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NRPA Update

Meet the NRPA Health and
Wellness Advisory Panel

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RPA's Health and Wellness Advisory Panel provides oversight,
feedback and subject-matter expertise for NRPA's health and
wellness programs and initiatives. The panel serves as a sounding
board for new ideas and practices that helps to provide guidance
to the NRPA staff.
Tina Fleming,
Director of the
Operations Division,
Gwinnett County
Parks and Recreation
Tina Fleming has worked for
Gwinnett County Parks and Recreation since 2001 in various capacities and currently serves as the
director of the operations division.
Fleming manages the programming
of recreation facilities, marketing,
facility operations, park and facility maintenance and repair, health
and wellness initiatives, fostering
of volunteers and stewardship opportunities, and safety of all of the
parks and facilities in the Gwinnett
County park system.
Colleen LammelHarmon, Wellness
Manager, Chicago
Park District
Colleen
LammelHarmon, CPRP, is the wellness manager and registered dietitian within
the department of Community Recreation, Health and Physical Activities
for the Chicago Park District (CPD).
She is responsible for implementing
more than 3,000 wellness activities,
including physical activity, nutrition,
relaxation and leisure programs for
youth, as well as adult, family and senior programs. Lammel-Harmon has
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taught fitness classes for more than
24 years and has worked as a registered dietitian for 22 years, specializing in obesity prevention. 
Daniel Hatcher,
National Healthy
Out-of-School Time
Advisor, Alliance for a
Healthier Generation
Daniel W. Hatcher serves as National Healthy Out-of-School Time
Advisor for the Alliance for a
Healthier Generation. At the Alliance, Hatcher is responsible for
managing and delivering technical
assistance services and resources
for out-of-school time sites as they
work to achieve national Healthy
Eating and Physical Activity Standards. Hatcher has a bachelor's degree in international relations and a
Master of Public Health, both from
Western Kentucky University.
Christian Moore,
Director of Camp and
Retreat Ministry,
Crossroads District
UMC
Christian Moore is the director of camp
and retreat ministry for the Crossroads
District of the Rio Texas Conference
of the United Methodist Church. He is
responsible for developing and executing the district's strategy for providing

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camp and retreat opportunities. Prior to joining the District staff, Moore
served in leadership positions in the
parks and recreation departments of
the cities of Cedar Park, Portland, and
Leander, Texas. During his tenure in
recreation, he was responsible for supervising comprehensive quality of life
programs and services. Moore is a past
chair of NRPA's Young Professional
Network and was the chair of the 2015
" Park of the Future " design competition for college students studying parks
and recreation. He also represents
NRPA as a member of the Public Policy and National Awards Committees.  
Maria Nardi, Chief of
Planning, MiamiDade County Park,
Recreation and Open
Space Department
Maria I. Nardi has more than 18
years of experience in the private
and public sector in the fields of urban design, landscape architecture,
park planning, architecture and
preservation.  In the private sector,
she received the University of Miami School of Architecture Alumna
of the Year Award for her holistic,
comprehensive park planning work
as chief of planning and research for
Miami-Dade County, where she directed the vision for the Miami-Dade
County Park and Open Space Master
Plan, a vision for a more equitable,
greener and healthier Miami-Dade
County; and for her work as chief of
urban design for the city of Miami
where she initiated Miami 21, a rewrite of the city's land development
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