2023 Programs of Excellence Series - Health and Wellness

Dianne Stone has more than 20 years of experience with senior centers and aging issues, primarily as the Director of the Newington Senior and Disabled Center in Newington, Connecticut. Stone has also worked, volunteered, and held leadership positions with a variety of organizations in Connecticut, including Connecticut AgeWell Collaborative, the ADA Coalition of Connecticut, Connecticut Medicaid Oversight Council, and the Commission on Women, Children, Seniors, Equity and Opportunity. She joined NCOA in January 2022, as a member of the Center for Healthy Aging, where she is primarily focused on supporting senior centers throughout the country through the ACL-funded Modernizing Senior Centers Resource Center and NISC. 

Kathleen Cameron, BSPharm, MPH, has more than 25 years of experience in the health care field as a pharmacist, researcher, and program director focusing on falls prevention, geriatric pharmacotherapy, mental health, long-term services and supports, and caregiving. Cameron is Senior Director of the NCOA Center for Healthy Aging, where she provides subject matter expertise on health care programmatic and policy related issues and oversees the Modernizing Senior Center Resource Center.

Paula has worked in health and wellness for over twenty years, focusing on the older adult population. She became a Certified Community Health Worker in June 2023. Paula is a leader in the aging field of Evidence-based Health Programs. In addition to being a Master Trainer Select the National DPP, she is a Master Trainer for SAIL – Stay Active and Independent for Life, EnhanceFitness, Matter of Balance, Stepping On, Living Well with Chronic Conditions, Pain, and Diabetes, and Health Coaches for Hypertension. She is also trained as a leader in Tai Ji Quan: Moving for Better Balance, Tai Chi for Arthritis, and Walk with Ease.