Julie Croner & Carolyn Rotella

Julie Croner

Vice President of Community Development
Julie Croner serves as the Vice President of Community Development for Health Union. She holds a B.S in Business Administration, Management Information Systems from West Virginia University, is an American Association of Drugless Practitioners Certified Holistic Health Coach, and is a certified yoga instructor. After a career in IT consulting had to be put on hold, Julie found the world of patient advocacy and realized her life’s work was to advocate for all health leaders.

Starting her personal advocacy site (itsjustabadday.com), Julie lives out her mission everyday and hasn’t looked back since! Her work has been recognized by numerous platforms including Stanford MedX, The National Psoriasis Foundation, Everyday Health, Healthline, WebMD, The Mighty, in 2020 was named to the MM&M 40 under 40 class of healthcare marketers, and won the 2021 Reuters Events Global Pharma Awards Patient Champion: Patient Advocate Award. When she’s not working to empower the patient voice you can find Julie jamming out to Celine Dion (or Cocomelon), attempting to fit in a yoga sesh between 3 crying kids, trying a new recipe for dinner, or enjoying life in Pittsburgh, PA!

Carolyn Rotella

Training & Education Director, Community Development
Carolyn has always had a passion for connecting with and engaging others in learning. She began her career as a 4th-grade teacher and quickly realized her love for teaching was fueled by an interest in adult learning. She moved on to spend 10 years building training programs at Tiffany & Co., followed by another 10 years helping her husband open and run his own dental practice. This is where she uncovered a love for patient care, education, and advocacy. Carolyn lives in Connecticut with her husband, 16 and 12 year old sons, golden retriever and cat. She can typically be found cooking, gardening, spinning on her Peloton, dreaming of going to concerts, and generally trying to make everything just a little more fun!