Impact & Work

Organizations don't just finish a project. They end up stronger.

Here's a record of what that looks like — the programs built, the coalitions led, the standards written, and the work that's still running years later.

Recognition

Work that others noticed

These awards point to outcomes, not effort.

2023
Leadership in Aging Award
Western North Carolina
For building cross-county coalitions that expanded aging services and wellness programs across Western NC — work that created durable infrastructure, not just programming.
2024
Legacy Award
Systems Impact Recognition
Named for work that outlasted the engagement. Partnerships that kept moving. Programs that kept running. Infrastructure that held after the project ended.
2020
Statement of Compassion
NC Division of Aging & Adult Services
Recognized during COVID-19 for championing trauma-informed, equity-centered care for family caregivers — at a moment when most systems were in triage mode.
2025
Diversity & Inclusion Award
UNC Asheville
For embedding equity into cross-sector health strategy structurally — not as an add-on — and expanding access for communities that health systems consistently miss.
Featured Work

Programs built to outlast the project

Caregiver Support · Statewide Impact
Family Caregiver Support Program
2019 – 2022
The Situation

Every other region was running standard respite-only programs. Caregivers in this region had needs those models weren't designed to address — home safety, end-of-life planning, individualized coordination that went beyond scheduled breaks.

What Was Built

A 1:1 case management model with home safety equipment, resource coordination, and end-of-life support built in from the start — designed to meet people where they were, not where the program assumed they'd be.

What Held
The standards from this model are now cited in North Carolina's Family Caregiver Support Program guidance — used statewide.
Federal Funding · Fall Prevention
Federal Grant for Health Promotion
2022
The Situation

The High Country had no federal fall prevention infrastructure. Fall prevention programming existed in pockets, but nothing coordinated at a systems level or backed by sustainable federal support.

What Was Built

Secured and managed a $500K+ federal grant that expanded programming, built durable healthcare partnerships, and created the infrastructure for long-term fall prevention across the region.

What Held
70%
increase in workshop participation. Now the cornerstone of the Aging Well Program at Appalachian State University.
Coalition Leadership · Western NC
High Country Falls Prevention Coalition & Exercise is Medicine Task Force
The Situation

Clinicians, public health leaders, and community-based providers were working toward the same goals in parallel — without shared infrastructure, decision-making, or a coordinating body to move collective efforts forward.

What Was Built

Co-led the High Country Falls Prevention Coalition and Exercise is Medicine Task Force — bringing together cross-sector partners around shared priorities and creating the organizing structure the region didn't yet have.

What Held
The coalition became the foundation for the region's first fall prevention grant and the ongoing infrastructure for health promotion across Western NC.
Healthcare Systems · EPIC · NCCARE360
Clinical-Community Integration & Referral Systems
The Situation

Clinical settings could identify patients who needed preventive and community-based services — but lacked the infrastructure to connect them. Referrals happened informally, inconsistently, and without follow-through.

What Was Built

Designed and implemented referral workflows using EPIC and NCCARE360 that created a sustainable, trackable bridge between health systems and community organizations — with underserved populations centered from the start.

What Held
A replicable clinical-community integration model supporting ongoing healthcare-community partnerships and statewide wellness referral pathways.
In the Media

The work has been noticed

Featured for innovation in fall prevention, systems change, and community-driven health strategy across North Carolina.

Appalachian State University
Featured for fall prevention innovation and the development of the High Country's first federally-funded aging infrastructure.
Healthy Aging NC
Recognized for systems-level impact in community health strategy and sustainable program development across Western NC.
Watauga Democrat
Featured for community-driven health initiatives and coalition-based approaches to aging and wellness in the High Country.
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