Amanda Dennison Email & Phone Number

Cleveland, OH, US

• Leads program innovation and grant development initiatives, including new partnerships, grant submissions, program and financial monitoring, and progress reports ensure grant deliverables are met.
• Collaborates across organization to implement the organization's strategic plan, monitor progress toward goals, and evaluate plan success.
• Develop a continuous quality improvement system to assure the quality of all grant funded program activities and high visibility written products… Show more
• Develop a continuous quality improvement system to assure the quality of all grant funded program activities and high visibility written products.
• Evaluates and monitors grant deliverables and financial performance in partnership with COFO and the senior leadership team and identifies challenges and potential solutions to delays or changes in work scope where.
• Provides program and content expertise across the organization to support the implementation of grant deliverables

• Led all programmatic work and fund development for the organization.
• Secured new funding, resulting in new programs and an additional $1.6 million in funding between February and June 2020.
• Led the organization's strategic planning in collaboration with the executive director.
• Support the executive director in organizational management, partnership development, board relations, and critical decision making.
• Produced competitive applications and all related reports for… Show more
• Produced competitive applications and all related reports for federal, foundation, and industry funding.

Washington, District Of Columbia

• Led the programmatic work of agency including technical assistance, training curriculum development, clinic initiatives, adolescent health, health equity, and responding to the program needs of members.
• Led program development, implementation, and evaluation.
• Managed the grant application process and related program grant budgets and objectives.
• Supervised Program Team of six staff.
• Assisted in planning and hosting the NCSD annual meeting, including organizing and… Show more
• Assisted in planning and hosting the NCSD annual meeting, including organizing and speaking at plenary sessions.

Affiliate Faculty in the College of Health and Human Services at George Mason University following the launch of Making Contact: A Training for COVID-19 Case Investigators and Contact Tracers in 2020.

Columbus, Ohio Area

Managed the Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) and Hepatitis Programs on a statewide basis; coordinated all components of the state STD and Hepatitis Prevention Programs including partner services, STD screening and treatment guidelines, communication prevention messages, and health education initiatives; supervised staff; coordinated HIV/STD Prevention.

Columbus, Ohio Area

Interim Section Chief over the STD, Hepatitis, and HIV Prevention and Surveillance Programs. Managed section budget of $10 million over multiple funding sources. Developed strategies to leverage resources across the section to maintain effective programming. Directed program collaboration and service integration. Co-led the development of the Ohio HIV.

Cleveland, Ohio

Oversaw the clinic’s HIV programs, including outreach, syringe exchange, and walk-in testing; supervised the syringe exchange and outreach positions; assisted with in-house testing; trained new employees and volunteer testers; completed grant proposals and monthly grant reports; created and maintained partnerships with community agencies

Cleveland, Ohio

Provided safer sex education in the Greater Cleveland area; provided HIV education and testing at community events and sites throughout the area; completed monthly grant reports and data entry; assisted with in-house testing and other services in the HIV department as needed

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Student Consultant, The Free Clinic of Greater Cleveland; Cleveland, Ohio — September 2011-currentCreated a roadmap for the clinic to convert to a patient-centered medical home; project also received credit for Culminating Experience required by GWUStudent Consultant, D.C. Mayor’s Office of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, & Transgender Affairs; Washington, D.C. —.

Bedford Heights, Ohio

Reorganized and implemented the Health Center Advocacy program and created ways to monitor the program; collected client stories; hosted phone banks; worked on other grassroot efforts identified by the regional field manager; recruited action network members, activists, and volunteers; maintained awareness of the local media; contributed to blogs, social.

Painesville, Ohio; Washington, D.C.

Assisted in entering prescriptions and dispensing medications; managed Patient Care Initiatives; interacted with patients at drop off and pick up stations; prepared and stocked medications

Master'S Degree, Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management

Certificate, Nonprofit Managament Executive

Mph, Public Health

Activities and Societies: Overseas Learning Collaboration Degree concentration in program design, monitoring, and evaluation.

Ba, Bs, Anthropology, Health Sciences

Activities and Societies: Student Anthropology Association, Honors Program

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Urban Studies/Affairs

Concentration in Urban Policy and Development, focusing on the intersections of policies such as housing, transportation, education, and.