New Grantee Orientation
Summit Year:
2012
Vernell DeWitty is deputy program director for NCIN. She was previously employed by the Center for American Nurses where she served as their director of programs. She has an extensive background in program development and health care and nursing administration. She has served in various administrative capacities in university teaching hospitals as well as community based hospitals; she is a nurse educator, served as guest lecturer for the George Washington University School of Medicine and School of Public Health and is currently an adjunct faculty member at the George Mason University College of Health and Human Services.
She earned her doctoral degree from George Mason University and her master’s in Business Administration from Howard University, where she was selected as a member of the Beta Gamma Sigma Business Honor Society. While attending the Catholic University of America, where she earned her master’s degree in Nursing, she was selected as a member of Sigma Theta Tau National Nursing Honor Society. She is also a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives.
Gretchen Wright is vice president and a principal at PR Solutions, a full-service communications firm that for more than 20 years has supported non-profit organizations working on health, education, women’s and human rights, and other social justice issues. The firm’s clients include foundations, national advocacy groups, think tanks and associations. At PR Solutions, Wright manages numerous projects for a variety of organizations, developing communications and media strategies, planning and promoting events, writing media materials, pitching stories, and conducting media training sessions. She has developed and implemented communications plans and activities that address a range of issues including nurse education, practice and safety, drug and alcohol prevention, student debt, toxins in children’s toys and the U.S. food supply, paid sick days, and more.
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Session Overview:
This session is designed to present an overview of basic NCIN operations for new grantees and persons who are just beginning a role as program liaison. This open dialogue will allow new grantees to ask questions and seek clarification regarding expectations of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the National Program Office. The overall goals and objectives of NCIN will be presented with an emphasis on the role of grantees in helping to meet program objectives. A demonstration of the NCIN website will provide grantees an enhanced understanding of how to access resources at their desktops. Participants will be encouraged to discuss challenges with program implementation and identify support needed to meet these challenges. The session will conclude with a discussion of program evaluation and data collection methodologies.
Session Objectives:
- Discuss the goals and objectives of the NCIN program.
- Develop two to three strategies to use online resources to assist with grant implementation.
- Identify NCIN evaluation and data collecting processes and procedures.
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