Debra Rockmore, Mph Email & Phone Number

United States

Tellepsen Family Downtown YMCA, Houston TX

• Recruiting and mobilizing volunteers within the Hispanic and African American community
• Identify, cultivate, and secure prospective sponsors and strategic alliances
• Partnering with advocacy to increase engagement within the Hispanic and African American community;
• Serving as liaison to governmental agencies focused on diversity and health disparities;
• Managing the execution of events to increase attendance and impact

• Facilitate outreach activities for the ‘Families First Program” including presentations to service providers and potential clients, community fairs, and education on resources.
• Cultivate positive relationships with relevant funding and monitoring entities, faith based organizations, social service providers, and other community partners.
• Project Coordinator, “Families First Consortium” for Catholic Charities Diocese

Fort Worth, TX

• Document and perform case management duties
• Perform testing and counseling
• Perform training on STD/HIV education
• Conduct field record activities

• Project Coordinator, “Sharing the Care of the Medically Indigent Coalition”
• Conducted Community Health Education, Community building through health related issues
• Grant writer for supplemental funds, develop community action plans
• Coordinate services and activities with coalition members
• Developed and implemented “The Beauty and Barber Shop Health Initiative”
• Conducted program planning and project management

• Supported Suburban Cook County adults and youth in quitting use of tobacco products through smoking cessation classes and counseling
• Advocated for smoke-free environments to reduce community exposure to smoke
• Lead recruitment of members and facilitated meetings for Smoke-Free Coalition of South Suburban Cook County
• Counseled pregnant women and new mothers on the dangers of second hand smoke and provided smoking cessation support
• Organized and hosted first annual Smoke-Free Celebration for restaurants and villages for no smoking policies or strong youth tobacco access ordinances in the south suburbs

• Coordinated and facilitated weekly groups for teen mothers
• Hired, trained and supervised Health Peer Educators
• Conducted weekly home visits and link them to supportive services
• Developed and implemented curriculum and Peer Educator trainings
• Served as spokesperson, conducted newspaper, television and radio interviews
• Completed reporting requirements necessary to include monthly work plans, monthly reports, semi-annual report and assisted in writing final evaluation report

Master'S Degree, Public Health, Mph

Bachelor'S Degree, Psychology