Strengthening Public Health Capacity
Helping organizations navigate change, strengthen operations, and build the capacity needed to serve communities today and prepare for tomorrow.
Public health organizations often face complex challenges—from leadership transitions and workforce shortages to emerging public health threats and evolving community needs. We provide experienced support, practical guidance, and trusted partnership to help organizations navigate uncertain terrain and move forward with confidence.
Together, we build stronger systems, healthier communities, and a more resilient public health future.
Why We Do What We Do
We've been there.
We've experienced the challenges that public health organizations face when key positions become vacant, critical projects outpace available capacity, or communities need support during times of transition and uncertainty. We've led organizations through workforce shortages, leadership transitions, public health emergencies, budget challenges, and periods of significant change. We understand what it means to balance competing priorities, maintain essential services, and keep moving forward when resources are stretched thin.
PH Capacity Partners was created because we believe organizations shouldn't have to navigate those challenges alone. Drawing on real-world public health leadership and operational experience, we provide practical support that helps organizations maintain momentum, bridge capacity gaps, and strengthen their foundations for the future.
When organizations have the support they need, communities are better served. That's why we do this work.
What we do
Public Health Consulting
Strategic planning, organizational assessments, quality improvement, accreditation readiness, and workforce development and public health systems strengthening.
Ideal when your team needs additional expertise, an objective perspective, or dedicated project support to move important work forward.
Interim Leadership Support
Executive transition support, leadership coverage, operational continuity, and organizational stabilization.
Ideal when a key position is vacant, recruitment is underway, or leadership capacity is temporarily stretched.
Capacity Building
Training, preparedness, facilitation, program development, and technical assistance.
Ideal when organizations want to invest in their workforce, strengthen programs, and build long-term resilience through practical support from professionals who have been there.
Facing a Vacancy, Leadership Transition, or Capacity Challenge?
Schedule a free 30-minute consultation to discuss your organization's needs.
Meet the Founder
Kristen Hosey, DNP, RN, is a public health leader, educator, and consultant with experience supporting local, regional, statewide, tribal, and global public health initiatives. Her background includes executive leadership, emergency response, workforce development, organizational improvement, and public health systems strengthening.
Having worked alongside organizations serving urban, rural, frontier, tribal, and geographically dispersed communities, Kristen understands the diverse challenges public health organizations face—from workforce recruitment and retention to maintaining access to services and navigating periods of transition and change.
Kristen founded PH Capacity Partners to provide practical, real-world support that helps organizations strengthen operations, build capacity, and continue serving their communities with confidence.
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