Associate Director, Workforce Development and Capacity Building
Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs
Washington, District of Columbia
Ben Kaufman, MSW (he/him/his) is the Associate Director for Workforce Development and Capacity Building at the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP). Ben leads a team that is accountable for the development, implementation, and evaluation of program activities aligned with AMCHP’s strategic plan goal to attract and retain highly competent people in the MCH public health workforce. These efforts include intensive, individualized leadership development programming for current and aspiring MCH professionals, focused capacity building with Title V programs and their agency/community partners, and the creation of products to meet real-time workforce needs. They analyze multiple sources of data to identify and report on workforce strengths, needs, and trends, and collaborate with partners at all levels of the socioecological model (including the CDC) to ensure that women, children, and families are planned for in the event of public health emergencies, recognizing workforce preparedness as a key driver of systems-level response outcomes.
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Thursday, May 26, 2022
12:00 PM – 1:10 PM ET