Our Team

S. Craig Rooney joined URochester Medicine as its inaugural chief wellbeing officer in February 2024.

His background includes assistant professor, private practice as a psychologist, leader in collegiate health, and work at an academic health center. Prior to joining URochester Medicine, he served for 4.5 years as director of psychological services and wellbeing for the MU School of Medicine and MU Health Care, working in partnership with its CWO to establish a robust program. Before that, he was assistant director of the MU Counseling Center and of Mental Health Services at the MU Student Health Center.

Rooney earned his PhD in counseling psychology from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 2000. He completed his internship in psychology at the University of Utah Counseling Center in Salt Lake City, UT. He has published and lectured on well-being and related topics and is involved in national collaborative networks on healthcare worker wellbeing. He also serves as associate professor of Psychiatry and Family Medicine.

Steve Artim serves as an attending physician in the Department of Emergency Medicine. He also serves as an assistant program director in the emergency medicine residency program. 

Originally from outside of Buffalo, Steve Artim completed a bachelor degree in history prior to receiving his medical degree from St. George's University. During residency at the University of Rochester, Steve served as chief resident and since graduation has stayed active in departmental leadership, resident education and wellbeing initiatives.

Lead Strategic Initiative Specialist Toni Sexton holds a BS in Secondary Mathematics Education and an MEd in Instructional Technology. She began her career teaching high school mathematics in diverse settings around the world.

Transitioning to community-based organizations, Sexton spearheaded a groundbreaking nonprofit initiative in NYC housed within a skilled nursing facility. Focused on college and career readiness for disadvantaged youth, the program aimed to foster a new generation of culturally competent eldercare professionals.

Relocating to Rochester in 2015, Sexton joined the Alzheimer’s Association. In 2019, Sexton joined the URochester Medicine Psychiatry, Collaborative Care & Wellness Division.

Jessica Syposs brings more than 15 years of experience across academic medicine, public service, and organizational operations. At the Office of Wellbeing, she leads cross-functional projects and improvement initiatives designed to strengthen workplace effectiveness, support organizational wellbeing, and translate complex challenges into practical, sustainable solutions.

She joined URochester Medicine in 2019 and most recently served as executive assistant to the chair of Medicine. She also served as Program Administrator for the department's Clinical Research Methodology Program and as an elected representative on the University’s Genesee Staff Council.

Before joining URochester Medicine, Syposs served as deputy city clerk for Greenwood Village, Colorado. 

Syposs holds a Master of Public Administration and a Bachelor’s degree in Public Service from the University of Colorado Denver. Her professional interests include organizational wellbeing, workplace culture, process improvement, employee engagement, and finding thoughtful ways to make systems work better for the people within them.

Executive Assistant Enza Daugherty joined URochester Medicine in 1990 as a secretary II in the Occupational Health Program.

She has worked as an assistant manager to the Occupational Health Program, an administrative assistant in Otolaryngology Research, administrative assistant to the chief administrative officer in the Department of Surgery and administrator I as assistant to the chair of Surgery prior to accepting her current positions as executive assistant to S. Craig Rooney.

Office of Wellbeing Research Associate Autumn Gallegos, PhD, is an associate professor of Psychiatry and licensed clinical psychologist. 

She first started to study stress and thriving during her doctoral dissertation research in Guatemala, where she examined coping behaviors among humanitarian aid workers. Now, her teaching and research center on examining and improving the effectiveness of mindfulness-based interventions for highly distressed populations. For over a decade, she has also contributed to the Well-U lifestyle management program as a mindfulness-based stress reduction course instructor, in which she provides group lessons on the application of mindfulness practice to improve stress resilience and decrease burnout among faculty and staff.

Gretchen Roman is an assistant professor of Family Medicine. Her background includes roles as a physical therapist, orthopeadic clinical specialist, certified lymphedema therapist, ergonomics consultant, and sign language interpreter. Additionally, she serves as a research affiliate for one of the Centers of Excellence for Total Worker Health®, the Center for the Promotion of Health in the New England Workplace. 

She has evaluated the physical and mental health of sign language interpreters working remotely in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, investigated the impact of a mindful practice intervention on the wellbeing of medical sign and spoken language interpreters, assessed the impact of an adapted Total Worker Health® Program specific to the context of sign language interpreting, and captured the gaps in wellbeing experienced by support service workers (food and nutrition, environmental service, patient transport, and census management).