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Julie Haizlip	Julie is one of the physician faculty members of the center for Appreciative Practice. She believes the time she spends working with groups throughout the Health System provides a nice balance for her clinical work in Pediatric Critical Care. She is fascinated by the culture of academic medicine and how interpersonal relationships impact the work environment. Julie is married to her high school sweetheart. They have three fantastic kids and two dogs. If you need to find her between October and April, look for the nearest ice hockey game. (Go ‘Canes!)
Natalie May	Natalie enthusiastically serves as one of the Center for Appreciative Practice faculty. She, Anne, and Julie are responsible for ensuring that AI tools and processes are available to the grassroots groups that request them. She also maintains our “AI Infrastructure.” ”The AI Project has afforded me many life-changing opportunities, but the greatest of these is the chance to meet and work with faculty, staff, and trainees throughout the medical center. It has truly been a joy and a privilege.” Natalie enjoys a rather cluttered home life in Richmond with her husband, their 10-year old daughter, and six birds.
Peggy Plews-Ogan	Peggy has lead the Appreciative Inquiry process at UVA since its inception. She is Chief of the Division of General Medicine, Geriatrics and Palliative Care and principal investigator of the recently-awarded Wisdom in Medicine grant, funded by the Templeton Foundation. She has also done extensive work and teaching in patient safety. She is uniquely prepared for her varied roles here, having graduated not only from medical school, but also Divinity and Nursing Schools. She and her husband, Jim, are raising two remarkable children as well as two horses and many chickens.
John Schorling	John has been at UVa for a long time, having come here as a resident in 1980. He did leave for a while, but couldn’t stay away and came back in 1988 to join the faculty in general medicine. While gone, he and his wife lived in Brazil for a year (where their son was born) working with Dick Guerrant, and they also took a year and traveled around the world. In 2001, John started the Physician Wellness Program, and got to travel around the world again with his wife and two kids studying programs in other countries. Like Julie Haizlip, he married his high school sweetheart (they actually met in middle school) and teach in the Healers Art program. He is also the director of the UVa Mindfulness Center. “There are a lot of common threads in all this work- Wellness, Healers Art, Mindfulness, AI that makes life very interesting right now.”
Cindy Smith	Cindy has served as a Division Administrator within the Department of Medicine for the past eight years and caries out her work in finance and administration with an infectious enthusiasm and professional perspective that is grounded in reality. Her unfailing good humor is matched only by her need for order and, in her spare time, she enjoys alphabetizing the canned goods in her cupboard and ensuring her wardrobe is appropriately sorted by primary, secondary and complementary colors. She is mother to a boisterously delightful Sun Conure and prissy Lutino Cockatiel. Cindy has recently completed coursework to serve as a trained AI facilitator and looks forward to her future involvement within the AI community.
Anne Williams	Anne is an organization development consultant with 20 years experience in the field. Anne works with individuals, teams, and organizations to improve the effectiveness and to maximize the potential of the people in those organizations. She has worked in many industries, including banking, accounting, homebuilding, insurance and most recently, healthcare. “I love the work that I do. It’s a great source of joy to see that you’ve made a positive impact on people and businesses. The field of OD aligns with my personal values – respect, integrity, participation, and enriching work-life. I feel very grateful to be in a profession that I love.” She lives with her two beautiful daughters, one big dog and a very loud bird.