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Portland, Or, Us

• Oversees operations for successful delivery of substance misuse prevention, problem gambling prevention, afterschool programs, and navigation services. Manages multiple program budgets and contract requirements, ensuring effective service delivery in compliance with VOA policies and procedures and with relevant contract requirements. • Recruits, hires, supervises, supports, trains, and evaluates performance of team members through individuals and group supervision and evaluation tools for all program staff. Oversees staff working independently on projects as well as larger team. Creates and nurtures opportunities for effective communication within the team and the larger agency. • Initiates and sets goals for program based off of contract requirements and VOA’s strategic objectives. Plans, implements, and evaluates age-appropriate activities for all contracts. Works with program staff to further program and agency vision and develop materials. • Researches grant opportunities from government and non-government agencies. Drafts proposals and collaborates with grants officer to identify supporting documents, submit proposals, and respond to internal and external queries on submissions.• Cultivates and maintains partnerships with other providers and coalitions to promote collaboration and improve public health in the community. Acts as liaison between internal and external stakeholders, including funders, partners, and volunteers.

• Oversaw the implementation of Drug Free Communities (DFC) and YMCA grant work plans. Responsible for developing strategies that targeted underage alcohol consumption, implementing work plans, and tracking and reporting progress as required by funders. • Provided leadership in planning and coordinating community education and awareness events and community outreach. Coordinated various training activities and presentations in the community and school district, including train the trainer workshops, youth workshops, parent workshops, and school personnel workshops in all local public middle schools.• Developed programming for and implemented all youth-targeted activities, partnering with local youth groups and schools across the borough.• Built and nurtured diverse community partnerships within Staten Island and greater NYC to promote cross-sector collaboration and combat youth substance misuse together.• Worked collaboratively with the TYSA coalition and its leadership to maximize community involvement in and to assess needs and impacts of various substance abuse prevention and intervention strategies.• Certified TIPS (Training for Intervention ProcedureS) trainer responsible for identifying opportunities to partner with local bars, restaurants, and off-premise alcohol retailers and training businesses in the responsible beverage server trainings. Offered this skills-based training program to alcohol retailers in order to prevent intoxication, drunk driving, and underage drinking.• Coordinated and facilitated workgroup meetings and recorded and maintained meeting minutes and other documentation of TYSA meetings and activities.

Greater New York City Area

• Recruited for ongoing research studies and assisted with community outreach efforts.• Prepared correspondence, documentation, and presentation materials on research findings.• Tracked, cleaned, and coded data sets derived from research studies for both a binge eating disorder study and a study on steroid use.• Trained to administer the Eating Disorder Examination and the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis I Disorders.

Greater New York City Area

• Developed a mobile health navigator program to connect survivors of sex trafficking and sexual violence with free and low-cost research informed and evidence-based applications meant to increase health literacy and improve health outcomes. • Identified and researched grant opportunities to fund a mobile health navigator program.• Prepared proposals and budgets and submitted proposals to officials for approval.• Completed a literature review about the use of mobile health applications for health promotion.• Researched biomarkers of stress in survivors of military sexual trauma in order to uncover the underlying biological consequences of trauma and advance the understanding of the interaction of genetic and environmental factors that contribute to psychological responses. Assisted with the development of a Career Development Proposal related to telomere length and military sexual trauma.• Trained to conduct interviews in French with French-speaking women from West Africa who had been the victims of torture (especially Female Genital Mutilation) in order to determine the gynecological and other health needs of women using local medical services.• Completed a literature review about the health consequences of sex trafficking.

Greater New York City Area

• Advocated for improved access to high-quality health care and stable housing on behalf of New York children and families. • Developed, organized, and promoted innovative policy changes to improve children’s access to health coverage and health care, with a focus on New York Child Health Plus (CHIP) and behavioral health. • Identified and researched healthcare reform initiatives related to school-based health. Developed policy briefs for use by CDF-NY about school-based health.• Identified and researched healthcare reform initiatives related to supportive housing models. Developed policy briefs for use by CDF-NY about supportive housing models.• Monitored research briefs and studies related to Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) scores.• Identified and connected with key stakeholders in children’s behavioral health.

• Conducted interviews with psychiatric patients and their families regarding their psychiatric history and pathways to treatment.• Researched existing literature on pathways to psychiatric treatment in West Africa.

Greater New York City Area

• Assisted the course instructor with lesson delivery, class preparation, course materials, and record-keeping for an undergraduate Global Health Policy course. Led discussion sections, in class activities, and some lessons.• Assisted students in and outside of class time.• Responsible for collecting and grading all assignments.• Managed the Global Health Policy course website.

Hohoe, Ghana

• Developed and implemented French language curriculum for grades 1-3. Administered successful proactive classroom management in classrooms of up to 45 students. Differentiated instruction to meet all needs, introducing and implementing a variety of diverse learning strategies for all learning styles.• Coordinated programs for the school, including health and hygiene workshops.• Partnered with schools in Portland, Oregon to implement an international pen-pal program for 1st and 3rd graders. • Trained school personnel and worked with them to introduce new class control methods to classrooms in an effort to avoid and overcome corporal punishment (caning).

Portland, Oregon Area

• Responsible for interviewing, onboarding, and training 15+ receptionists through in person instruction, role play, and training modules.• Direct supervisor of 8 full and part-time receptionists during any given time.• Developed a robust training manual for receptionists to be used at both Oregon locations.• Collaborated with salon owners and directors to improve salon processes. • Strongly committed to customer service, with the ability to build strong relationships, resolve complex issues, and win client loyalty.• Worked diligently to improve client satisfaction, increase product sales, and maintain and increase high client retention rates.• Scheduled client appointments, checked clients in, handled phone calls, cash registers, and sales.

Kpando, Ghana

• Observed mental health evaluation sessions, diagnoses, and dispensing of psychiatric medication. Assisted in the interviewing of English-speaking clients.• Participated in home visits to check on at-risk patients. Documented and organized all data related to home visits. • Gathered, organized, and analyzed data to be included in the 2011 annual report.• Assisted nurses in updating paperwork and patient charts.

Hohoe, Ghana

• Developed and implemented health and hygiene courses in grades 1, 2, and 5. Used art, collage, acting, and singing as means to engage students and illustrate lessons.• Taught advanced courses about epilepsy and other seizure disorders in junior high school classes.• Assisted students in lesson delivery to their peers about basic hygiene practices through demonstration and lecture.

Master Of Public Health (Mph), Community And International Health

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Community Health