Carmen D. Harris Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc, Us

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

IMF's approach prioritizes partnerships, equity, and human dignity to promote physical, mental, emotional and economic wellbeing for communities affected by racism and trauma. Currently, we co-design communication and partnership engagement strategies for Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s "The Intersection" a healthcare partnership creating an antiracist healthcare system in the US. We support the Meyer’s Foundations $20M Fund for Black Led Change, strategy consulting to leaders of social movement organizations to develop capacity building and sustaining organizational strategies. We have developed, negotiated, implemented, and scaled strategic national partnerships with established and emerging entities to enable the success of govt, private, and public organizations. We have led business development strategies including negotiating access to capital, consensus building, and internal and external stakeholder management. Our research background supports effective partnership monitoring and tracking partnership impact with key metrics, regular reporting, and communications. We served as an advisor for de Beaumont Foundation's IMPACT Public Health Initiative, which involved developing, planning, and implementing a partnership program for five grantees tasked with strengthening public-private partnerships to improve racial, health, or economic inequities. Tasks also included selecting grantees, managing grant agreements, conducting grantee site visits, providing recommendations and insights to Foundation staff, convening meeting with Foundation staff, designing and delivering technical assistance curriculum and webinars, managing partnership and Foundation relationships. We also co-led the brand and narrative development and fundraising strategy of community-centered multi-million dollar capital campaign, brand and narrative development campaign for Martha's Vineyard Boys and Girls Club working closely with executive director and board members.

Portland, Maine Area

• Led the development and growth of a new restaurant in Biddeford, Maine, navigating challenges during the COVID pandemic.• Negotiated a successful private-public partnership with local city government for a land development agreement.• Managed a team of 9, focusing on crisis management, operations, and brand storytelling- including social media copy, eblast, print and web content

Washington D.C. Metro Area

As a member of GirlTrek's executive team, I led the development of key national partnerships to advance the mission of the organization and assess the impact of a civil rights informed public health and social justice movement on Black women, families, and communities. I worked with GirlTrek's national leadership team to cultivate high-impact partnerships with public and private organizations that value health, social capital, social innovation, and vulnerable populations and communities. Responsibilities included: Identifying Strategic Partnerships: discover and cultivate new strategic partnerships to drive brand awareness of GirlTrek and increase GirlTrek membership goal of 1 million members.Business Case Development & Negotiation: Create comprehensive business cases for potential partnerships and lead high-level negotiations. Oversee the development and execution of partnership agreements with key stakeholders.Ground-up Partnership Management: Managed the partnership process, from lead generation through implementation, ensuring an exceptional experience for all partners, community members, and stakeholdersCross-functional collaboration: Work closely with internal teams to align partnership strategies with GirlTrek's goals and objectives, fostering a collaborative and cohesive work environment.

Manage and cultivate the private and public partnerships for the non-profit, research arm of America’s Essential Hospitals to engage partners’ philanthropic, talent, knowledge, networks, and product assets to create innovative solutions to improve population health outcomes of America's most vulnerable populations. Key Responsibilities:Manage a portfolio of corporate, federal, and philanthropic partners to create innovative solutions to population health issues. Manage and develop all aspects of the partnerships including planning, research, outreach, strategy, and stewardship. Collaborate with America’s Essential Hospital’s Senior Vice Presidents and CEO to identify and engage new partnerships that align with organizational mission.Lead the development of America’s Essential Hospitals’ 3-year strategic partnership development plan to increase sustainability of Essential Hospitals Institute’s population health, equity, and payment and delivery system reform research efforts. Lead staff design teams in developing organizational case statements, identifying and engaging new partners, diversifying partners, stewarding relationships, and prioritizing funding opportunities.Key Accomplishments:Identified new partnership opportunities for America’s Essential Hospitals; developed concept proposals on population health for multi-year, collaboration opportunity with private-sector partnersInitiated outline and design of multi-million dollar sustainable partnership development plan for Essential Hospitals Institute. Led 8 member project proposal team for on-time submission of grant from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Division Of Nutrition,Physical Activity, And Obesity

Lead Project Manager with experience in strategic partnerships, new strategy and concept development, written communication documents, oral presentations, grant writing and review, behavioral data analysis, consumer and peer-review publications, chronic disease prevention and promotion- specifically obesity, diabetes, heart disease and stroke Served as CDC's Lead Project Manager for developing innovative policies and strategies to increase healthy behaviors such as fruit and vegetable intake and physical activity among U.S. adults and youth. Led a team of 25 internationally known public health experts including CEOs, executives, and researchers through the process of defining play deserts to develop key criteria, recommendations, insights, lessons learned, and processes to address lack of access to opportunities for active play among youth. Led a team of public health experts to develop CDC's State Indicator Report on Physical Activity, 2010 and 2013. Invited by Office of the First Lady of the United States to the White House to the launch of Let's Move on the Lawn and for exemplary leadership in the development of the State Indicator Report on Physical Activity, 2010Analyze, synthesize, and interpret health outcome data to make national recommendations for processes, strategies, and national policies to increase healthy behavior in all 50 states Write and publish consumer friendly documents, peer-reviewed manuscripts, technical reports, fact sheets, program highlights, press releases, and FAQs as well as present oral and poster presentations at national, state, and local conferencesManage and respond to media inquiries and technical assistance requests from state health depts, White House staff and other national press officesProvide technical assistance & consultation on the large national data from over 450,000 U.S. adult respondents to 50 state health programs funded with over $80 million to prevent obesity by the federal government

Bachelor Of Science (Bs)

Master Of Public Health (M.P.H.)