Heather Sturgill Email & Phone Number

Hillsboro, Or, Us

Hillsboro, Oregon

Public outreach and communication regarding road construction projects in Washington County, Oregon. Emergency public information officer (PIO) supporting County operations.* Public involvement and open houses* Media relations* Internet content management* Newsletters* Informational postcards* Social media* Emergency communications

Family Medicine

• Streamlined residency recruitment process to maximize resident and faculty participation while reducing the overall burden on individuals and the program.• Schedules and organizes recruitment for 12 residency positions annually.• Coordinates residency curriculum, administration and scheduling.• Develops and implements improved practices for outreach and communication.• Provide high-level administrative support for two program directors and administrative director.• Supervise daily tasks and project completion of two administrative assistants.• Manage resident retention including medical leaves, vacations and maintaining permanent files.• Managed two national accreditation site visits to provide accurate, detailed documentation of program educational and logistical information for the entirety of the three-year curriculum.• Maintain communication and verification of resident ability with national certifying organizations to ensure accreditation and resident board eligibility.• Develop schedules and documentation for five-year curriculum redesign project transforming a three-year program into a more robust four-year curriculum. • Designed and oversaw six month project to create and implement a customized web-based scheduling system, which improved communication and clarity of daily resident schedules.

Family Medicine

• Served in a program coordinator capacity at request of the program director during the three-month absence of the residency coordinator, receiving accolades from department and program and was promoted to the roll permanently in 2008.• Redesigned resident recruitment materials to provide more informative and persuasive program information to candidates while reducing the printing and labor costs.• Provided high-level administrative support to program directors with increased level of responsibility during the transition of directors.• Act as first point of contact for residents, faculty and program candidates to answer questions.• Support Residency Coordinator and Program Director.

English Department

• Served as first point contact regarding two M.A./M.S. programs, one B.A. program and multiple minors. • Administered application process for multiple tracks of masters programs, maintaining files and communicating with candidates regarding status.• Supported program chairs to ensure successful and effective recruitment.• Provided consistent, high-quality administrative support and scheduling for Department Chair.• Train and work on projects with student workers.• Efficiently provided answers to student and faculty questions to minimize impact on Administrative Assistant, Department Chair and other faculty.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Strategic Communications, 4.0

Activities and Societies: National Society of Leadership and Success

Bs, Mathematics (Education)

Activities and Societies: Phi Alpha Theta History Honor SocietyMinor in History

Aa, General Studies

Activities and Societies: English Department Scholarship to attend the Ashland Shakespeare Festival, Mathematics Tutor