Empowering the People who Advance Public Health

WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

Public health is people-powered. It requires a dedicated workforce fully supported by the programs and communities they serve. Yet, in today’s landscape, budgets are stretched, workloads are high, and more robust training and support are needed. Drawing on our team's firsthand experience in the public health ecosystem, we develop proactive, human-centered, and system-level workforce solutions.conviction that evidence is most rigorous when it’s most inclusive, and that public health systems only work when nobody is left behind by them.

The BME Approach

We start with unparalleled understanding of the unique landscape and workforce challenges in governmental Public Health.

We focus on the "how" of doing the work, bringing evidence-based strategies from concept to implementation.

We approach each partnership with dedication to building capacity, systems and infrastructure, rather than a short term fix.

Core Services

Helping Public Health organizations evaluate current workforce capabilities, identify critical gaps, and design robust succession plans that preserve institutional knowledge and ensure long-term operational continuity.

Effective and efficient recruitment strategies that streamline hiring workflows to help you attract diverse, highly skilled professionals who are fully aligned with your community’s unique needs.

Designing evidence-based retention strategies and fostering trust-centered organizational cultures that mitigate burnout, boost staff morale, and keep your most valuable staff engaged.

Empowering current and emerging leaders and teams through targeted coaching, upskilling programs, and supervisory frameworks that build collective capacity and strengthen your internal operations.

Serving as your collaborative sounding board, providing the customized technical assistance required to translate high-level workforce goals into actionable, real-world solutions.

Team Lead

A.C. Rothenbuecher
MPH - MANAGING CONSULTANT, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

A.C. Rothenbuecher is a public health professional with over 20 years experience in state and local government, mission driven non-profit organizations, and academia. Her experience is diverse with a particular focus in workforce development, public health systems, and rural and frontier health. She is a strategic thinker with experience in creating and amplifying talent. A.C. is process and impact driven, thriving in environments where problem-solving, innovation, and out-of-the box thinking is fostered. She brings a growth mindset to the work she does, prioritizing ongoing learning and leadership development for herself and those she works with. A.C. has a BA in International Relations from the University of California, Davis and a MPH in Health Behavior from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.