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Jacob works with organizations and networks that seek to improve community health by building stronger, action-oriented strategies and partnerships. Jacob utilizes mixed-method research, partnership, coalition building, management strategies, strategic planning, and advanced tool development to help organizations identify, prioritize, and propel their strategic goals and objectives. He has developed and implemented methods and processes to review public and private grant-funded programs to confirm or redefine theories of change, improve administration and oversight, redistribute resources, and achieve greater health and economic outcomes. His work has resulted in increased organizational capacities and quantifiable improvements in organizational capabilities, higher-performing programs, and the strengthening of critical and strategic ties between organizations.

Jacob brings to the team on-the-ground public and private program management with strategic research and planning expertise. He is well-versed in conducting academic, market, and policy research, and applying the research findings to strategic design and implementation at the program, organization, and network levels. Jacob has played a central role in developing and redesigning several assessment tools in the aging and disability field, including the Aging & Disability Institute's Network Readiness Assessment Tool and CBO Readiness Assessment Tool, and ACL's Network Lead Entity Business Acumen Maturity Model.

Lori launched Collaborative Consulting in 2010 when healthcare reform was still on the horizon, and most health sector leaders felt a deep sense of uncertainty. With changes looming, she understood the major challenge facing health and social care organizations would be a reinvention, not preserving the status quo.

Lori works with a wide variety of clients from across the entire system and health and healthcare, including hospitals, payers, foundations, national associations, and community-based organizations. Through her work, she helps clients concept, design, and implement new strategies such as integrated medical-social partnerships, community-based care networks, multi-year, cross-sector capacity-building programs, and organizational leadership redesign. Each project is rooted in organizational assessment, whereby current leadership, systems, decision-making processes, and motivations are evaluated to reveal awareness and understanding of the underlying mechanisms influencing organizational readiness for change.

Lori draws on her 25 plus years of experience in the healthcare industry and a psychology background to help health and social care providers achieve their potential amid complex change and translate new models of care and reimbursement structures into viable opportunities for growth. With her understanding of the dynamics of activating change, Lori is adept at helping clients become comfortable with new ways of operating.

Kathleen Zuke was privileged to grow up with eight loving grandparents and developed a passion for supportive services for older adults as a caregiver for her grandfather. She has been a Senior Program Manager with the Center for Healthy Aging since 2015. In this role, she works collaboratively with community-based partners across the country to identify, implement, and sustain evidence-based programs that support older adults in staying well and aging in the community, including chronic disease self-management education, falls prevention, and behavioral health. She has a Master’s degree in Public Health from Hunter College and a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from St. Mary’s College of Maryland.