January 2021 - Remote Implementation: Lessons Learned from Maine

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This call will offer participants an opportunity to learn how grantees are offering evidence-based programs during the coronavirus pandemic. In grand rounds style, grantees will share how they are delivering EBPs in the virtual/remote environment, successes of their work, and lessons learned. Join the call to learn about virtual delivery of EBPs, collaborate with others across the country, and ask questions to help your organization work towards offering and/or improving your EBP virtual delivery.

Recorded: 01/26/2021

Kristin Overton

Healthy Living for ME

Kristin Overton has worked in the Aging Network since 2006.  Currently the Chief Operating Officer for Spectrum Generations and the Executive Director for Healthy Living for ME, Maine’s evidence-based community provider network, Kristin is a senior member of both management teams.  Kristin started her career in the banking, residential apartment rental, and temporary staffing industries but fell in love with the organization after joining Spectrum Generations under their Bridges Home Services division.  Kristin worked her way up through the organization to the roles she holds today.  Kristin is a 2003 University of Maine at Farmington graduate with a Bachelor’s of Science in Business Economics and holds a Masters of Business Administration with a graduate certificate in Non-Profit Leadership from Southern New Hampshire University. She resides in Western Maine with her husband Rob, their two children, and two dogs.  

Jennifer Fortin

Fidelity and Training Manager

Healthy Living for ME

Jennifer Fortin is the Training & Fidelity Manager for Healthy Living for ME, Maine’s statewide network for evidence-based programs and community health and wellness services.  Her role supports the state for delivering trainings, building capacity and ensuring fidelity and quality of all programs.  Jennifer is a T- Trainer in many of the Self-Management Resource Center (SMRC) programs as well as, a Master Trainer in A Matter of Balance:  Managing your Concerns about Falls, a Lifestyle Coach for the National Diabetes Prevention Program, instructor for Tai Chi for Arthritis and Falls Prevention, EnhanceFitness instructor and she is a certified ACE fitness instructor.  Jennifer resides in Augusta, Maine with her husband and three children.  In her spare time, she enjoys running, hiking and, volunteering in her community.

Laura Plunkett (Moderator)

Senior Program Specialist, Center for Healthy Aging

National Council on Aging

Laura B. Plunkett is a Senior Program Specialist with the Center for Healthy Aging at the National Council on Aging. In this role, she works with chronic disease self-management education and fall prevention grantees across the country to provide information, support, and resources to strengthen, expand, and sustain the delivery of evidence-based programs. Prior to joining NCOA, Laura spent four years at an Area Agency on Aging in North Carolina, where she coordinated the implementation of evidence-based health promotion programs in 12 counties. Her educational background includes a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Bachelor of Social Work from North Carolina State University and a Master’s degree in Public Health from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Her professional interests include the integration of community-based services and health care, the sustainability of evidence-based programs, and continuum of care efforts.

Jennifer Tripken, Ed.D., CHES (Moderator)

Associate Director, Center for Healthy Aging

National Council on Aging

Dr. Jennifer L. Tripken is an Associate Director, Center for Healthy Aging at the National Council on Aging. In this role, Jennifer supports the expansion and sustainability of evidence-based health promotion and disease prevention programs in the community and online through collaboration with national, state, and community partners. Prior to joining NCOA, Jennifer worked for eight years as a university professor in Health Education and Promotion. Before that, Jennifer spent six years as a middle and high school Health Education teacher in New York. 

Jennifer earned her Ed.D. in Health Education at Teachers College, Columbia University, her M.Ed. in Health Education at Boston University, and her B.S. in Athletic Training at Pennsylvania State University.

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Remote Implementation: Lessons Learned from Maine
Recorded 01/26/2021
Recorded 01/26/2021