1. Joan
Ascheim
255
Silver
Street
—
North
Granby,
Connecticut
06060
—
Phone:
603-­‐496-­‐4282
—
E-­‐Mail:
joanascheim@comcast.net
Objective
A
public
health
leadership
position
in
a
progressive
public
health
organization
seeking
to
use
both
innovative
and
proven
practices
to
improve
the
health
and
well
being
of
populations
where
they,
work,
live
and
play.
Summary
of
Qualifications
Highly
motivated,
creative,
and
connected
public
health
leader
with
over
thirty
years
experience
developing
and
managing
public
health
programs,
leading
planning
initiatives,
and
improving
agency
performance.
Extensive
content
expertise
in
maternal
and
child
health,
performance
improvement
and
public
health
planning.
A
talent
for
assessing
agency
needs
and
developing
innovative
and
simple
solutions
to
move
from
planning
to
action
expediently.
Proven
ability
to
work
with
diverse
individuals
and
groups,
and
consider
their
strengths
and
contributions
to
achieve
results
that
are
greater
than
the
sum
of
their
parts.
Selected
Experience
Connecticut
Department
of
Public
Health
Performance
Improvement
Manager
November
2012
to
Present
• Trained
department
staff
in
Results
Based
Accountability
TM
and
subsequently
launched
a
web-­‐based
performance
dashboard
to
monitor
agency
program
performance
and
health
outcomes
from
Healthy
Connecticut
2020,
the
state
health
improvement
plan
and
other
agency
programs.
• Provided
training
and
technical
assistance
to
department
and
external
teams
in
Lean
and
quality
improvement
techniques
to
realize
improved
program
efficiency
and
effectiveness.
• Collaborated
in
shaping,
developing
and
implementing
the
state
health
improvement
plan.
• Planned
and
participated
in
preparing
the
department
to
pursue
national
accreditation
New
Hampshire
Department
of
Public
Heath
Services
June
1983
to
October
2012
• Senior
Deputy
and
Chief
for
the
Bureau
of
Public
Health
Systems,
Policy
and
Performance
served
directly
under
the
Director
of
Public
Health.
Directed
strategic
planning,
public
health
improvement
planning
and
implementation,
public
health
regionalization
and
policy
development.
• Administrator
for
the
Bureau
of
Family
and
Community
Health.
Provided
leadership
and
management
to
the
Maternal
and
Child
Health,
HIV/STD
Prevention,
Immunization
and
Rural
Health
and
Primary
Care
Sections.
• Bureau
Chief
for
Maternal
and
Child
Health.
Managed
a
$6
million
dollar
budget
and
health
services
to
over
65,000
individuals.
Administered
the
Maternal
and
Child
Health
Block
Grant.
Established
the
newborn
hearing
screening
program.
• Public
Health
Nurse
Consultant
for
Special
Projects
including
child
abuse
prevention,
home
visiting
and
health
and
safety
in
child
care.
Transformed
a
pilot
home
visiting
project
into
a
statewide
project
sustained
through
Medicaid
funding.
New
Hampshire
Technical
Institute
January
–
August
1997
• Adjunct
Faculty
for
the
course,
Health
and
Safety
in
Early
Childhood
Settings
for
early
childhood
majors.

2.
Joan
Ascheim
2
Education
• Master
of
Science
in
Nursing,
University
of
Virginia,
Charlottesville,
VA
1982
• Bachelor
of
Science
in
Nursing,
Georgetown
University,
Washington,
DC
1977
• Northeast
Public
Heath
Leadership
Institute,
State
University
of
New
York,
Albany,
NY
2004
• Lean
Certification,
Leanovations,
Hartford,
CT
2013
• Leadership
Development,
Leadership
Greater
Hartford,
Hartford,
CT
2014
Selected
Presentations
• Ascheim
J,
Holder,
E
and
Roeselle,
D
Results-­‐Based
Accountability
and
Performance
Management:
A
Tale
of
Two
State
Health
Departments.
Invited
speaker,
Measurable
Impact
2016:
A
Results-­‐Based
Accountability
Conference.
Baltimore,
MD,
June
2016.
• Coffman,
J
and
Ascheim,
J
ASTHO’s
Performance
Dashboard:
A
Tool
to
Measure
and
Improve
the
Health
of
Public
Health
Agencies.
Open
Forum
for
Quality
Improvement
in
Public
Health,
Kansas
City,
MO,
June
2014
• Ascheim,
J
and
Gortakowski,
H
Monitoring
Public
Health
Performance
and
State
Health
Improvement
Plans
Utilizing
the
Results
Scorecard:
the
Vermont
and
Connecticut
Experience.
