Erick Gaona-Salazar, Mpa Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• Develop a comprehensive understanding of Title I of the Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act (WIOA)
• Collaborate with other state agencies and stakeholders to advocate on behalf of assigned strategic population groups;
• Provide guidance, training and support to grant recipients when serving strategic populations;
• Draft, edit, and present policy documents, case management tools, and other guiding resources;
• Develop national and statewide partnerships to assist grant recipients in the delivery of services to participants with barriers to employment;

Athens, Georgia, United States

• Write reports to evaluate and synthesize responses from individuals participating in focus group and training sessions including farmers experiencing stress, youth, and Latinos.
• Conducted interviews with Latino residents to collect qualitative data on the availability and barriers to access of leadership opportunities in Colquitt County.
• Utilize Qualtrics to extract data from surveys for program evaluation and to create nonprofit board assessments.

Athens, Georgia, United States

• Uploaded strategic plans from several departments to ClearPoint Strategy, a performance management software.
• Redesigned the Manager’s Snapshot (newsletter) to reflect the County’s new Strategic Plan.
• Developed performance measure recommendations for departmental sections of the budget book.
• Recorded and summarized meeting minutes for the Public Safety Civilian Oversight Board.

Master Of Public Administration - Mpa

International Affairs, International Relations And Affairs