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Portland, OR, US

Portland, Oregon Area

Portland, Oregon Area

Lead the grants and partner relations management along with the research and evaluation efforts to apply an integrated investment strategy that is informed by data and partner-generated knowledge. Responsible for leading strategic planning and systems development, program evaluation, and performance measurement, as well as our knowledge management.

Portland, OR

Portland, Oregon Area

• Policy analysis and evaluation; grants management; strategic plan development and implementation
• Designed, developed and managed grants program with a budget of more than $500,000 to strengthen public health systems and to increase capacity of local health departments to be an active stakeholder in health care.
• Analyzed and developed policy concepts for chronic… Show more Policy analysis and evaluation; grants management; strategic plan development and implementation
• Analyzed and developed policy concepts for chronic disease prevention, developmental origins of health and disease, and public health infrastructure and financing.
• Engaged strategic partners, community leaders and key stakeholders in defining public health needs and building community-driven strategies to improve health outcomes and reduce health disparities.
• Worked with Public Health Division and local health departments in Oregon and Southwest Washington to support accreditation efforts.

Portland, OR

• Policy and systems analysis and evaluation; community engagement; strategic plan development and implementation
• Directed and managed a $750,000 program aimed at innovating tools, techniques and protocols for incorporating health and equity considerations into land use and transportation planning.
• Worked with community partners, land use and transportation agencies (Portland, Gresham and Multnomah County) to identify systemic barriers for using health and equity metrics as components… Show more Policy and.
• Worked with community partners, land use and transportation agencies (Portland, Gresham and Multnomah County) to identify systemic barriers for using health and equity metrics as components of project evaluation tools.
• Catalyzed and coordinated incorporation of health and equity assessment metrics into sustainable transportation planning tool.
• Partnered with community-based non-profit partners and government agencies to develop and implement strategic project plans loosely based on a collective impact model. Show less

Portland, Oregon

• Policy analysis and evaluation; advocacy and lobbying state and municipal governments; grassroots strategy coordination and implementation
• Directed AHA’s public policy and state government relations program; served as the organization’s primary representative before the state legislature and other state and local legislative and regulatory entities.
• Identified and leveraged opportunities to advance AHA’s policy priorities at the state and municipal levels.
• Developed and… Show more Policy analysis and evaluation; advocacy and lobbying state and municipal governments; grassroots strategy coordination and implementation
• Developed and implemented strategic plans for advocacy on a variety of bills to prevent chronic disease and promote health. Led broad coalitions of public health, private sector and community advocates to pass.
• Worked with state legislators to develop and pass “Good Samaritan” laws aimed at protecting lay persons attempting to use Automated External Defibrillators on victims of sudden cardiac arrest.

Doctor Of Law (J.D.)

Master Of Science (Msc), Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, And Population Biology

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Environmental Science