CTB Professional Project Staff Bio

 

Christina M. Holt, M.A.

Director of Training and Technical Support
cholt@ku.edu

 

Background and Professional Interests:

 

Christina M. Holt, MA, is Director of Training and Technical Support at the Work Group for Health Promotion and Community Development. She holds a master’s degree in Human Development (Child and Developmental Psychology) at the University of Kansas. Ms. Holt also received her undergraduate degrees at the University of Kansas in American Studies and in Human Development and Family Life (with an emphasis in Community Leadership and Development). The behavioral science training that Ms. Holt has received under girds her work to help communities make a difference on socially important issues.  Ms. Holt has extensive experience in various leadership capacities, coordinating and conducting training, coordinating community projects, overseeing development projects, and developing data collection systems. Ms. Holt’s experience includes acting as Director of Behavioral Services and Family Enhancement at Community Living Opportunities, serving as a Research Associate at the Work Group for Health Promotion and Community Development, and serving as the Co-Director of KU’s Center for Community Outreach. Ms. Holt is currently the Director of Training and Technical Support at the Work Group for Community Health and Development.

Ms. Holt has educational training and experience in designing data collection and management systems and using data to guide the work. Ms. Holt has experience helping others design such systems and helping them make sense of their data. Ms. Holt has over five years of experience helping communities collect, analyze, and make sense of their community change data.

Ms. Holt served as a Senior Undergraduate Fellow of the Kansas Health Foundation and was also trained by the Foundation’s Master Facilitator Program. She is currently a Kansas Health Foundation Ambassador, with the mission of improving the health of all Kansans.

Ms. Holt coordinates the work of the Community Tool Box in an effort to give people tools to address socially important issues in their communities. This includes overseeing the CTB’s development, promoting the CTB, obtaining resources for the CTB, providing technical assistance and coordinating training. Ms. Holt also helps with various other grants and research projects at the Work Group.