Staff

Administration

Jason Gillman MSPH, CHES
Director, Health & Wellness Services
jason.gillman@slcc.edu

• Salt Lake Community College, Desktop Publishing – 1992
• Salt Lake Community College, Secretarial Training Certificate – 1991

Sandy is a Utah native, married, has one daughter and instead of grand babies has three kitties and two dogs. Her hobbies are gardening, photography and using Photoshop to create photographic items for her family and friends. She has worked for SLCC in various departments since 1992.

Health Education

Tricia Bishop
tricia.bishop@slcc.edu

• Tuberculosis PPD Skin Test Administrator
• Trainer-BASICS Brief Alcohol Screening Interventions for College Students
• Stress Management Facilitator

• University of Wisconsin – LaCrosse, Bachelor of Science Health Promotion & Education – 1997

• Fundamentals of HIV Prevention Counseling Workshop - 2003
• Partner Counseling Referral Services Workshop - 2003

After graduation Tricia worked with the AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin as a Prevention Specialist for 1 year. In 1999 she ventured across the US, 1500 miles away from home, to the great state of Utah (long story). Since living in Utah, she has worked at the American Red Cross Greater Salt Lake Area Chapter as their Youth HIV/AIDS Education Coordinator, the University of Utah Student Health Services as their Health Educator in the Office of Health Promotions. Since 2003, she has been the Program Coordinator at SLCC Health and Wellness Services. This position allows her to wear many hats i.e., coordinates special events and presentation in cooperation with peer leaders and HWS staff, creates and present classroom presentations and provides resources to faculty and staff, Advisor for SHAC, and Health and Wellness Advisor for Peer Leadership Council at Redwood and South City Campus.

Tricia loves running, road and mountain biking, hiking, backpacking, camping, swimming, the Green Bay Packers, and playing with her dogs.

Preston Lindhardt
preston.lindhardt@slcc.edu

• Certified “Ending Nicotine Dependence” Facilitator
• Fundamentals of HIV Prevention Counseling Workshop - 2005
• Partner Counseling Referral Services Workshop - 2005

• University of Utah, Bachelor of Science Exercise and Sports Science – 2003

A life long passion for exercise and sports motivated Preston to pursue a career in the health industry. He is very much a people person who enjoys helping, educating and empowering others to live a healthier lifestyle. This need to help others has given him the opportunity to work with children, youth and adults in various community organizations such as: YMCA, YWCA, The Boys & Girls Club many others.

Counseling

Terri Busch
terri.busch@slcc.edu

• Licensed Clinical Social Worker
• National Association of Social Workers
• Women in Private Practice
• Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Guild

• University of Utah – College of Social Work, Master of Social Work – 1992
• University of Utah, Bachelor of Science Women Studies – 1988
• Northwest Community College – Powell WY, AA General Studies – 1971

Terri has been working in the mental health field for the past 30 years. She has particularly enjoyed being back in a teaching and learning environment the last five years with Health and Wellness Services.  Her clinical focus has been in women's and gender issues, trauma, relationships and eating disorders. She enjoys supervising graduate students and therapists working toward their LCSW licensure. Recently, she had the opportunity to co-teach a diversity class at SLCC. Terri looks forward to further education in clinical knowledge and teaching skills in order to "pass on the information" as Audre Lorde would say.

Alexander Smith
alexander.smith@slcc.edu

• Certified Social Worker – State of Utah

• University of Utah, Master of Social Work - 2003
• Brigham Young University, Bachelor of Science in Family Sciences, Emphasis in Human Development – 1999

• Evolution of Psychotherapy – 2005
• Breakthroughs in Healing Trauma – 2005
• Living Well with HIV – 2005
• The Process of Seeking Sexual Reorientation – 2005
• 30th Annual National Wellness Conference – 2005
• Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Dissociation – 2005
• Utah University and College Counseling Centers Annual Conference – 2004 & 2005
• Domestic Violence Basic Knowledge and Skills Training – 2004
• Fundamentals of HIV Prevention Counseling Workshop
• Partner Counseling Referral Services Workshop
• Affiliate Provider for Sex Offender Treatment

David has worked for Wasatch Mental Health, Intermountain Specialized Abuse Treatment Center, and Pride Counseling. During his graduate studies, David spent a semester working in Easter Europe. In Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, at the American University, David assisted in restructuring the on-campus Student Counseling Center (the only University Counseling Center in Bulgaria). His findings were reported at the 13th Annual Conference for Alliances of Universities for Democracy in November of 2002. David also donates time to the Utah AIDS Foundation working in prevention, education, and support services for those living with HIV/AIDS.

David is experienced in working with couples, anger management, grief and loss, addiction and recovery, trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder, while assisting clients as they create and manifest the life they want to live. David’s professional interests include working with the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered community, and people living with HIV.

Massage

Randi Mears
randi.mears@slcc.edu

Tiffany Anderson
tiffany.anderson@slcc.edu

• Licensed Massage Therapist – State of Utah
• Self-Help Leader – Arthritis Foundation
• Smoking Cessation Instructor – American Cancer Society
• Guided Imagery Certification – Association for Humanistic Psychology

• University of Utah, Bachelor of Science Health Promotion and Education – 2005
• Myotherapy College of Utah – 1995

• Upledger Institute, CranialSacral Level I – 2006

Tiffany is certified in numerous modalities including Touch for Health, pre-natal and most recently CrainalSacral work. Her signature massage is one that focuses on balance and restoring the body to its most optimal condition.

Clinic

Michelle Neeshan
michelle.neeshan@slcc.edu

• Board Certified Family Nurse Practitioner
• Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
• Member Sigma Theta Tau – Nursing Honors Society

• University of Utah, Master of Science Nursing – 1999
• Salt Lake Community College, LPN – 1989

Michelle has a keen interest in health promotion and disease prevention across the life span, as well as community and evidence based nursing and medicine.

Anne Daly
anne.daly@slcc.edu

• Board Certified Family Nurse Practitioner
• Member Association of Clinicians for the  Underserved

• University of Utah, Master of Science Nursing – 1996
• University of Northern Colorado, Bachelor of Science Nursing – 1985

Anne's specialty is Women’s Health and Preventive Medicine/Family Practice. Anne loves to travel to off-the-beaten path kinds of places, particularly to places where she can practice her Spanish.

Chris Thurber
christ.thurber@slcc.edu

• Tuberculin Testing Certified
• CPR Certified

• Salt Lake Community College, Medical Administration Assistant – 2005
• University of Utah, Bachelor of Science Sociology/Community Health – 1975

Chris is married and has three grown children with the first grandchild on the way. She enjoys the arts, travel and good food. She has also completed 20 marathons but has moved up to just a walk/run.