March 14, 2023: Capacity Building Workgroup - Leveraging Data

Jill Renken has a bachelor’s degree in Health Promotion & Wellness and Master of Public Health degree.  She is also a Certified Health Education Specialist. Jill has done health education work in the university, healthcare, and worksite employee wellness setting, with most experience in community wellness programs. She currently works within Wisconsin’s Aging Network and Partner Organizations to oversee statewide implementation of Evidence-Based Healthy Aging Programs.  Over the past 15 years, Jill has provided technical assistance and training around evidence-based health promotion programs throughout the state. Currently, as the Director of Program Implementation for the Wisconsin Institute for Healthy Aging (WIHA), she works to develop and support strategic organizational partnerships that assist in expanding and sustaining the dissemination of evidence-based community health promotion programs to prevent disease, reduce emergency department visits, hospitalizations and falls, and improve health and quality of life of older adults in Wisconsin and Nationwide. 

Yoko Meusch, MA, supports national and privately funded grant initiatives focused on strengthening community-based aging programs, including evidence-based health promotion and digital literacy. She provides comprehensive project management and technical assistance while fostering strategic collaboration across diverse stakeholders. Yoko brings extensive experience facilitating learning collaboratives, developing practitioner-focused resources, and strengthening delivery infrastructures that support older adults in aging with dignity. She holds a Master of Arts in Communication from Johns Hopkins University.