Amanda Lusk Email and Phone Number

•Serve as the Vaccine Management System (VMS) Liaison at the State run vaccination sites ensuring all personnel are trained to use the system.•Offer support and guidance to partners with the VMS system and conduct trainings and send out updates. •Utilize ASIIS and the VMS to accurately report patient vaccination records. •Create training materials for partners.•Monitor EMResource and Teletrack data to ensure Arizona is in compliance with HHS and report findings to leadership. •Oversee and manage special projects as assigned by leadership.

•Provided financial expertise, management, and oversight on all financial matters for the Bureaus of EMS and Statistics. •Compiled monthly budget reports & conducted monthly budget meetings with each manager to review budget activities. •Monitored financial activities including revenues, expenditures, appropriations, budgets, obligations, and contractual activities. •Prepared revenue and expense forecasts.•Performed research and financial analysis to problem solve difficult cases and reported findings to leadership. •Identified internal weaknesses and recommended potential solutions.

•Served as COVID-19 Logistics Chief in the Health Emergency Operations Center (HEOC) coordinating complex situations and making critical decisions for the state of Arizona. •Monitored and maintained incoming resource requests of personal protective equipment (PPE) and COVID testing supplies from counties, tribes, and state agencies. •Tracked incoming PPE and COVID testing supply deliveries and coordinated with counties, tribes, state agencies, and private partners to fulfill outstanding resource requests. •Created resource allocations and ensured delivery, execution, and share with HEOC command staff. •Monitored and updated EMResource as needed and tracked Arizona’s hospital critical data elements for the HEOC and submitted to federal partners. •Participated in daily policy discussions to update command on any gaps or barriers. •Prepared and updated dashboards to present data to HEOC command staff to understand operational statuses and infrastructure capabilities of healthcare facilities statewide. •Collaborated with federal partners to have a common operating picture. •Served as liaison between the HEOC Logistics and the State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC).

•Collaborated with partners to implement the information technology tools utilized by the state such as EMResource, EMTrack, AzHAN, WebEOC, iCAM, and ESAR-VHP. •Served as Logistics Chief in the Health Emergency Operations Center coordinating complex situations and making critical decisions under pressure. •Streamlined processes to improve gathering information from both internal and external partners. •Managed the delivery and coordination of multiple projects with respect to time and resources. •Presented materials at meetings and trainings to both internal and external partners. •Collaborated with staff on the preparation and submission of grant deliverables. •Prepared requisitions and created budget reports for the Information Services Group (ISG) team utilizing the financial systems.•Oversaw procurement and worked with vendors to obtain quotes. •Collaborated with a team for the improvement of budget development and reporting processes. •Served as Section Chief Designee on special assignments.•Tracked inventory and maintained database utilizing iCAM.

• Conducted compliance visits with VFC (Vaccines for Children) enrolled providers by traveling to various locations throughout Arizona.• Ensured providers were storing and handling vaccines in accordance with the policies and procedures of the VFC program.• Offered support and guidance to providers regarding the use of ASIIS (Arizona State Immunization Information System) and proper vaccination reporting.• Used ASIIS to solve problems with vaccine reporting.• Presented at TAPI TIPS & the Immunization Conference to educate providers/healthcare workers about the proper utilization of ASIIS.

• Conducted AFIX (Assessment, Feedback, Incentive, Exchange) site visits with VFC enrolled providers by traveling to various locations throughout Arizona.• Assessed immunization coverage levels, educated providers on coverage data, and advised on how to increase immunization rates through the use of ASIIS.• Became proficient in navigating ASIIS and used my skills to teach providers proper immunization reporting practices as well as diagnosed and corrected vaccination-reporting issues.

•Provided skillful public health services with a focus on HIV and hepatitis prevention, substance abuse prevention, and mental health wellness through community outreach events and within the clinic. •Administered safe HIV and Hepatitis C testing using rapid test technology. I collected samples for confirmatory testing on initial positives through proper venipuncture, and facilitated referrals to care. I also reported notifiable diseases to the State within specified time periods. •Provided sexual health education to individuals being tested, couples, families, and groups to decrease disease transmission.

•Worked with refugees in the eligibility department to obtain basic services in establishing residency in the US.• Helped refugees obtain bus IDs, social security cards, health insurance, and food stamps upon arrival into the US. •Enrolled refugee children in schools and access vaccinations.

Support for International Change (SIC) helps rural communities, but they do more than just teaching and testing. I was returning to Africa for a second time as an Intern and working with the SIC staff. Summer 2014: Served as Staff Coordinator: •Coordinated new volunteer training and housing. •Worked in northern Tanzania to provide a set of community based services to combat HIV/AIDS. • Assisted in community-based health awareness campaigns including mobile voluntary counseling and testing. • Worked on disease surveillance in rural villages to battle HIV and reported HIV case counts to the District Medical Officer.

Support for International Change (SIC) is an organization that teaches about HIV/AIDS in rural villages of Arusha by using awareness campaigns as well as free HIV/AIDS testing and counseling. As a volunteer, I went through two weeks of training and was put in a rural village known as Gedamar A with one other volunteer and a local Tanzanian teaching partner. During our stay in the village, we taught to the community about HIV/AIDS and how it can be prevented.•Worked in a rural village in Tanzania to provide awareness to the community about HIV/AIDS. • Visited schools, provided supplies, education and strategies for prevention.