About Us

Every day, nonprofits and community-based organizations do important work that makes a difference in the lives of the people they serve. They are the experts in their community and know how to get things done. 

However, at these organizations, time and resources are at a premium. Running a nonprofit requires a delicate balancing act between funding the work, doing the work, planning for future work and making sure it all keeps going. 

  • Funding drives program implementation, but navigating the grant research and writing process takes time and attention that not all teams have 

  • Leaders know what issues exist in their communities, but don’t always have the bandwidth to strategically develop programs to address them

  • Organizations have programs in place - often wildly successful ones - but struggle to understand or communicate the true impact they’re having to funders, stakeholders, or most importantly, those they serve

Hoehn Public Health Consulting was founded in 2022 to help organizations address these issues and let them focus on what they do best: promoting the health and well-being of their communities.

Our clients include non-profits, Indigenous serving organizations, Tribal governments, and university researchers. As a boutique full-service consulting firm, we offer a faster and more flexible approach to helping your organization thrive. 

With specializations in grant writing, program development and program evaluation, Hoehn Public Health Consulting is committed to telling your organization’s unique story and building long-term, successful public health programs.

Emma Waugh, MPH

Emma Hoehn Waugh, MPH is the founder of Hoehn Public Health Consulting, LLC. She is a motivated and creative public health practitioner with over 7 years of experience working with diverse communities in the U.S. and abroad. 

Emma founded Hoehn Public Health Consulting with the mission of helping community partners understand, measure, and amplify their impact in the ways that are most meaningful to them.

Emma is a non-Native ally and has extensive experience in Tribal public health. Through the Johns Hopkins Center for Indigenous Health and the United South and Eastern Tribes, Tribal Epidemiology Center, she coordinated a variety of health programs ranging from youth suicide prevention, substance abuse and opioid misuse, building data infrastructure, and securing critical funding for new youth programming.

She has also worked with clients in the U.S., Ethiopia, and West Africa to promote food security, sustainable food system development, and diet diversification.

Emma believes that the most meaningful impacts are made when all perspectives and knowledge types are valued. She has led qualitative evaluation and formative research projects, developed comprehensive data systems for quantitative data collection and analysis, and authored executive reports to inform program stakeholders. Through this work, she ensures that partners build upon the most relevant evidence-based practices when designing programming specific for their community. 

Emma has a Master of Public Health from Emory University and a Bachelor of Science from Cornell University. She grew up in a military community in Germany and currently resides in Atlanta, GA.