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, is a Senior Program Specialist with more than five years of dedicated service to the National Council on Aging’s Center for Healthy Aging (CHA).

In her role, she leads national, grant-funded initiatives designed to strengthen community-based aging programs, improve health outcomes, and broaden equitable access to evidence-based interventions. Yoko provides comprehensive project management and technical assistance while fostering strategic collaboration with funders, researchers, advisory groups, and community organizations. She brings extensive experience in facilitating learning collaboratives, developing practitioner-focused resources, and enhancing delivery infrastructures that support healthier aging nationwide.

Yoko holds a Master of Arts in Communication with a concentration in Health Communication from Johns Hopkins University. She is a military spouse and a mother of three free-spirited, energetic children.