Dana Wilcox Email and Phone Number

Experience in student academic advising, student discipline, leadership and goal setting, community educational presentation, public speaking, motivational speaking, small group facilitation. Youth suicide prevention trained. Partner with Meth and Suicide Prevention Initiative Program for Native youth.

• Oversees daily operation of office environment, maintaining documents, student records, and outgoing communication.• Ordering office supplies, coordinating vendors and travel arrangements for staff.• Perform research as directed by Executive Director and Director of Tribal Legal Education and Outreach.• Assist with annual reporting, community outreach, student registration and enrollment.

• Assist Executive Director in Office of Inclusion and Multicultural Engagement. Work closely with the Student Cultural and Resource Director, the Business Manager and the Administrative Associate to perform variety of administrative and/or secretarial support activities. • Process various business transactions. Direct preparation of notices, manuals, agendas, and correspondence with all supporting documentation. • Assist with maintaining and reconciling the center’s budget, monitoring expenditures and account analysis. Serve as a liaison to faculty, staff, students, alumni, outside agencies and the public concerning information or complaints. • Demonstrate effective communication skills, ability to handle confidential and sensitive issues.• Solve problems and interact professionally and effectively with department members.

• Provided wellness case management services to TIC clients, assisted clients in meeting wellness goals, and advocated for client access to and utilization of community and tribal resources.• Established for each client, a case plan with wellness goals based on heath assessment findings, including physical and behavioral health needs and other health related needs. • Documented all case management encounters in client’s electronic and manual charts and collected service data for reporting purposes. • Coordinated with Wellness Department staff to ensure that clients in need use TIC’s transportation services. • Developed strong partnerships with local entities, such as local Tribes, Indian Health Services, and other health service agencies. Familiarity and sensitivity with American Indian cultures and traditions.

• Organized documents for presentations and project timeline.• Provided detailed information about research project and dangers of using commercial tobacco to Navajo Nation community members. • Distributed surveys to Navajo Nation community members (adult and elder), which gathered date for public health research project (NATO CAP).• Educated Navajo Nation youth and community members of the dangers of commercial tobacco smoke and secondhand smoke exposure by providing health presentations at health fairs, school and community events. • Created and produced public health, anti-commercial tobacco PSA for tribal community members and hospitals. • Trained through University of Arizona’s College of Public Health for video production of Navajo traditional healer interviews and documentary.

• Prepared emails, letters, memos, and business documents for the office staff.• Organized documents for grant requirement reports.• Scheduled travel and meeting dates for Southwest Navajo Tobacco Education Prevention Program (SNTEPP) office staff.

Student Services Coordinator (2013) • School’s designated homeless student liaison (Arizona Department of Education Certified)• Monitored attendance, at-risk student academic progress, and student scheduling.• Oversaw the student advisors committee (8 teachers) and college planning.• Planned and facilitated student recruitment events, cultural events, and educational trips.• Created master calendar of classes and school-wide events. Assistant Director (2007 – 2013)• Supervised staff of 35 teachers, administrative personnel and volunteers for 160 students.• Arizona Department of Education (ADE) Certified AIMS Test Administrator and Proctor.• Gathered data and information for ADE reporting and annual audits. • Familiarity with school wide budget review and expenditures for up to 1.2 million dollars annual budget, ADE regulations and Federal Educational program funding. • Collaborated with teachers and staff to reach a student graduation rate of 72% over 4-year span. • Attended Tohono O’odham Nation district council meetings, Pascua Yaqui Tribe’s education department meetings. Experience with PowerSchool software.• Maintained community partnerships with Tohono O’odham Police Department, Tohono O’odham Community College, Pascua Yaqui Education Department, San Xavier Education Department, San Xavier, Baboquivari and Sells Districts, Tucson Indian Center, Boys and Girls Club of Tucson, and the Tucson Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution.