Our Staff
Linda Hancock, PhD, CFNP, RN
Linda serves as both a clinician and Director of The Well. She is an animated health educator whose specialties over the years have included all the "S's": sexual health, substance abuse, and stress management. She is currently the smoking cessation guru at VCU and leads a campus-wide social norms marketing campaign to reduce substance use.
Nancy Harris, ANP, OGNP
Nancy is a nurse practitioner in the clinic and the Women's Health Coordinator for The Well. She supervises students who conduct women's health seminars.
Kristen Kidd Donovan, MPH
Kristen is the Substance Abuse Services Coordinator at The Well. She received her BA in English from Davidson College. After serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Zimbabwe, she earned her Master of Public Health from the University of Iowa School of Public Health. Kristen educates on substance abuse, and connects students struggling with substance abuse issues to appropriate community resources. Kristen's other responsibilities include gathering and analyzing data on substance use and abuse at VCU and working with University partners to foster a healthy, safe environment for VCU students.
Karen Konopelski, MS, RD, CSSD
Karen is a Registered Dietitian at The Well. She received her BA in psychology from Muhlenberg College, and earned her Masters of Nutritional Sciences from University of Connecticut. Karen's primary responsibilities include educating students about nutrition, eating disorders, and body image. She provides one-on-one nutrition counseling and gives presentations.
Jacquelyn MacDonald
Jackie serves as the Office Manager for The Well. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in English and a Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies with a concentration in Women's Studies from Virginia Commonwealth University. While monitoring the office's finances and budgets, she executes program planning, and the implementation and evaluation of various health programs.
Tammy McKeown, MS
Tammy is the Coordinator of Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Services. She provides advocacy services for victims of sexual assault, relationship violence, and stalking. Tammy also organizes awareness events and conducts educational programming for the campus community. She received a BS in Psychology and MS from the Department of Sociology at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Katie Vatalaro Hill, MPH, CHES
Katie serves as the Assistant Director and Nutrition Services Coordinator at The Well. Her primary responsibilities include educating students about nutrition, eating disorders and body image and stress management. She provides presentations, one-on-one counseling, and plans campus-wide events. She received her Master of Public Health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Amanda Wattenmaker, MPH, CHES, CPH
Amanda is a health educator (generalist) at The Well. She received her BS in Health Communication/Education from James Madison University. She earned her Master of Public Health from VCU/MCV. Amanda's responsibilities include advising the Project R.E.A.C.H. Peer Educators and the Cancer Awareness Team (CAT). She also works on the campus-wide social norms campaign to reduce substance use, and assists in the coordination of the National College Health Assessment (NCHA).