May 14, 2024: Capacity Building Workgroup - Managing Staff Transition and Maintaining Capacity

Joani is a Program Manager with the Training and Capacity Building Program within the Health Promotion Council, an entity of Public Health Management Corporation (PHMC) in Philadelphia. She is responsible for overseeing and assisting organizations with implementing programs, including the National Diabetes Prevention Program, DSMES, Walk With Ease, and Self-Management Resource Center programming. She does this through community engagement, technical assistance, data support, and guidance recommendations.

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.