Barbara Meconis
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About Barbara Meconis
Barbara Meconis, R.N., B.S.
CEO, Holistic Care Approach
Barbara is a co-founder of Holistic Care Approach, a natural healing center located in Grand Rapids. She is a versatile healthcare professional with extensive experience progressing from clinical to administrative roles in profit and non-profit health care organizations, to ownership of HCA. Celebrating its 15 year anniversary in 2013, it is now a multi-disciplinary wellness center under the guidance of a medical director offering wide ranges of naturopathic medicine services, products and programs. Her career emphasis has been on program development and implementation. She enjoys educating and coaching individuals through the complexities and challenges of the eastern and western health care systems, with a goal of advocacy and integration of these two approaches through the many services offered at her clinic.
Barbara also serves as a holistic nurse consultant, allergy elimination technique practitioner, speaker at corporate and non-profit health and wellness programs, seminars and workshops.
Barbara also volunteers and supports numerous charitable organizations like Local First, Inforum, Healthy Homes Coalition of West Michigan, GROW, and Girls on the Run.
Barb was a finalist for the Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce Woman Owned Business of the Year in 2011, a finalist for the Grand Rapids Business Journal Woman Owned Business of the Year Award in 2012, and the recipient of the Davenport University Alumni of the Year award from the College of Health in 2013. Women of Courage and Achievement Award, Michigan Women’s Foundation, 2014. Grand Rapids Business Journal 50 most Influential Women Award , 2014.
CEO, Holistic Care Approach
Barbara is a co-founder of Holistic Care Approach, a natural healing center located in Grand Rapids. She is a versatile healthcare professional with extensive experience progressing from clinical to administrative roles in profit and non-profit health care organizations, to ownership of HCA. Celebrating its 15 year anniversary in 2013, it is now a multi-disciplinary wellness center under the guidance of a medical director offering wide ranges of naturopathic medicine services, products and programs. Her career emphasis has been on program development and implementation. She enjoys educating and coaching individuals through the complexities and challenges of the eastern and western health care systems, with a goal of advocacy and integration of these two approaches through the many services offered at her clinic.
Barbara also serves as a holistic nurse consultant, allergy elimination technique practitioner, speaker at corporate and non-profit health and wellness programs, seminars and workshops.
Barbara also volunteers and supports numerous charitable organizations like Local First, Inforum, Healthy Homes Coalition of West Michigan, GROW, and Girls on the Run.
Barb was a finalist for the Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce Woman Owned Business of the Year in 2011, a finalist for the Grand Rapids Business Journal Woman Owned Business of the Year Award in 2012, and the recipient of the Davenport University Alumni of the Year award from the College of Health in 2013. Women of Courage and Achievement Award, Michigan Women’s Foundation, 2014. Grand Rapids Business Journal 50 most Influential Women Award , 2014.
