Our Team
Our Team
S. Craig Rooney, PhD
Chief Wellbeing Officer
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.
Fun Facts about Craig
Rooney and his spouse have a rescue dog who enjoys spending her time at day care, going on long walks, and making friends with anyone who will give her scritches.
Rooney is passionate about science fiction. Some of his favorite authors include Ursula K. Le Guin, Mary Doria Russell, Cixin Liu, James S. A. Corey, and N. K. Jemisin.
His favorite parts about Rochester are the people and the opportunity to be in nature in so many breathtaking locations.
Toni Sexton, BS, MEd
Lead Strategic
Initiative Specialist
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.
Fun Facts about Toni
Professional interests: organizational wellbeing, meaningful relationships, and solving complex problems.
Personal interests: tacos, trails, travel, and raising a tiny human —who she firmly maintains is the coolest person she knows.
If you ask Toni what she's most proud of, she probably won't start with her career. She'll tell you about her daughter—and how fascinating it is to watch a tiny human discover the world. Toni's earlier work earned recognition that led to presentations at the United Nations and to Michelle Obama's office at the White House—experiences that continue to shape her belief that thoughtful ideas can create meaningful change.
Enza Dugherty
Executive Assistant
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.
Fun Facts about Enza
Daugherty and her spouse raised three children and have two fur babies who keep the entire household entertained
She is passionate about gardening, interior decorating and helping others in their time of need.
She was born and spent the first eight years of her life in the shadow of Mount Etna in Sicily, and loves returning to her childhood home to visit family and take in the sights in places like Taormina and the Mediterranean.
Autumn Gallegos, PhD
Office of Wellbeing
Research Associate
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.
Fun Facts about Autumn
Autumn is a mother of two children and two dogs. She and her husband are musicians who love to travel. Her hobbies include embroidery, cooking, and gardening.