Ashley Hickson, Drph, Mph Email & Phone Number

Fort Worth, Tx, Us

As a member of the Senior Leadership Team, innovate and lead strategic priorities and initiatives that advance CSPI’s health equity and social impact goals.Advise, collaborate, and coordinate across the organization to identify new opportunities to expand the health equity implications, scale the impact, and identify entry points to amplify and operationalize equity and justice in existing areas of work where appropriate.Collaborate on equitable grantmaking practices alongside cross-organizational teams, leading the development of processes and practices that have health equity, justice, and social impact implications.Develop accountability measures to analyze the progress towards our organizational health equity and social impact goals, evaluate the outcomes, and determine the necessary actions to support the organizational vision. Create content that supports our organizational capacity and growth for this work. This includes leading the development of guidelines, process documents, research trainings, and other activities independently or in collaboration with other cross-organizational teams where appropriate.Champion efforts to identify and engage with external stakeholders such as community-based organizations, policymakers, advocates, and academics to create an ecosystem of strategic partnerships in the areas of equity, justice, and social impact.

Created and oversaw strategic priorities and initiatives that advance CSPI’s health equity goals. Advised, collaborated, and coordinated with CSPI’s program teams to identify new opportunities to center their work through a health equity lens and identify entry points to amplify and operationalize health equity in existing areas of work where appropriate. Identified accountability measures to analyze progress towards our organizational health equity goals, evaluate the outcomes, and determine the necessary actions to sustain success. Advised on health equity-centered projects and campaigns across the organization. Collaborated with the grants and capacity-building teams to develop equitable grantmaking practices and systems. Created strategies and goals to better serve and center Black, Indigenous, Latine, and other minoritized communities through our programmatic work and grantmaking efforts. Originated health equity content including communication guides, scientific research, blog posts, articles for popular media, fact sheets, and presentations. Administered technical assistance and support to national, state, and local advocates, organizations, and legislators on health equity issues and policy implications.Supported staff with training and resources to advance equity and justice in our policy and programmatic work through a racial justice lens. Co-led the internal organizational change work to promote diversity, equity and collaboration in collaboration with the Human Resources Director.

Identified and maintained relationships with national, state, and local organizations, coalitions, advocates, and policymakers. Cultivated support for policies from organizations, health professionals, university faculty, and concerned citizens. Developed policy guidance documents Recommended program and policy changes based on new or revised legislative authority Ensured that the organization's strategic plan, mission, vision, and values are communicated to the team and integrated into the team's strategies, goals, objectives, work plans and work products and services Led the subgrants awarded under the healthy retail portfolio and oversaw the campaign activities Identified gaps in the literature and data specific to the issue of food access; created opportunities to implement evidence-informed approaches Created new research efforts with academic and community-based partners to evaluate and examine policy entry points to improve the food retail environment Researched and applied a wide range of qualitative and/or quantitative methods to identify, assess, analyze and improve team effectiveness, efficiency and work products Represented CSPI at conferences, meetings, in coalitions, with policymakers, and in the press. Provided leadership, technical advice, and coordination in policy research and policy development Performed independent public health policy research, and/or public health policy evaluation Developed reports that reflect an in-depth analysis and interpretation of policy matters involving relevant public health issues

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

NONPROFIT EXPERIENCELeadership Directed sustainable health impact with a focus on food systems, food insecurity, and improving food access points Mobilized the talent and availability of volunteers, interns, and wellness champions to assist with carrying out the mission activities of the American Heart Association; responsible for a volunteer data base of over 100 participants Assessed gaps and formulate strategies to reduce systemic barriers to health in the Dallas-Fort Worth market Built the affiliate’s first Community Advisory Board for fiscal year 2019-20 Led the policy, system, and environmental change team goals for North Texas Consulted as a policy, systems, and environmental change coach to other team members throughout the six-state region Managed grant-funded projects from origination to completion including status reports and renewal requests Intervention Management and Development Engineered engagement and educational events for corporate, government, and community partners to share the latest resources available on the topic of chronic disease preventionFormulated pathways for healthcare service delivery for rural and urban Federally Qualified Health Centers serving underserved/vulnerable populations Spearheaded the development, implementation, and evaluation of health care system interventions in the marketCommunity Engagement Transformed communities by utilizing the social determinants of health framework as a guide for intervention and planning with key stakeholders Advocacy, Fundraising, and Professional Success Formulated and advocated for key policy issues at the local, state, and federal legislative level on behalf of at-risk populations and the population at-large Introduced innovative fundraising opportunities; develop integrative approaches to efficiently serve our target population through cross-functional/interdepartmental collaboration

Office Of Health Informatics

GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE Collaborated on the design, development, and maintenance of critical healthcare electronic data interfaces, databases, and supporting processes Analyzed and interrupted data statistically for intra and interdepartmental reports Planned, directed, developed, conducted, and coordinated epidemiologic investigations and studies of various communicable diseases Responded to requests and inquiries for health information from the medical community and the public Co-managed the grant-funded cost-savings program between the county health department and John Peter Smith Hospital Served as the office’s Project Facilitator for the department’s Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Team Developed project presentations and provided intra and interdepartmental training on various surveillance systemsReceived recognition for completing the Leadership Development Program at Commissioner’s Court

Fort Worth, Tx

GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE Interviewed and tested clients for various sexually transmitted communicable disease/infectionsEncouraged the continuum of care for HIV-infected clients through referral to patient navigation services Disseminated disease related educational programs and resources to diverse groups; compiled statistical reports; conducted investigative field work to locate contacts; provided disease related information to clients and the community via phone or in person in accordance with HIPAA guidelines Performed case analysis to determine source and spread candidates, potential screening locations, and surveillance reporting anomalies Counseled special populations who have an increased risk for infection/abuse such as needle sharers, sex workers, trans women of color, men who have sex with men (MSMs), and dating application users on how to reduce their riskExecuted venipuncture and specimen collection in field investigations to allow for the expedited analysis and disease detection of case contacts and casesAwarded “New Employee of the Year” for case detection and intervention efforts

Dfw

GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCEServed in the unit dedicated to reducing the burden of child removals for families in high-removal zip codes.Built individual-capacity by connecting families with community resources and opportunities

Fort Worth, Tx

GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE

Doctor Of Public Health, Health Equity And Social Justice

Activities and Societies: Delta Omega, Alpha Chapter; Bloomberg American Health Initiative

Master Of Public Health, Public Health

Activities and Societies: UT School of Public Health Students' Association - Treasurer and SecretaryCompleted elective courses in Clinical.

Bachelor Of Business Administration, Management

Activities and Societies: African-American Culture Committee, Barbara Jordan Statue Advisory Committee, Black Business Students.

Bachelor Of Science, Human Development & Family Sciences