November 8, 2022: Capacity Building Workgroup - Leader Recruitment

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.

Sarah designed and launched the Center for Parkinson’s Disease and won the 2019 Degenerative Diseases Special Interest Group Service Award in recognition of her “tireless pursuit of improving the lives of individuals with [PD] who live on the East End of Long Island.” She oversees seven PD-specific wellness programs, all currently implemented remotely, with over 250 participants. She is a co-PI on the 2022-2025 ACL Falls Prevention Grant.

Kristi has over 10 years of experience coordinating health promotion programs, leading the efforts that earned the 2020 Safe States Injury Prevention Program of the Year Award. She chairs state and national hospital-based/trauma center injury prevention subcommittees. She served as a Regional Coordinator for previous ACL Falls Prevention grants before becoming a co-PI for the 2022-2025 cycle.