Level Up Your Benefits: Alcohol and Drug Use Support for Your Employees

Nicole is a licensed behavioral health therapist specializing in depression, anxiety, substance use disorders, and life transitions. Previously, she was a network provider for Spring Health and has experience providing clinical support to start-ups, government agencies, and school districts

Nicole obtained her bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of Arizona and a masters degree in counseling, with a specialization in marriage and family therapy, from Saint Mary’s College of California.

Dr. McConnell is a licensed psychologist in Colorado who has worked in the area of substance use disorders since 2007. She has experience as a direct care provider in a medical trauma center in a large urban hospital, an outpatient mental health clinic, and community mental health centers. She has also served as an administrator in a county probation department and state medicaid program.

Dr. McConnell currently serves as the Director of Clinical Programs at Spring Health.

As Director of People and Culture at Fors Marsh Group (Fors Marsh), Christina Daugherty leads the administration of human resources and employee morale programs that are focused on supporting Fors Marsh’s most valuable resources – their people – to ensure a positive impact on their lives both professionally and personally. Christina and the Fors Marsh People and Culture team collaborate with employees across divisions to add value to Fors Marsh through programs aimed at improving employee wellbeing, empowerment, and growth and retention, all to continually raise the bar of the employee experience and make the workplace better every day. She has been pivotal in expanding Fors Marsh’s benefits profile to offer more inclusive offerings for its employees, establishing programs to support employees recovering from substance use disorder, and developing programs and policies to successfully support continued exponential growth from a small to a mid-size business. Her expertise in human resources has led to the successful restructuring of a traditional human resources office, transforming the People and Culture division into one that is focused on developing strong relationships with individual employees to support their growth.