Meet the CFW Advisory Board

The CFW Advisory Board consists of highly respected industry experts and influential leaders who bring valuable insight, validation, and credibility to Corporate Fitness Works' innovative fitness solutions tailored to the specific needs of working populations.

CFW Advisory Board Members:

Cedric X. Bryant, PhD, FACSM

President and Chief Science Officer of the American Council on Exercise

Expert advisor in the domains of strategic development and delivery of exercise science and behavior change education for population health improvement.

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Cedric X. Bryant, PhD, FACSM, is the President and Chief Science Officer of the American Council on Exercise, where he stewards ACE's development of strategies to deliver exercise-science and behavior-change education. He's responsible for driving innovation in the area of behavior-change programming, overseeing the development of programs that ACE Certified Professionals® can utilize to help people adopt and sustain healthier lifestyles. Furthermore, he leads ACE's exploration of how science-based programs and interventions appropriately integrate into healthcare and public health.

He represents ACE as a national and international presenter, prolific author, subject-matter expert, and highly sought-after media spokesperson. Finally, Dr. Bryant shares his expertise as a member of the National Academy of Medicine's Obesity Solutions Roundtable, the National Board of Health & Wellness Coaches’ Council of Advisors, the Physical Activity Policy Research and Evaluation Network’s Worksite Group, Exercise Is Medicine's Credentialing Committee, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Active People, Health Nation Partner Committee, and the World Health Organization’s Global Action Plan on Physical Activity. He earned both his doctorate in physiology and master's degree in exercise science from Pennsylvania State University, where he received the Penn State Alumni Fellow Award, the school's highest alumni honor that is given to select alumni who are considered leaders in their professional fields.

Andie Rowe

Director of Employee Wellness and Work-Life at American University

Expert advisor in the domains of organizational health, employee benefits, and integration of wellness and work/life programs.

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Andie Rowe is the Director of Employee Wellness and Work-Life at American University. She is responsible for designing strategic initiatives that integrate the University’s health benefits programs and the wellness and work/life programs. Andie works with the AhealthyU Wellness Program Manager to manage the AhealthyU faculty and staff wellness program. Andie also manages the Child Development Center on campus. She is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Health Studies.

Before joining American University, Andie was the Wellness Director at Evolent Health, where she led wellness efforts with hospital system clients including implementations and ongoing performance management. Prior to Evolent, she was the Mid-Atlantic Health Strategies Consultant for UnitedHealthcare for 15 years. She led innovative regional health and wellness programs for 1000+ public sector schools and universities, commercial and federal employers.

Andie has a Masters’ degree in Counseling Psychology from Boston University and a Bachelor’s degree in Nutrition and Dietetics from the University of Rhode Island. Andie currently leads the American University team for American Heart Association. She has been involved with the AHA for the past 20 years. She is also a board member for the College and University Work Life Association. During her spare time she is actively involved in the Justice High School alumni board. Andie enjoys walking by the Chesapeake Bay and working out with her neighbors and family.

Dr. Tyler Amell, PhD, MSc, BSc

Chief Health and Strategy Officer at MediKeeper

Expert advisor in the domains of workplace health and productivity, health and wellbeing technology, data analytics, occupational epidemiology, chronic disease, absence, disability, and leave management.

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Dr. Tyler Amell is an internationally recognized thought leader on the topic of workplace health and productivity. He is a trusted advisor to organizations, including insurers, service providers, and employers, on strategic and integrated workplace health and productivity. He specializes in the areas of health and wellbeing technology, data analytics, occupational epidemiology, absence and leave management, STD, LTD, occupational rehabilitation, disability management and disability prevention, workers’ compensation, mental health, musculoskeletal health, chronic disease, wellness & wellbeing, medical assessment, and health & safety.

Dr. Amell is Chief Health and Strategy Officer at MediKeeper, a wellness technology company. He is also Faculty and Registrar at Pacific Coast University for Workplace Health Sciences and Faculty Lead for Work and the Workplace. He has given keynote addresses, seminars and plenary presentations at over 275 events around the world.

