingleff
• Patient Access Coordinator
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• 651-696-6283
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• Nancy Casco
• Patient Access Coordinator
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• 651-696-6463
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• Nicola Michael-Tsai
• Insurance and Referral Specialist
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Medical Staff

• Steph Walters, MD, MPH
• Medical Director; Specialty training: Family Medicine, Adolescent Medicine
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• Ellen Giere, CFNP
• Nurse Practitioner
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• Brian Bradway, PA-C
• Physician Assistant
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• Molly Forsberg, BA, ASN, RN
• Registered Nurse
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• Anesia Shaw, MA
• Medical Assistant
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• Adalinda De Leon Valdez
• Medical Assistant Intern
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Health Promotion Staff

• Tiger Simpson
• Director of Health Promotion and Sexual Respect
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• 651-696-6385
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• Cassandra Worner, MPH
• Health Promotion Specialist
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• 651-696-6055
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• Audrey Seligman, MPH
• Health Promotion Specialist
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• 651-696-6964
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Counseling Staff

• Liz Schneider-Bateman, MSW, LICSW
• Director of Counseling
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• Jon Vaughan-Fier, MSW, LICSW
• Assistant Director of Counseling — Care Management
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• Michelle Craveiro, MA, LMFT
• Mental Health Counselor
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• Don DeBoer, PhD, LP
• Assistant Director of Counseling — Training
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• Briana Blakey, MS, LPC, R-DMT
• Mental Health Counselor
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• Caycee Bonacci, PsyD Student
• Counseling Intern
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• Hanin Harb, M.S.Ed., LPCC, C-DBT, NCC
• Mental Health Counselor, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity Program Manager
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• Erica Lee, MSW Student
• Counseling Intern
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• Jen Moore, MA Counseling, NCC
• Mental Health Counselor
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• Dana Suttles, MA, LICSW
• BIPOC Support Coordinator
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• Hoinu Thirumalai Bunce, PsyD, LP
• Mental Health Counselor
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• Jingming (Theodore or Theo) Wang 王景明, M.A., LPCC 
• Mental Health Counselor
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Sexual Respect

• Cali Mellin
• DoJ OVW Project Director
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• 651-696-6103
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