Jane Isaacs Lowe, Ph.D . is a senior program officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the team director for the Vulnerable Populations Portfolio. In this role, Lowe promotes initiatives that take a fresh approach to a long-standing problem, work to address poor health status in the context of other factors such as housing, education, and poverty, and make fundamental changes in the way services are delivered. She oversees grants catalyzing new ways of addressing urgent social issues such as preventing youth violence, providing options for long-term care, assisting immigrants and refugees, and ensuring services for those with severe mental illness. She is also a current fellow at the New York Academy of Medicine and past president of Grantmakers in Aging.

Lowe came to the Foundation from the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Work where she served on the faculty from 1989 through 1998, publishing and teaching in the areas of health practice, administration and planning. She was the recipient of the Outstanding Teaching Award in 1992 and 1997. From 1976 to 1989 she worked at the Mt. Sinai Medical Center in New York City as a faculty member in the medical school's Department of Community Medicine and as a hospital social work administrator. Lowe earned a doctorate in social welfare policy and planning from Rutgers University, a Master's in Social Work from Columbia University and a bachelor's degree from Cedar Crest College in Allentown, PA.

Kristin B. Schubert is a program officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) where she serves on the Vulnerable Populations team. Since joining RWJF in 2000, she has focused chiefly on adolescent health issues, particularly addiction prevention and treatment. She has overseen projects to prevent youth violence, promote better health care within the juvenile justice system, and empower youth to take control of their lives.

Previously, Schubert was a policy analyst for the Centers for Disease Control-funded Prevention Research Center, focusing on barriers to health among racial and ethnic groups and youth health and development issues. Trained as a molecular biologist, she began her career as a cancer researcher at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. Schubert holds an M.P.H. in health policy and administration from Yale University and a B.S. in molecular biology from Lehigh University.

Ann E. Christiano is a Senior Communications Officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation where she develops the overarching communication strategy for the Foundation’s Vulnerable Populations Portfolio. In this role, she identifies the communications resources grantees need and disseminates information about new initiatives that take a fresh approach to long-standing health and health care problems. These projects include Playworks, Community Partnerships for Older Adults, the Corporation for Supportive Housing, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Local Funding Partnerships program, and Children’s Futures.

Before assuming her role as senior communications officer for the Vulnerable Populations Team, she directed the Foundation’s Connect project, an effort that successfully builds relationships between RWJF grantees and their members of Congress through visits to Capitol Hill, briefings by RWJF grantees, and Congressional site visits. Previously, Christiano worked for the Washington Business Group on Health, the Institute for Business Technology, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

She is a graduate of the 2002 class of Leadership New Jersey, sits on the board of the Council of New Jersey Grantmakers, and is an active volunteer with La Compagnia de’ Columbari. She earned a master’s in public affairs and politics from the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University and a bachelor of arts in journalism from the University of Maryland at College Park, College of Journalism.

Further program direction and technical assistance is provided by numerous staff at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Joann Baquilod serves as Grants Administrator.