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FIC Ambassador

Alisha Sutton

Meet your FIC NIH Well-being Ambassador!​

Hello! My name is​​​

Alisha Sutton​


I'm so glad to be of service as your FIC NIH Well-being Ambassador representative!​​



​​I'll Be Your NIH Well-being Ambassador!​​

I'm very excited that I get to work with our staff!

In this role I will:

  1. Serve as a liaison to the ORS and its wellness partners (NIH Health and Wellness Council, NIH Child Care Board, Aging and Adult-Dependent Care Committee, and the Work-Life Committee).
  2. Represent and promote our IC's initiatives and research.
  3. Actively engage and support integrating well-being into our culture. 
  4. Receive suggestions and recommendations from our staff and the NIH community.
  5. Communicate to the appropriate stakeholder groups and provide input for consideration to the ORS on well-being initiatives, programs, and activities.
  6. Where possible, the Well-being Ambassador will participate in various stakeholder workgroups and committees. ​

Fun Facts About Me

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I majored in Health & Fitness (BS) Business Administration (MBA), specializing in Healthcare Management

​Before joining NIH, I worked as a Health Fitness Specialist in corporate fitness management. It's true, everything comes full circle as I am honored to serve and apply my prior experience as FIC's NIH Well-being Ambassador IC representative. 

I've been working in the health industry for 16 years.

​Throughout college, I taught various fitness classes and worked as a nutrition counselor. In addition to my day job at NIH, I am currently a certified Advance Wellness Coach and certified in Sports Nutrition and Group Exercise instruction.

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I come from a family of Community Volunteers  Missionaries.

​My husband and I are involved in local, U.S. and International mission efforts with our local church in support of disaster relief and community-based assistance and outreach.​



Well-being
  • ​Well-being is the state in which every individual:
    1. realizes his or her own potential;
    2. copes with the normal stresses of life;
    3. works productively; and
    4. is able to make a contribution to their community
  • ​The five interrelated well-being elements are: Financial, Physical, Social, Community, and Career.​



Well-being Ambassadors Program
  • ​Mission:
  • – Work directly with key well-being stakeholders to promote, support, and engage the NIH community in advancing the concept of well-being and associated IC initiatives. 

  • Duties and Responsibilities:
  • – Liaison to the Office of Research Services (ORS) and its well-being stakeholder groups that actively support and engage in activities that support employee well-being.​
    – Advocate who actively engages and supports integrating well-being into the IC’s culture.​​​

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"Work hard in silence, let your success be your noise."

- Frank Ocean ​​


Thank you for getting to know me, Your NIH Well-being Ambassador.

I am grateful for the warm welcome!​
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