Susan Villari
Director

Susan Villari received her MPH from the University of Michigan’s School of Public Health in 1984; and, in 1987 was hired by the university as their first formally trained health educator.

Her specialty areas include women’s health, interpersonal violence prevention, body image and sexuality education. She is co-author of the book Just Sex: Students Rewrite the Rules on Sex, Violence, Equality and Activism and currently coordinates Nursing 503: Contemporary Issues in Human Sexuality.

Matty Lehman
Associate Director

Matty received a B.A. in Psychology from Saint Joseph's University, and a Masters in Social Service from Bryn Mawr College School of Social Work and Social Research. Matty has concentrated on working with, advocating for and educating service providers about l/g/b/t/q youth through work at The Attic and graduate school work. Matty has presented workshops at the DHS conference Educating the Whole Child (2005), the Trans-Health Conference (Philadelphia) and NJ-NASW Annual LGBT Conference.

Stephen McCann
Office/Wellness Coordinator

Steve received his degree in Human Sexualty from Penn State University in 1998. He began working at the University of Penn in 1999 in the Office of Student Life planning student events on campus. Later, in 2002, he moved to the Office of Health Education and took over as Office and Wellness Coordinator. Steve also coordinates Nursing 503: Contemporary Issues in Human Sexuality

Steve is also active in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Transgender Staff Faculty Association at Penn in supporting the LGBT community on campus.

Sandi Herman
Usui Reiki Master Practitioner, Wellness Educator

Sandi offers Reiki, a gentle form of “hands-on” energy work.  Reiki not only helps to reduce the physical and emotional symptoms of stress, it also strengthens the immune system, and promotes restful sleep, healing, relaxation, and pain reduction.  During a Reiki session, the client remains fully clothed on a massage table while Sandi places her hands at certain positions on or above the client’s body as a way of supporting the free flow of energy. 

In addition to her Reiki practice, Sandi also has developed and offers the WholeBreath™ smoking cessation program that incorporates behavioral therapy, meditation, energy work, and guided visualizations, in assisting people to become smoke-free.  The smoking cessation program is available to all members of the Penn community, and is provided free to students.

Sandi’s educational background includes degrees in social work and health education.  She worked for 21 years at a women’s reproductive health center as the Director of Counseling, Training, and Education.  During that time, she began exploring the healing potential of complementary therapies, with the study of shiatsu and acupressure in 1989.  She later studied mindfulness meditation, aromatherapy, guided visualization, qigong, and the use of art as a means of self-discovery.  She became a Reiki level 1 practitioner in 1997, and a Reiki Master Practitioner in 2006.  Sandi believes in each person’s unique capacity for self-healing, and seeks to empower her clients to discover that source of strength within themselves.