Developed vision, pitch, and plan to strengthen region's behavioral health workforce, winning approval from PA DHS to put $15MM in Medicaid funds toward educational loan repayments, leadership development, and salary increases for behavioral health direct care workers. Built internal implementation team and led program design and provider engagement activities. Launched as Behavioral Health Fellows, visit acdhs.org/BH-Fellows for more info! Managed a 12-month change initiative that restructured County’s model for overseeing Allegheny County’s Medicaid-funded behavioral health program, which serves 250,000 county residents on an annual budget of $400MM. • Developed vision and value propositions for restructuring• Created and delivered presentations, deliverables, and communication tools that won support from stakeholders, including the County Executive Office, State government partners, and local leaders. • Scoped projects, assembled project teams, and created workplans needed to execute critical path activities.• Managed change processes across fiscal, quality, and IT functions to meet transition milestones on time and within budget.• Facilitated internal focus groups to enhance change processes for internal stakeholders.• Led recruitment, hiring and onboarding of talent, including for analytics, fiscal, and quality leads, to expand organizational capacity.

Managed complex 12-month initiative that merged the overlapping functions of two city agencies - NYC's school and child welfare systems - into a single unified organization providing early childhood programs for families with children up to age five, including Head Start, federal childcare, and state- funded pre-kindergarten. * Prepared and presented policy proposals to NYS Office of Children and Family Services, earning approval to align priorities and funding to improve early education opportunities for New York City’s most vulnerable children. • Developed and executed the vision for the transition, mapping out redundant areas to unify (including fiscal, IT, eligibility/enrollment, and program quality functions), detailing staff training needs, and documenting key benchmarks to achieve during the project to ensure successful completion.• Successfully implemented the transition on time, monitoring progress through each step and finding effective solutions to resolve issues and maintain momentum.• Created a new team to implement the transition and established processes, policies, project management and communication tools to support and manage transition team leads.