Brian Kirk Email & Phone Number

• Manages and leads team of up to 60 field employees. Serves as a mentor for designated team by fostering professional growth and tracking progress through performance evaluations.• Manages significant matters such as program development, program budgeting and reconciliation, and auditing/evaluating program impact and performance.• Monitors program-related contracts and agreements.• Serves as programmatic recruitment lead for all open roles within designated agreement, working closely with the health department and CDC Foundation recruitment team• Serves as program liaison for and between internal and external stakeholders, including CDC Foundation Human Resources, Federal Compliance, Finance, and Accounting• Prepares, finalizes, and submits narrative and financial reports or updates to donors in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.• Fosters and maintains peer-to-peer relationships with jurisdictional partners aimed at efficient and effective program implementation.• Implements program-related goals, objectives, operating policies, strategic plans, guidelines, governance, standards, and priorities to ensure consistency with departmental standard operating procedures.

• Manage surge field staff and coordinate with CDC, local health departments and other Incident Management Task Forces in the field.• Serve as primary points of contact for field staff and CDC• Works to ensure alignment and coordination with all parties within the ten HHS regions.• Provide leadership on health systems transformation related to COVID-19 activities, specifically related to the integration of public health and large-scale coordination of health transformation work across programmatic areas of various regions of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).• Work with staff to develop and implement/enhance systems and processes to ensure consistent, high-quality project management.• Fosters and maintains peer-to-peer relationships with subject matter experts, donors, partners, and other stakeholders aimed at efficient and effective program implementation.• Manage up to 90 field employees across the nation• Contributes to resource mobilization efforts for the assigned programs in consultation and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.

• Plan, administer and manage national implementation of evidence-based group prenatal care model, Supportive Pregnancy Care.• Provide oversight and guidance on budget & program planning, management and forecasting.• Support staff nationwide to engage potential clinical partners and donors to support expansion of group prenatal care models.• Serve as a thought leader to build program expansions and improve program quality.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

• Plan and manage state-level activities for Prematurity Prevention Workgroup and Florida Prematurity Prevention Partnership.• Oversee activities related to State Team family planning and 17P workgroups.• Provide guidance and mission support to staff in Orlando, Tampa, Lakeland, Sarasota and Ft. Myers.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

• Provided grant management and guidance for children’s health advocacy initiative.• Developed programs focused on reducing barriers to health access for children.• Built and maintained diverse children’s health coalitions and relationships.• Developed materials and resources to educate consumers, policy makers and stakeholders.• Presented on key children’s health policy issues to stakeholders and partners.• Garnered support for children’s health legislation on the grassroots, state and Federal levels.• Engaged with state agency partners to provide support on policy development and implementation.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Facilitate and coordinate 19 local Florida KidCare coalitions which focus on enrollment and retention efforts for Florida KidCare. Conduct statewide business outreach and coordination efforts to implement partnerships which increase the scope and impact for the coverage program.Staff the Affordable Care Act and Business Committees for the Florida Covering Kids & Families Statewide Coalition.

University Of South Florida

• Conduct and maintain statewide business and military partnership efforts for Florida KidCare, the state Children’s Health Insurance Program. Facilitate youth athletic program outreach efforts through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Get Covered. Get in the Game. Florida initiative. • Proposed the development of a teen-focused peer education program to engage youth and establish a new channel of communication for Florida KidCare outreach. • Conducted business outreach to 66 new contacts for the Florida KidCare program during the first two quarters of the FY 2011/2012. • Conducted military outreach to 22 new contacts for the Florida KidCare program during the first two quarters of the FY 2011/2012. • Coordinated state agency employee involvement in 290 health promotion events throughout the state during the 2011 Back-To-School outreach season. • Staff Florida Covering Kids & Families State Coalition Business Committee and Affordable Care Act Committee, providing administrative and technical support. • Monitor and update organizational website. • Order and organize all deliverable materials for project outreach.• In the first quarter of FY 2011/2012, coordinated the delivery of 23,921 informational items to community partners.

• Administer the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Get Covered. Get in the Game. Florida Initiative, providing outreach to youth athletic programs and professional sports organizations. • Coordinated 15 athletic program outreach events for fall 2010. • Contribute to best practices for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ “Lessons Learned” regarding youth athletics outreach. • Assist with community outreach throughout the state. • Order and organize all deliverable materials for outreach. In the first quarter of FY 2010/2011, I helped to coordinate delivery of 20,064 informational items to community partners. • Coordinated state agency employee involvement in 336 health promotion events throughout the state during the 2010 Back-to-School outreach season. • Conducted business outreach to 44 new contacts for the Florida KidCare Children’s Health Insurance Program during Back-To-School outreach . • Proposed the introduction of an organization webpage and facilitated the writing and posting for webpage content. • Facilitated the development of new mission and vision statements for statewide outreach program.

Mha/ Mph, Health Policy And Management

Activities and Societies: Health Management Student Association, 2010-2011 President ACHE Student Associate

Bachelor Of Science, Biology

Summer 2008 Study Abroad in Prague, Czech Republic. Summer 2008 Study Abroad in Valencia, Spain.