January 2025 Grand Rounds: Building CDSME Delivery Infrastructure and Unique Marketing Strategies (EHRI – CDSME 2022/Falls Prevention 2023)

Lon Kieffer, RN, BSN, MBA, NHA, "retired" as a professional comedian in 1984... and "let humor work" as he became a widely respected expert on Caregiver Leadership in the Senior Living Industry.

Lon was awarded Administration of the Year by the DE Health Care Facilities Organization in 2004. He is an accomplished senior services manager, with niche expertise administering Continuing Care Retirement Communities using an education-based, proactive person-centered model. He currently oversees the Chronic Disease Management and Falls Prevention programming for Education Health and Research International at Milford Wellness Village.

He and a team of personally chosen professional Comics are now "EnterTraining" the "55+ Community" with Clean Stand-Up Comedy!

Yoko Meusch, MA, is a Program Associate for the Center for Healthy Aging at National Council on Aging. Yoko provides technical assistance to U.S. Administration for Community Living (ACL) grant-funded community-based organizations promoting and implementing evidence-based Falls Prevention and Chronic Disease Self-Management education programs. In addition, she is a program administrator for Aging Mastery Program®, an NCOA’s signature program for aging well. 

Yoko holds a Bachelor's degree in Management Studies from the University of Maryland Global Campus and a Master's Degree in Health Communication from Johns Hopkins University. 

Cristina Estrella, CHES is a Program Specialist for the Center for Healthy Aging at the National Council on Aging. In this role, Cristina provides technical assistance to U.S. Administration for Community Living grantees implementing evidence-based falls prevention and chronic disease self-management education programs. Additionally, she assists in developing resources for professionals and older adults and coordination of the annual Older Adult Mental Health Awareness Day Symposium.

Cristina began her career on the COVID-19 Containment and Mitigation team at the Alexandria Health Department where she conducted contact tracing, case investigation, outbreak reporting, and community outreach, and assisted in vaccine uptake initiatives. She holds a B.S. in Health Sciences and an M.S. in Public Health Education and Promotion from Marymount University.