Associate Director of HPaW
- Email: kevin.meier@northwestern.edu
- Phone: 847.467.3632
Kevin joined Health Promotion and Wellness (HPaW) at Northwestern University in May 2015 and now serves as the Associate Director of Health Promotion and Wellness. Kevin supports the department in a leadership capacity by supervising multiple ADs as well as interns when needed, along with direction setting of our wellness programs and services. His portfolio contains many large-scale population-based wellness education and outreach initiatives as well as marketing and outreach through social norms and awareness campaigns. He serves as a Wellness Coach while assisting the department's other programming and outreach needs and actively maintains the Wellness at Northwestern and Alcohol and Other Drug Resources websites so students can easily navigate the abundance of resources available at Northwestern supporting student well-being in all eight dimensions of wellness.
Kevin earned his B.S. in Community Health from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Masters in Public Health from the University of Wisconsin – La Crosse. In the fall of 2023, he earned his Master Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES®) credential. Before joining Northwestern, Kevin served 5 years as a Health Educator at Loyola University Chicago. Outside of work, Kevin loves to take in a Cubs game or concert, explore local restaurants and breweries, and be outdoors grilling, biking, hiking, or relaxing by a campfire. As a promoter of wellness, Kevin practices self-care as often as possible by taking long weekends to travel, rest, and recharge as well as getting a massage at least once every month.