Wellness Council Chair Checklist

Build your agency's wellness council.

• Recruit wellness council members.
• Communicate regularly with your wellness council members.

Communicate with your agency.

• Determine the best method for communicating, as well as frequency, who will send information, etc.
• Seek approval first.
  • Connect with your public information officer.
  • Connect with your internal legal counsel.
    • For physical activities and events hosted by your wellness council, an agency-specific liability waiver is required. Here’s sample language to use as a reference. Each agency is responsible for developing their own liability waiver.

Schedule regular meetings with your wellness council members.

• Discuss the quarterly activity lists, ideas, action items, etc.
• Delegate action items among wellness council members.
• Your Working for a Healthier Tennessee wellness coordinator is available to assist.

Inform your Working for a Healthier Tennessee wellness coordinator.

• Seek permission from Working for a Healthier Tennessee before using their logo.
• Has your team or division recently hosted an employee wellness activity, challenge or event? Please let us know by completing this wellness activity submission form.
• Submit photos (with permission) for use on social media.
• Submit up to one wellness council budget request per fiscal year.

Attend Working for a Healthier Tennessee meetings.

• Monthly wellness council webinars
• Annual celebration

Find a wellness council chair successor.