About Us



Health & Education Communication Consultants (HECC) is a full-service communication consulting firm. Our mission is targeted communication in the public sector through:

  • materials development and publish­ing,
  • social marketing,
  • research and evaluation, and
  • training and technical assistance.

HECC was founded in 1985 by former partners Lisa Hunter, PhD, and Donna Lloyd-Kolkin, PhD.  Though Lisa retired in 2006 and Donna started another consulting firm, Catalyst Health Concepts, both still serve as consultants on various projects.

Joy Osterhout, MS, CHES, is HECC’s current Principal/Owner. Osterhout started at HECC in 1999 as the Research Associate in the East Coast office, and in 2001 moved to California and became HECC's Project Director. Osterhout has worked with local, state, and federal government agencies, as well as non-profit health agencies in health education since 1995.  Osterhout is a Certified Health Education Specialist, and holds a MS in Health Education and Health Administration, and a BS in Marketing and Communications. In her free time you may find Joy attending dance and pilates classes, volunteering, gardening, painting watercolors, exploring the beach and ocean waters, reading a humorous novel, or enjoying time with her toddler, Riley Noel.

HECC often collaborates with the following woman-owned businesses: Catalyst Health Concepts, Russell & English Research & Evaluation (R2E2), and ToucanEd.



Phone:  808-742-8332
Fax: 808-742-8334

E-mail: o2joy@pil.net

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