Our Master Instructors


Larry Chapman, MPH
Master Instructor, Chapman Institute

Over the last four decades, Larry has developed over 1,000 employee workplace wellness and health cost management projects in both private and public employer settings. He has given thousands of presentations and workshops during his career, usually speaking at 10-15 regional and national meetings each year on topics such as: economic evidence for health promotion and wellness, innovative health management and well-being strategies, strategic positioning of employee health programs, use of wellness incentives and practical aspects of health and productivity management (HPM) programming.

Larry has published over 190 columns and articles and 13 books on health management-related topics. In 1991, Larry published a major book for the American Management Association entitled, Affordable Employee Health Care: A Model Health Benefit Program. In addition, Larry has been a regular columnist for several health professional publications, as well as serving as an editor for the American Journal of Health Promotion. He also served as the Editor of The Art of Health Promotion published every two months in the American Journal of Health Promotion for more than 19 years.

Larry was a co-founder and held various executive roles with Summex Health Management and continued as an SVP when the firm was acquired by WebMD Health Services in 2006. Prior to Summex, Larry led a wellness consulting business named Corporate Health Designs in Seattle Washington for over 15 years. Larry also spent 10 years in the US Public Health Service in various health administration and program management roles.

Larry has also served as an adviser to the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Veteran’s Affairs, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, the California Department of Health and the National Wellness Institute. Larry holds a BS in environmental health from UCLA, certification as a Medical Technologist and an MPH in medical care organization from the University of Michigan.

Larry is the Founder and CEO of Chapman Institute.


Victoria Baverstock
Master Instructor, Chapman Institute

Victoria is an accomplished wellness executive with over 25 years’ experience, based in The Middle East since 2014. She has worked with organisations including Saudi Aramco, Amaala and Red Sea Global in Saudi Arabia, providing the strategy and direction for wellness tourism strategy and concept creation and established workplace wellness programs throughout the region.

Victoria holds a Master’s Degree in Organisational Psychology, is a Certified Acupuncturist, Functional Medicine Health Coach, Clinical Hypnotherapist, Master NLP Practitioner, Meditation and Mindfulness Teacher and an ILM and CIMA accredited advanced trainer.

Recognised as a pioneer in wellbeing, Victoria is the Founder and Chief Wellness Officer of In Sync, a successful health and wellness organisation. She has received industry and regional recognition for her work, including winning Best Employee Health and Wellbeing Program, at the CIPD Middle East People Awards in 2022, as part of Red Sea Global, for the corporate wellness program she created for the organisation.

As the Global Wellness Day Ambassador for Saudi Arabia, she has been featured in Arab News, Hotelier Middle East and many other media as a respected thought-leader in the field of health and wellness.


Dr Martin Combrinck (PhD)
Master Instructor, Chapman Institute

Martin is a Workplace Wellness Architect – helping employees to adopt and maintain healthy behaviors. Martin offers wellness services and solutions to corporate and governmental organizations. He is also the Founder and Executive Director of the Wellness Council of South Africa (WELLCOSA), a nationally recognized corporate wellness advocacy and certification body.

His organization, Sanga Wellness, is the exclusive partner of WellSteps in Africa – an award-winning program and one of America’s best Corporate Wellness Programs.

He is also known as The Laughter Doctor and is a pioneer and advocate of Alternative Medicine, Resilience and Personal Transformation. Martin’s approach derives from a mindfulness perspective and he uses Laughter Therapy as a tool to educate people that joyfulness and wellness is a conscious choice for each and every individual. Martin lectures and teaches mind-body and wellness related modalities, nationally and internationally.

His organizational affiliations include President and CEO of Sanga Wellness and Executive Director of the Wellness Council of South Africa.