NIWH Academic Advisors
NIWH Academic Advisers are health and education professionals who are also Whole Health Education certified graduates. They provide feedback on a learner’s submitted assignments, exams and Capstone final papers. Our Academic Advisers come from diverse healthcare specialties but all are passionate about Whole Health and Whole Person Care.
LYNN JONEN, PhD, WHE, is a Licensed Clinical Health Psychologist and 2012 graduate of the NIWH Whole Health Educator certification program. Lynn has focused her career on clinical service and education. Her work has predominantly involved providing behavioral health care, psychotherapy, neuropsychological assessment, whole health education and consultation in a variety of settings, including: hospitals, universities, skilled nursing facilities, and, most recently, a large, multidisciplinary primary care practice. Previously, Lynn spent many years as an Instructor of undergraduate Psychology courses at DePaul University.
BILL CROFT, PhD, RRT, WHE, RCP, FAAIM, and his background in health care, as well as health education, is impressive. He is a professor of the Respiratory Therapy Program and the Chairman of the Health Sciences Department at Sandhills Community College, in North Carolina. Bill is also the Education Chair of the North Carolina Respiratory Care Board, and a 2007 honors graduate of the NIWH Whole Health Educator certification program.
GEORGIANNA DONADIO, MSc, DC, PhD, an NIWH faculty member, is a health care pioneer who has helped foster the integration of Whole Health and Whole Person Health Care within medical and holistic health organizations. Georgianna is one of only six Nightingale Scholars in the US, an MNA award-winning nurse advocate and widely quoted Integrative Health expert. Named “Best Integrative Healthcare Practitioner” in Boston, for 20 years she has hosted the nationally syndicated women’s TV programming, Woman-to-Woman®.
"I applaud the compassionate work of NIWH, which offers Integrative Whole Health and whole person focused training for health care professionals who desire to provide relationship-centered health care, while facilitating health education to empower the patient and support shared decision making."
Bernie Siegel, M.D.
Author of “Love Medicine and Miracles”