Directed the surveillance and response division, overseeing critical functions related to communicable disease monitoring, emergency preparedness, and health promotion. Formulated and implemented comprehensive public health emergency strategies, ensuring alignment with overarching organizational goals. Engaged with local, state, and federal entities, strengthening inter-agency cooperation and ensuring seamless response to health crises. Championed executive-level health promotion and education initiatives, leveraging partnerships to magnify reach and impact. Oversaw the division's budgetary planning and allocation, ensuring optimal utilization of funds for health initiatives and programs. Represented the division at executive forums, conferences, and public engagements, emphasizing the organization's commitment to public health and safety.

Strategized, implemented, and maintained program initiatives that adhere to communicable disease control objectives. Maintained organizational standards of quality and performance. Led a team of 6 supervisors and leads across multiple programs including Tuberculosis Control, Immunizations, HIV, STD, InnROADS, HAIIP, and Epidemiology Programs. Managed budgets, contracts, and SOWs, ensuring program goals are reached and deliverables produced. Liaised with CDPH and other external stakeholders. Interim appointment from March 2021 – August 2021.

Developed, scaled, and oversaw operations for the Contact Tracing program in San Bernardino County in response to COVID-19. Implemented new epidemiological investigation processes, innovative data collection instruments and projects to assess and respond to the burden of COVID-19. Coordinated response with community stakeholders and health care providers to ensure uptake of prevention and control measures. Prepared complex reports and analyses of surveillance data and outbreak investigations for use within SBCDPH and for distribution to health care providers, community stakeholders, the public, and the media.

Performed supervisory duties for communicable disease investigation staff. Administered complex program activities including the procurement, development, and execution of grants. Additional duties included program development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, and coordination of services. Implemented and evaluated epidemiological analyses and interventions. Coordinated completion of investigations and prepared plans and statistical and technical reports for public health-related grants, contracts, and activities.

Planned, conducted and evaluated epidemiological studies for existing surveillance systems. Provided expert knowledge in outbreak investigation methodology. Updated and maintained disease surveillance databases and reports to partners. Provided consultation and recommendations based on epidemiological findings.

Provide coordination and support for ongoing grant-funded projects. Conduct data collection, database management, and analysis for both qualitative and quantitative research. Produce written reports for publication, program evaluation, a government documents.

Assisted in the development of emergency preparedness curriculum, managed student internship placement, research and grant writing initiatives. Analyzed epidemiological data using SAS and SPSS software.

Assisted in grant proposal writing and program planning for local communities. Assisted in developing training curricula for public health professionals through the federally-funded California Nevada Public Health Training Center (CANV PHTC). Contributed reports for publication in peer-reviewed scientific journals.

Attended and reported on healthcare meetings held in the Washington D.C. area. Produced a research paper that demonstrated the comparative effectiveness of non-profit and for-profit HMOs.