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Rita brings thirty years of experience to WPO as a work-life/wellness professional, trainer, project administrator, account manager and sales person. At WPO, for four years, she served as the Vice President of Client Support, managing relationships with WPO's EAP partners. In that role, she was responsible for working with EAP clients on an ongoing basis to assure high standards of service delivery and to provide the support needed to sell work-life/wellness products to their clients. During that time she also focused on designing wellness solutions for clients and acting as a liaison with wellness partners. In 2007, she was appointed as WPO's Vice President of Wellness Services. She is responsible for managing WPO's new internal Wellness Department while designing and implementing a broad menu of workplace wellness services. She is excited to focus on merging her two passions wellness and work-life into a suite of wellness solutions designed to compliment WPO's work-life services. Prior to joining WPO, she was the Director of Work-Life Service at FEI Behavioral Health where she managed all facets of the work-life division of a national behavioral health organization. Rita has designed and taught classes on wellness, work-life balance, stress management, time management, parenting and related topics. Prior to her position at FEI, Rita was President of Work-Life Partnering, a Work-Life consultation firm in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Rita holds a Master's Degree in Administrative Leadership & Adult Education from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and a Bachelor's degree in Social Work from Carroll College in Waukesha, Wisconsin | 