2017 Employee of the Year*Working with elderly Holocaust survivor clients and their family members, and other senior citizens , community representatives, agency staff, volunteers, and funding sources with a sensitivity and responsiveness to cultural differences.*Monitoring and coordinating the delivery of evaluations and functional assessments to identify the needs of clients. Developing an individualized, comprehensive service plan for each client.*Assisting clients in accessing and being maintained in needed services as identified in the individualized care plan.*Monitoring the clients overall habilitation/rehabilitation goals.*Determining the need for and arranging provisions of services not provided by the Agency, e.g. financial benefits, legal services, housing, etc.*Assisting clients with applications for financial and service entitlements including those related to emergency grant payments, insurance benefits and other entitlements specific to Holocaust survivors. Referring clients to necessary counseling regarding Holocaust Reparations and additional Claims Conference benefits.*Arranging client transfers to other programs or living arrangements when utilization reviews indicate the need for change.*Identifying problems that prevent clients from accessing or attending needed services and working with providers to develop alternatives for resolving those problems.*Assisting in developing formal and informal support activities on behalf of clients.*Providing direct crisis intervention services for clients as necessary.*Assisting clients in achieving objectives and maximizing independence and productivity through support and training and help in using personal and community resources.*Assisting clients in increasing social support networks of relatives, friends and volunteer organizations that mitigate life stresses resulting from current physical and/or mental conditions.*Satisfy departmental productivity standards

PEP (Parents Empowering Parents) SquadCommunity Outreach

Search for potential grant recipients; review grants with other board members,meet researchers, fund research leading to human clinical trials for cure and or prevention of type 1 diabetes.

• Stay abreast of medical, pharmaceutical and medical device news for diabetes and obesity via a plethora of medical and biotech news sources, social media (linkedin, G+, Twitter, forums), NCBI/NIH PubMed, etc.; attend medical conferences• Search Internet news sources and report daily international industry news on diabetes and obesity pharmaceuticals and devices, prepare and send daily electronic package to staff.• Edit documents prior to final publication. (diaTribe, Diabetes Close Up, special reports)

Temporary part-time Intellectual Property Paralegal

Providing intellectually stimulating, cognitive, physical and creative group activities to seniors in a joyous atmosphere.Accommodating individual needs with abundant compassion, warmth and understanding of unique challenges.• Research, plan and conduct a myriad of daily activities at senior day care center tailoring activities based on strengths, interests, energy, physical and cognitive function of participants. Use of a plethora of media by projecting many resources from the Internet onto a large screen television, including: interactive games (reminiscence, quizzes, & word games), art (various web sites), music, film clips, and photography. Create power point activities, games and other forms of media which include participants’ photos (i.e. JibJab). Conduct chair exercises and organize and orchestrate simple physical games for participation which are fun and maintain hand/eye coordination. Design and create arts and craft activities which are respectful of participants’ age, cognitive and physical abilities • Motivate participants to engage in activities through rapport building, identifying what works well to build on strengths of individuals• Develop feeling of community among participants, and warm, empathic and joyful rapport with individual participants as well as the group • Welcome volunteers from the community for performances and assistance• Review medical history, continued assessment of individual clients• Communicate with participants’ caregivers

Eyes and ears of the court for children in the dependency system

• Docketing and docket satisfaction using PATTSY, keeping attorneys, foreign associates and clients abreast of deadlines, allowance and prosecution; maintenance of non-extendable deadline calendar; open new cases, verify priority deadlines, bar dates and docket same; run docket reports; create and change merge forms using PATTSY• Preparation and filing of patent documents (i.e. new applications, Declaration and Power of Attorney, responses to Office Actions, Information Disclosure Statements, Issue Fee Transmittals, PCT forms, and ordering comprehensive searches and prior art references, formal drawings, translations) with USPTO; review patent applications, and letters patent for errors or omissions, and documents received for accuracy• Preparation and filing of pre and post registration trademark matters (i.e. preliminary search of marks, electronic applications, Assignments, Statements of Use, responses to Office Actions, and renewals) with USPTO• Preparation and filing of copyright applications with Library of Congress• Preparation of reporting letters and spread sheets for clients and foreign associates; entering time in and generating invoices for billing clients using TimeSlips• Review other paralegals’ work for accuracy prior to filing