Open
Forum
for
Quality
Improvement
in
Public
Health,
Kansas
City,
MO,
June
2014
• Ascheim,
J
Using
Public
Health
Research
to
Inform
a
Regionalized
Public
Health
System
in
New
Hampshire,
Public
Health
Systems
Research
Learning
Institute,
American
Public
Health
Association
Annual
Meeting,
Washington,
DC,
October
2011
• Ascheim,
J
and
Stewart,
J
Public
Health
Performance
Assessment,
The
New
Hampshire
Experience.
Invited
speaker,
National
Public
Performance
Standards
Program,
Training
Workshop,
St.
Louis,
MO,
April,
2006
• Ascheim,
J.
and
Mandigo,
C.
Innovations
in
Training:
A
Creative
Curriculum
for
Training
Parent
Aides
and
Home
Visitors,
at
the
13th
New
England
Regional
Parent
Aide
Conference,
North
Smithfield,
RI,
June
1997
• Hotaling,
GT,
Ascheim,
JH
and
Sugarman,
D.
The
Children's
Community
Bridge
Project:
Outcome
Evaluation
Results.
American
Public
Health
Association
Annual
Meeting,
Washington,
DC
October
1994.
Selected
Publications
• Ascheim,
JH
et
al.,
NH
Public
Health
Regionalization
Initiative:
Report
and
Recommendations
from
the
Findings
of
Capacity,
Governance,
and
Financial
Assessments,
New
Hampshire
Department
of
Health
and
Human
Services,
Division
of
Public
Health
Services,
Bureau
of
Public
Health
Systems,
Policy
and
Performance
December
2011
• Ascheim,
JH,
Frey,
K
Ed.
Improving
the
Public’s
Health
in
New
Hampshire;
A
Performance
Management
Approach,
New
Hampshire
Department
of
Health
and
Human
Services,
Division
of
Public
Health
Services,
Bureau
of
Policy
and
Performance
Management,
2005.
• New
Hampshire
Home
Visiting
Advisory
Committee-­‐
Training
Subcommittee,
A
Training
Curriculum
for
Trainers
of
Home
Visitors,
New
Hampshire
Department
of
Health
and
Human
Services,
1996
• Frank,
E
and
Ascheim,
J
Using
Volunteers
to
Survey
Child
Restraint
Compliance
Among
New
Hampshire
Drivers,
American
Journal
of
Public
Health,
Vol.
86
(8)
1996,
pp.
1169-­‐1170.

3.
Joan
Ascheim
3
• Hawks,
D,
Ascheim,
JH,
Giebink,
GS,
Graville,
Solnit,
AJ
American
Public
Health
Association/American
Academy
of
Pediatrics
National
Health
and
Safety
Guidelines
for
Child-­‐Care
Programs:
Featured
Standards
and
Implementation,
Supplement:
Pediatrics,
Vol.
94
(6)
1994,
pp.
1110-­‐1112.
Selected
Professional
Activities
and
Service
• Association
of
State
and
Territorial
Health
Officials,
Performance
Improvement
Policy
Committee,
Senior
Deputies’
Committee
2010
-­‐
present
• Public
Health
Accreditation
Board,
Member
Accreditation
Improvement
Committee,
Assessment
Process
Workgroup,
Expert
Panel
on
Centralized
States
and
Accreditation
and
Site
Visitor
2009-­‐2015
• New
Hampshire
Public
Health
Association,
President
2009-­‐2010
• Bi-­‐State
Primary
Care
Association
Advisory
Committee,
Member
2003-­‐2012
• Robert
Wood
Johnson
Turning
Point
Initiative,
National
Performance
Management
Excellence
Collaborative,
member
2003-­‐2004
• Merrimack
Valley
Day
Care
Services,
Inc.,
Board
President
1992
to
1994.
• New
Hampshire
Family
Resource
Coalition,
Treasurer
1993,
Vice-­‐
President
1994,
President
1995
Awards
and
Honors
• Robert
Chamberlin
Award
2013,
Family
Support
New
Hampshire,
awarded
for
establishment
of
the
statewide
home
visiting
program.
• Roger
Fossum
Lifetime
Achievement
Award
2012
New
Hampshire
Public
Health
Association
• Leadership
Award
2003,
The
Early
Connections,
Project
of
the
University
of
New
Hampshire
Institute
on
Disability
• Public
Citizen
of
the
Year
Award
2002,
New
Hampshire
Pediatric
Society