June 2024 MIPPA/BEC webinar - Covering the Bases for Sustainability: Financial Success, Staff Retention and Capacity Building

Rosalind Newsholme joined NCOA in November 2023, and serves as the primary point of contact for the Benefits Enrollment Centers in the Western Region.  She has over 10 years of experience supporting and advocating on behalf of older adults.  Ros’ previous work focused on helping older adults to understand, apply for and appeal public benefits decisions relating to Medicare, MSP, LIS, Medicaid, food security and affordable housing.  Ros is passionate about working to increase access to life-changing benefits.  She has a Juris Doctor Degree from the Penn State Dickinson School of Law and a Bachelors Degree in Communication and Sociology from Muhlenberg College, both in Pennsylvania.  Ros is British-American and moved to the United States from England and South Africa as a child.

Ann brings over fourteen years’ experience in the areas of business design and implementation, financial oversight, contract compliance, and organizational leadership. As CEO of Oryx Solutions, Ann provides training and technical assistance to non- profit organizations. Her professional experience includes providing financial and programmatic leadership as the COO of the largest service provider to homeless and low-income women in D.C. Ann earned an M.B.A. from The George Washington University.

Deborah Schaus has over 30 years of experience in social work and non-profit leadership, with a focus on older adults. Deborah joined Aster as CEO in 2016. She previously served as executive director at Alzheimer’s Association Desert Southwest Chapter and other community-based social service agencies in the Phoenix metro area. Deborah has a master’s degree in social work planning, administration and community practice from Arizona State University and a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Brandeis University.

Kayla Little joined NCOA in May 2024 and serves as the primary contact for grantees of the 2024-2025 Capacity Building Grant, the 2024-2026 Senior SNAP Initiative, and 2025-2027 Henry and Marilyn Taub Foundation grant. Previously, she interned at Pyxis Partners, where she developed internal training plans to enhance community engagement capacity, wrote policy briefs, and created communications to support the NIH’s All of Us Research Program. She also interned at the Public Health Foundation, assisting the Performance Management and Quality Improvement team in developing toolkits for the CDC’s Let’s Rise initiative. Kayla has clinical experience as a Physical Therapy Technician at multiple clinics and as a Rehab Aide at Medstar St. Mary’s Hospital. Additionally, she collaborated with the Public Health Foundation to develop a training plan titled “Black Maternal Mortality: Understanding Root Causes and Potential Solutions” for public health practitioners and healthcare professionals. Kayla holds a Master’s in Public Health in Health Equity and a Bachelor’s Degree in Communication, both from the University of Maryland.