Felicia A. Gokool, Edd, Ms, Ma Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

United States

Handles financial oversight of contracts, budgets and insurance, and leads HOA meetings. Prepares annual budgets and expenditures; approves contractors. Partners with local county officials on building projects and appoints architectural review committee for the HOA board. Communicates bylaws information and informs the HOA about environmental regulations. Works with the legal counsel for the HOA; implements administrative procedures. Maintains fiscal responsibility, financial growth and stability of the HOA.

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Performs health communication consulting for health programs using a systems approach for positive health outcomes using system mapping and data analytics. Evaluates environmental sustainability assessments that focus on linkages between environmental factors and health determinants to inform mitigation strategies. Recommends mitigation strategies; highlights the need for capacity building and training programs in environmental sustainability and human health. Works in family consultations on neurodevelopmental diversity; travels internationally to meet with clients and works one-on-one with individuals and in group settings on health communication and health behavior goals; integrates health education training and health communication modules; advocates for families with verbal and nonverbal children on the autism spectrum and assists with functional and behavioral goals in health promotion and health education.

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Wrote staff training manual for autism outreach; conducted staff training and assessments. Supervised employees at site visits. Engaged in experiential team building based on personal risk in environments. Wrote reports for state mandates. Reviewed state law requirements and provisions for families on the autism waiver. Proposed new recommendations and initiatives for further staff development.

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Taught three courses on Comprehensive Health Education and Stress Awareness Management course (writing intensive). Employed the Transtheoretical Model (TTM) to inform health education interventions in scenario-based examples. Utilized role-playing to facilitate the understanding of individuals’ stages of change in behavior related to health, environmental actions and self-efficacy. Improved learning outcomes for students with neurodevelopmental diversity by working with the Office of Accessibility for inclusion learning. Collaborated with department chairperson on environmental health courses to be offered in the following year.

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Created online research study on bullying prevention, school climates and upstander behaviors for doctoral graduation requirements; awarded Institutional Review Board approval to conduct online study. Designed social marketing campaign on social media. Utilized social media for recruitment strategies for online engagement. Employed motivational interviewing techniques in questionnaires; directed focus group interviews; Conducted meta analysis of peer reviewed scientific journal articles. Translated scientific data to layman terms; integrated bullying paradigm search terms for search engine optimization. Performed qualitative and quantitative data analysis using SPSS and Microsoft Excel. Participated in the Research Group on Disparities in Health committee. Communicated health communication protocols about study design at conferences.

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Taught five courses on Introductory Environmental Sciences. Taught also for the Weekend College program with lecture and lab combined. Focused lecture content on environmental risk and toxicology, biological and chemical hazards, food and water contamination, air pollution and ozone, drinking water quality, energy consumption, mercury and lead exposure and lead testing; guided experiential learning on local field trips to lakes and rivers. Developed a new syllabus that utilized interactive lab experiments for a new environmental health curriculum. Supervised five laboratory instructors and monitored safety protocols during lab experiments; conducted bi-monthly staff meetings with instructors on classroom procedures. Reviewed lab inventory and chemical stats monthly.

Taught two courses on Human Geography including Man, Environment and Technology and the Cultural and Demographic Environment. Developed lecture content on urban geography, ecological technology, the geography of health and disease, race, gender, ethnicity and population geography. Structured collaborative group work and assisted with projects for presentations. Reported summative assessments to department chair.

Awarded CDC grant of $5million earmarked for asthma education, asthma books, community coalition building, health fairs, environmental justice and community empowerment. Co-authored Asthma Solutions Handbooks for Parents and Early Childhood Educators; worked on community coalition building and community empowerment through highlighting environmental justice stories with community organizations. Worked with publishing companies to secure funding for book deals and wider dissemination at public venues.Cultivated relationship-building with stakeholders for investments in asthma coalition; attended committee meetings and held community sessions. Marketed distribution with Columbia University Press and the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. Translated asthma handbooks into French and Spanish. Conducted asthma education workshops at community centers and schools. Invited and worked with pediatricians for the asthma coalition and branding.

Briefed the EDF president on environmental issues for discussions with potential board members; responded to emails and correspondence for the EDF president by preparing draft responses. Monitored program staff projects and submitted reports on developments to development team. Maintained high-level confidentiality in the administrative office on program work details, negotiations and developments. Summarized data from program staff for EDF board presentations. Documented meeting minutes between EDF president and development team. Classified communication efforts by development team with each potential board member for review by the EDF president. Worked with the New York regional director; performed research on the U.S. EPA Region 2 data on air quality and lower respiratory diseases from the 9/11 World Trade Center site. Collaborated with legislative offices for workgroup meetings on air pollution projects for the Living Cities program for the New York regional director. Reviewed and proofread grants for ozone air monitoring projects. Mentored high school and college interns in research and writing.

Doctor Of Education - Edd, Health And Behavior Studies

Master Of Science - Ms, Health And Behavior Studies

Master Of Arts - Ma, Environmental Sciences And Environmental Conservation

Activities and Societies: Study Abroad: The Blue Plan: Almeria, Spain and Athens, Greece.The Blue Plan focused on the protection.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Economics

Activities and Societies: Economics Honor Society; Business and Liberal Arts (BALA) Honor Society.

High School Diploma, Business Administration And Management, General