Catherine Malone

About Catherine Malone

I am a program officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation working to reduce health disparities and advance diversity, equity and inclusion. Diverse perspectives are vital to fostering the ideas and innovations needed to solve complex problems affecting our nation’s health and reduce health disparities. I am proud to serve as program officer for - New Connections: Increasing Diversity of RWJF Programming, a program supporting a diverse network of over 1300 scholars from historically underrepresented and disadvantaged groups. The program provides research grants, methodological training, and leadership and professional development-Project L/Earn, an internship program designed to increase the number of health researchers from groups that have been traditionally underrepresented in health-related graduate programs-the Foundation\'s Diversity CommitteeRead my blog post on strategies for enhancing

Experience

1. Program Officer

   RWJF

   Jan 2015 — Present

Education

• Rutgers University

  Bachelor's Degree, Psychology and Sociology

  1988 — 1992

• Argosy University

  Doctor of Business Administration (DBA), Business Administration and Management, General

  2008 — 2014

• Georgian Court University

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration, Management and Operations

  2001 — 2003

Skills

• Public Speaking
• Therapeutic Recreation
• Project/ Program Management
• Policy Analysis
• Research
• Program Evaluation
• Organizational Culture
• Training
• Volunteer Management
• Health Equity
• Diversity & Inclusion
• Change Management
• Non-Profit Administration
• Transitional Care
• Leadership
• Grant Writing
• Nonprofits
• Community Outreach
• Assisted Living
• Staff Development
• Long Term Acute Care
• Program Development
• Organizational Change
• Decision Analysis/ Management Science
• Health Disparities