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 with five years of service to NCOA Center for Healthy Aging (CHA). Her core expertise lies in providing extensive, hands-on technical assistance (TA) to community-based organizations (CBOs) and State Units on Aging, helping them build capacity and develop sustainability strategies for evidence-based health promotion programs focused on older adults.

As a Program Associate, she has served as a TA liaison for Administration for Community Living (ACL) grantees, providing tailored capacitybuilding and sustainability support and leading various webinars, including bi-monthly Capacity Building Workgroup for grantees. Her experience includes designing learning opportunities, developing educational materials, and managing complex program activities. She holds a Master of Arts in Communication with a concentration in Health Communication from Johns Hopkins University.