Carolyn Kontos

Adjunct Faculty
EDUCATION
  • B.A. Business, Franklin & Marshall College (Lancaster, PA) 2001
  • M.S. Exercise Physiology; Health, Fitness, and Wellness Promotion, University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA)
CERTIFICATIONS
  • Leadership Coaching & Organizational Performance Certificate, American University
  • Certified Coach, International Coaching Federation (ICF)
  • Wellness & Nutrition Coach; trained in evidence-based approaches to stress, sleep, weight management, nutrition, and metabolic wellness. (Precision Nutrition. Pn©)
  • Certified Mental Fitness Coach (Positive Intelligence PQ©)
BIOGRAPHY

Carolyn Kontos brings over two decades of leadership and hands-on practice in corporate health and wellness. Her career has spanned the full spectrum of workplace well-being, from designing and managing employee health-promotion programs, to delivering individualized wellness and nutrition coaching programs, to guiding clinical and “go-to-market” strategy for wellness solutions. Throughout, she has led teams, managed program development and evaluation, and translated scientific evidence into actionable health solutions tailored to busy people in a variety of work and community settings. Her corporate-wellness background gives her unique insight into real-world obstacles, such as sedentary desk jobs, to poor dietary habits, to chronic stress, that impact health and performance. She has researched and implemented organizational levers and personal strategies to help overcome these barriers to health and well-being.

ACADEMIC INTERESTS

At Chatham, Carolyn draws on her health education background and coaching expertise to teach courses that bridge science and practicality. Her teaching philosophy combines rigorous science, theories of behavior change, and real-world pragmatism. She focuses on the foundations of wellness, human behavior, health habits, coaching tools, and incremental progress. Students benefit from both her academic training and two decades of wellness consultancy, gaining tools they can apply immediately as they learn to drive meaningful health outcomes in clinical settings, corporate wellness roles, or community health promotion.

COLLABORATIONS & CONTRIBUTIONS
  • Experience facilitating lectures and presentations for health professionals on motivational interviewing and the impact it has on patient success, confidence and outcomes.
  • Active practitioner of mental-fitness approaches, integrating stress-resilience, time and energy audits, and habit-focused coaching into wellness curricula and workshops — a blend especially relevant for adult learners juggling career, health, and life transitions.