Cherrie Smith Email & Phone Number

Seattle, Wa, Us

• Coordinating operations for a 10-person Global Health Team responsible for $75M+ worth of grants, by coordinating domestic and international community site visits, managing progress of project deliverables, monitoring expenditures, drafting agendas, and systemizing internal/external communications. • Managing and planning multiple consortiums of 50+ grantees to cultivate research partnerships, including coordination of travel logistics, production and distribution of attendee briefing materials, budget monitoring, and management of partner relationships. • Effectively plan and manage all logistics (travel, convening space, catering, and budget) related to both on and off-site conferences. Provide on-site support and problem-solving skills at conferences.• Managing Vaccines Discovery Team track at annual Grand Challenges meeting by tracking invitations, managing communications with invited speakers and participants, and arranging team meetings to discuss session topics, side meetings, speakers, invitations, and agendas. • Complex travel and calendar coordination for 1 Deputy Director and 3 Senior Program Officers including visa and passport renewal support. • Managed on-boarding of two Senior Program Officers.

Seattle, Wa

• Managed CenteringPregnancy® program. • Managed partnering relationships with Centering Healthcare Institute, March of Dimes and King County Public Health Maternity Support Services Team. • Co-facilitator for Spanish and English speaking CenteringPregnancy® groups including session planning, curriculum design, and evaluations of sessions. • Data collection, analysis, and reporting for all CenteringPregnancy® groups to March of Dimes for Somali-language group grant and Centering Healthcare Institute to maintain site certification and adherence to CenteringPregnancy® model for all groups.•Mentored and supervised nursing students’ project on CenteringPregnancy® marketing and cost savings analysis of program. • Tracked and managed entire OB patient population (130+) to ensure patients are not lost to care.• Promoted midwifery program and CenteringPregnancy® in the community. • Provided expectant mothers with maternal and newborn health education. • Coordinated care for OB referrals to OB/GYN, Perinatologist or other specialists and following up on referrals to ensure OB patients are attending their referred appointments.• Assisted team of Obstetric providers in clinical follow-up regarding prescription, lab results, and prenatal care options.• Assisted in designing and planning OB program and OB patient flow through merger of two health clinics; Neighborcare Health and Columbia Public Health clinic.

Greater Seattle Area

•Coordinated calendars of staff, faculty and donors for scheduling collaborative meetings. •Made travel arrangements for team members and coordinated long distance conference call meetings.•Administrative support for both Corporate and Foundation Relations and Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation teams including Senior Directors of each.•Coordination logistics for fundraising events including invitations, registration, and acknowledgements.•Data entry of sensitive and confidential donor information. •Professional writing for acknowledgement letters to donors and correspondence with faculty.•Edited and proofread grant proposals.

Somoto, Madriz, Nicaragua

• Worked with the Nicaraguan Ministry of Health and local Nicaraguan based NGOs on public health campaigns concerning sexual and reproductive health, teen pregnancy prevention, family planning, domestic violence, maternal and child nutrition.• Prepared and presented health classes and activities for expectant mothers in local Casa Materna (maternity center). • Assisted nurses at Casa Materna with antenatal care and health education materials. • Taught a weekly life skills and health classes to at-risk youth center ages 6-18. • Organized, planned, and trained Community Health Workers and youth health ambassadors.• Self-initiated public education campaign on the importance of pet vaccinations and of spaying/neutering and pet nutrition. • Project coordinator, translator, and local contact person for University of College-Dublin Volunteers Overseas volunteer group.

Seattle, Wa

• Executed and supported volunteer campaign coordinators during the university’s workplace giving campaign through event planning and presentations to educate staff and employees about workplace giving. • Trained, managed, and assisted volunteers in their campaign efforts. • Distributed materials and reports of monies raised and participation by department. • Networked and connected with nonprofits for speaking engagements. • Evaluation and data analysis of volunteer training and campaign progress.

• Administrative support and coordination of programs, projects, and events.• Resource development for handouts, promotions, PowerPoint Presentations, and meeting minutes. • Evaluation and data analysis of programs, national surveys, and annual conference. • Supervision, coordination and evaluation of interns and volunteers.

• Steering Committee member for Health Care Day of Action at the capitol.• Lobbying and awareness efforts for current CPC campaigns.• Participating in community-based outreach and awareness efforts. • Professional writing for online networking, fund raising, social media, blog, and website. • Networking, corresponding, and forming relationships with potential partners and volunteers.

• Developing, Implementing, and coordinating volunteer program.• Assisting in implementation of community-based fund raising efforts. • Professional writing for online networking, fund raising, social media, blog, and website. • Event Planning and coordinating, and networking with potential partners and volunteers.

Ma, International Development

Activities and Societies: Certificate in Global Health Affairs

Ba, International Studies. Minor In Spanish

Activities and Societies: University of Denver Provost Scholarship, Dean’s List , Cherrington Global Scholarship--Nairobi, Kenya.

Health, Development, And Society

Independent Research Project • Completed four weeks of individual research on Family Planning. • Research conducted while volunteering.