He also serves on the Executive Board of Directors of the National Wellness Institute (NWI), the Work Wellness Institute (WWI), and in the past the Integrated Benefits Institute (IBI) and theCanadian Association for Research on Work and Health (CARWH). He is a past CRO/CHO at a wellness technology company, a Partner/Vice President at a global HR consulting & technology company, CEO of a HR technology company, and Vice President of a large Healthcare and Rehabilitation company.

Dr. Amell has recently contributed to events and publications of the AMJHP, IBI, Art & Science of Health Promotion, HERO, the Disability Management Employers Coalition (DMEC), the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans (IFEBP), Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), the Conference Board of Canada, the Occupational and Environmental Medical Association of Canada (OEMAC), the Canadian Board of Occupational Medicine (CBOM), and the Occupational Medical Society of Canada (OMSOC).

Collier Case

President and CEO of the Mid-America Coalition on Health Care

Expert advisor in the domains of addressing workplace health issues, health care costs, benefit design, and service partner collaboration.

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Collier Case is the President and CEO of the Mid-America Coalition on Health Care (MACHC) which provides education programs, webinars, forums, and resources to positively address health care cost, outcomes, benefit design and delivery solutions within a collaborative framework.

Prior to joining the Coalition in November of 2021, Collier was the Director Benefits for Sprint for more than 18 years where he led Sprint’s healthcare, well-being, retirement/401(k) and disability/leave programs. He deployed innovative best practices including direct health care contracting, best-in-market and centers of excellence purchasing strategies, nationally recognized well-being programs, on-site health and fitness centers and transparency tools.

Collier previously served MACHC as a board member and past Chair, was an advisory board member for the Center for Workplace Mental Health and Treasurer of Care Focused Purchasing – a health quality data analytic initiative. He also served as a board member of Kansas Foundation for Medical Care and currently serves on the board of the Kansas City Health Collaborative.

Collier’s other work history includes Director of Benefits at Westar Energy/Western Resources in Topeka Kansas, pension administration at UMB Bank in Kansas City and labor relations at LTV Steel in Cleveland and Pittsburgh.

Timothy Hart, PhD

Associate Professor of Applied Statistics at the University of Tampa

Expert advisor in the domains of survey research, applied statistics, geographic information systems (GIS), and health analytics.

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Timothy C. Hart, PhD is an associate professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Tampa. His areas of interest include survey research, applied statistics, geographic information systems (GIS), and victimization. His scholarship appears in top academic, peer-reviewed journals, including the Journal of Quantitative Criminology, the Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, Criminal Justice and Behavior, and the British Journal of Criminology. He has been awarded numerous research grants, including studies funded by the Queensland Police Service, Australian Institute of Criminology, the National Institute of Justice, the Bureau of Justice Statistics, and the American Statistical Association. In 2021, Dr. Hart received the University of Tampa’s, College of Social Sciences, Mathematics, and Education’s (CSSME) Excellence in Scholarship and Research award and was the recipient of Criminal Justice Review’s 2022 paper of the year award. He is one of the most frequently cited scholars at the University of Tampa.

Dr. Hart is also active in the community, engaging in various service-related activities. He currently serves as the Event Director of Weedon Island Preserve (WIP) parkrun, a free, timed, 5-kilometer running event that takes place every Saturday morning at over 1,800 parks worldwide. To date, he’s overseen more than 125 WIP parkruns, with nearly 1,200 participants, supported by more than 100 community volunteers. WIP parkrun is one of only five parkruns in Florida and the only parkrun in the Tampa Bay area. In 2023, Dr. Hart received the University of Tampa’s Joyce Keller Faculty Volunteer of the Year award in recognition of the impact WIP parkrun has made in the community.

With Purpose and Passion:

At CFW, we are committed to providing companies with cutting edge fitness solutions that have the capability to engage all employees and foster connected work cultures where health and productivity thrive.

Empowered and impassioned by this mission, our CFW Team Leaders continuously evaluate and refine our strategies and approaches to ensure we’re delivering unparalleled solutions for our clients. As an extension of our internal expertise in corporate fitness, our esteemed CFW Advisory Board contributes their unique knowledge and expertise in domains such as:

Exercise Science
Behavior Change
Health Data & Technology
Employee Engagement

Organizational Health
Workplace Productivity
HR & Employee Benefits
Work-Life Balance Programs

Scientific Survey Research
Applied Statistics
Health Analytics

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