Mari Ryan
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Mari Ryan

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As CEO and founder of Advancing Wellness, Mari Ryan is a workplace well-being strategist guiding organizations to create people-centric workplaces. Working with businesses of all sizes from start-ups to global powerhouses such as Microsoft, Morgan Stanley, and Northrup Grumman, she brings a wealth of experience and expertise.

Mari holds a BA from Lesley University, an MBA from Boston University, and an MS in Health Promotion from Nebraska Methodist College. Her certifications include: Worksite Wellness Program Consultant, Wellness Practitioner, and facilitator in a number of evidence-based behavior change programs. Mari is also a master trainer for the Work@Health program for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Mari actively serves or has served on many nonprofit and educational boards including: cofounder of the Worksite Wellness Council of Massachusetts, Board of Directors of Health Promotion Advocates, co-chair of the Smaller Business Association of New England (SBANE) Human Resources Committee, member of the External Advisory Committee for the Center for Promotion of Health in the New England Workplace, a NIOSH-funded Center of Excellence at the University of Massachusetts – Lowell, member of several Human Resource organizations, including the New England Human Resource Association (NEHRA) and Human Resources Leadership Foundation (HRLF).

The American Journal of Health Promotion, Insights (NEHRA), and Occupational Health and Safety Magazine have published Mari’s worksite health promotion articles. Mari is an in-demand speaker at local and national conferences on workplace well-being and talent management topics.

Mari’s love for walking brought her to lead a community-based program in Watertown, Massachusetts, called Watertown Walks! As a member of the Watertown Bicycle/Pedestrian committee, Mari initiated a Safe Routes to School program to encourage children to walk or bike to school. In 2006, Mari accomplished a personal goal of climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. In 2016, Mari walked 100 miles of the Camino de Santiago in Spain.
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