Program Manager, Aging Initiatives
Stacie Bonenberger is a program manager at the Jewish Healthcare Foundation with a primary focus on initiatives related to the aging population. Bonenberger is one of the statewide coordinators for Dementia Friends Pennsylvania, a global initiative that is changing the way people think, act, and talk about dementia and Dementia Friendly Pennsylvania, helping to build inclusive communities for people living with dementia in Pennsylvania. She is an active member of the Dementia-Friendly Greater Pittsburgh leadership work group. Current projects include leading the Pennsylvania Long-Term Care Learning Network, an integral part of a quality incentive program offered to more than 600 nursing facilities in Pennsylvania, in partnership with the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services | Office of Long-Term Living and the Community HealthChoices Managed Care Organizations. Since joining the Foundation in 2013, Bonenberger has worked on several other initiatives including Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation grant, RAVEN (Reduce AVoidable hospitalizations using Evidence-based interventions for Nursing facilities), Patient Safety Fellowships and Champions programs. Prior to joining JHF, she was the assistant facility director of occupational therapy at UPMC Passavant and has 17 years of clinical experience as an occupational therapist in Colorado and Pennsylvania. Ms. Bonenberger received her bachelor’s in psychology from the University of Massachusetts and her master’s in occupational therapy from Chatham University.