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CIT Ambassador

​​​M​eet your CIT NIH Well-being Ambassador!​

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Hello! My name is​

Jothi Dugar

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I'm so glad to be of service as your CIT​ 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

Open hand with heart above

I am a certified life and wellness coach and Reiki Master and energy healer.

Although I work in technology, I am a wellness enthusiast who loves helping people heal themselves from within.​

Person dancing to music

I love dancing and have been teaching dance for the last eight years.

Movement through dance is so profound that I have been a trained professional dancer since the age of 16.

Pencil drawing floor plan

I am an engineer by degree and love solving problems.

If you have a problem, let’s solve it!  Staying calm in the chaos is my super power.



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: FinancialPhysicalSocialCommunity, 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.​​​

“The Whole Person Comes to Work”
Well-being Types​​​
Logistics
​​​Organizational Vision​​

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"Harness the power of chaos as your super power."

​- Jothi Dugar


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

I am grateful for the warm welcome!​