Tiffany M. Russell, Mba Email & Phone Number

Rockville, Maryland, United States

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Design a sustainable project framework to advance the strategic priority of decreasing the use of jails, emergency departments, and law enforcement as the crisis response for individuals with serious mental illness in jurisdictions across the country.Cultivate and maintain productive relationships with partners and stakeholders, including state and local actors in the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government; federal officials, funders, academia, philanthropic partners, legal professionals, court practitioners, business, and civic communities.Identify and engage stakeholders and experts to explore formal or informal partnerships to scale innovative practices and evidence-based policies with the potential of adoption in specific jurisdictions across the country. Seek to expand and leverage multi-disciplinary relationships with philanthropic organizations, state, and local governments to further project funding goals.Manage project planning and implementation to include supporting national and state engagement, national advisory panel, state and/or country-specific demonstration projects, and services. Plan, coordinate, participate in national policy-focused meetings or forums to advance project goals. Advance efforts of the mental health and justice project, including sharing of expertise, elevating the national discussion, cultivating the support of policymakers, justice officials, public safety and health cabinets, advocates, and related leaders.Seek opportunities for proactive collaboration with colleagues within Pew to improve data sharing, service, project-related external communications, and event coordination, and improved outcomes for justice-involved persons.Serve as the project spokesperson as the lead subject matter expert to increase the scope and support for justice/health reform aimed at promoting greater access to a continuum of care.

Greater Atlanta Area

Responsible for designing and implementing the strategy, performance, and special initiatives of the Superior Court of Fulton County. Tasked with institutionalizing a high-performing organizational culture that empowers and challenges court departments to improve quality and effectiveness and reduce costs through deliberate improvement work, smart data-driven decisions, and innovation. Serves as the proactive, strategic planner delivering outcomes that will better enable the District Court Administrator, Bench, county leadership and departments to make smarter decisions in everyday governance and the budget process. As the Public Information Officer, develops and promotes internal and external public and community relations information systems for the Court; maintains positive community relations with area businesses, community leaders, and other justice agencies.

Jonesboro, Georgia

Act as the liaison between the Clayton County School Board, Superintendent, the Schools, Community, and Local Businesses. Manage a schedule of events concerning the district and Mentoring Program. Manage and constructed a Community and Government Relations program, which addresses and complements changes in Clayton County Public Schools’ (CCPS) business practices that may impact our image and social mission in the community. Develop and foster a strong governmental, political and community network. Enhances CCPS's reputation and encourages an environment of public support through a strategic community and government relations program that demonstrates CCPS’s commitment to our social mission and enhances our relationships with key government, business and community opinion leaders. Develops, leads and executes programs of complex and diverse scope requiring in-­‐depth analysis of various factors. Programs implemented are broad in scope with multiple stakeholders and requirements. Research Analyst duties: Coordinates the recruitment process; provides professional advice and support on recruitment process to qualified job seekers, administrators, departmental and line managers, and school personnel. Organizes and compiles various reports - monthly information packages for the Board of Education meetings, required state reports, surveys and questionnaires. Compiles statistical data on HR operations and assists in data management and analysis for the department and the District. Serves as HRIS administrator.

Macon, Georgia Area

Planned and executed public relations strategies for key services lines as the senior communications manager for a major behavioral health services provider that served more than 15,000 children, youth and adults. Successfully pitched stories to local, national, trade and community media. Responded to media inquiries by identifying executive spokespeople and preparing them for interviews. Wrote press releases and handled media calls along with writing scripts for public service announcements and a recruiting video. Developed a set of crisis communication procedures for the organization. Planned, launched and edited a quarterly organizational newsletter for the organization. Designed and oversaw production of the annual report. Coordinated press conferences, open houses, and fundraising events for River Edge and The River Edge Foundation. Working with a Web master, developed a brand new professional Web site. Worked to re-brand the organization through new logos and taglines. Have written articles for a wide variety of national and regional trade and consumer magazines.

Bachelor Of Science, Organizational Leadership

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Professional Master'S Of Business Administration, Innovation