Jon-Michael Gillispie Email & Phone Number

Provides oversight of all staffing-related projects and project-funded staff that support the strategic imperative to strengthen the public health infrastructure. Oversees the end-to-end processes enabling the CDC Foundation to identify staffing opportunities and secure and execute contractual agreements with staffing partners and jurisdictions nationwide.• Key contributor to the development of the framework and strategy for the CDC Foundation contingent labor business model to enable repeatable, sustainable delivery of staffing-related initiatives.• Formulates program-related goals, objectives, operating policies, strategic plans, guidelines, governance, standards, and priorities to ensure consistency with departmental standard operating procedures.• Serves as a cross-departmental liaison to engage HR, Finance, IT, Legal, Compliance and other departments in sustaining relationships with both staff and jurisdictional hiring managers and contacts. • Develops and implements work plans that result in high-quality, contractually compliant deliverables in consultation with program team leads. • Hires, recruits and supervises project-funded staff with an emphasis on ongoing performance management, coaching, counseling, and directing.

Provides leadership and oversight for the conceptualization, execution, monitoring, evaluation, and effective close-out of the State-Funded Projects workforce capacity portfolio.• Manages a team of four direct reports, 30 indirect reports, and over 600 indirect field employees embedded in health department programs across the nation.• Manages program development, program budgeting, and auditing/evaluating program impact and performance.• Serves as main programmatic liaison for and between internal and external stakeholders from contract negotiation to programmatic management.• Manages significant matters such as project development, project-related budgeting and forecasting, and auditing/evaluating project performance.• Provides strategic input for resource mobilization efforts by identifying and articulating high-impact programs with growth opportunities and working with the Advancement Department to identify potential donors.

Senior Program Manager supporting the State-Funded Projects team within the Response and Crisis Preparedness Unit managing surge staffing projects with state and local health jurisdictions to build public health workforce capacity.• Managed seven direct reports responsible for managing indirect field employees embedded in health department programs across the nation.• Coordinated with the recruiting team to ensure staffing targets were met, troubleshooting issues when needed.• Supervised preparation and submission of narrative and financial reports or updates to donors in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.• Worked with internal partners and Programmatic Leadership to implement systems and processes to ensure consistent, high-quality project management.• Supports Programmatic Leadership in the preparation, negotiation, and monitoring of program-related contracts, agreements, and amendments.

Program Manager working with CDC, state and local authorities to provide surge staffing that are crucial to the nation’s COVID-19 response.• Manage up to 90 field employees across the nation on the frontline of the COVID-19 emergency response.• Work with staff to develop and implement/enhance systems and processes to ensure consistent, high-quality project management.• Prepares, negotiates, and monitors program-related contracts and agreements.• Prepares, finalizes, and submits narrative and financial reports or updates to donors in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders. • Manages program development, program budgeting, and auditing/evaluating program impact and performance. • Formulates program-related goals, objectives, operating policies, strategic plans, guidelines, governance, standards, and priorities to ensure consistency with departmental standard operating procedures.• Contributes to resource mobilization efforts for the assigned programs in consultation and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders. • Represents the CDC Foundation at technical, policy, and strategic planning meetings with internal and external stakeholders and evaluate strategies that meet public health missions and goals.• Support projects that enhance public health/public safety collaborations through the identification of appropriate local partners, qualitative and quantitative data collection, and dissemination of project findings

Houston, Texas, United States

Manager with the Bureau of HIV/STD and Viral Hepatitis prevention responsible for the overall direction of the HIV Prevention Program in Houston and Harris County.• Planned, organized, and facilitated the daily administration of the HIV Prevention Program including HIV/STI counseling and testing, linkage and re-engagement in HIV care and treatment, community engagement, capacity building and technical assistance.• Oversaw the HIV/STI prevention sub-recipient activities which include Community-Based HIV/STD Counseling, Testing, Referral (CTR), and Linkage; Routine/Opt-Out Sexual Health Screenings in Healthcare Settings; and HIV Health Education and Risk Reduction Services (HE/RR).• Evaluated program outcomes and reported overall work progress and needs of HIV prevention program.• Developed strategies for HIV and Hepatitis program promotion, education, communication and outreach.• Incident Commander for COVID-19 community-based testing sites managing multiple sites and teams.• Developed COVID-19 testing registration and tracking system including dashboards utilizing Qualtrics.• Served on NASTAD By-Laws Revision, Ending the HIV Epidemic, and Finance Committees.• Designed and lead the community engagement strategy for the Ending the HIV Epidemic initiative with a focus on reaching non-traditional stakeholders disproportionally impacted by HIV.Key Achievement: Managing transition to fee for service reimbursement for HIV prevention grant sub-recipients.

Houston, Texas

Supervisor and manager within the Immunization Bureau responsible for overseeing the implementation of immunization related public health activities throughout Houston and Harris County.• Managed the Vaccines for Children Program and staff responsible for providing publicly purchased vaccine to 500+ providers.• Managed Texas Immunization Registry program and staff responsible for outreach, data entry, training activities, quality improvement strategies, and quality assurance activities. • Developed an electronic database system to document grant deliverables, staff performance and manage quality assurance activities.• Emergency Shelter Planning Section Chief during Hurricane Harvey to present.• Developed strategies for VFC and IIS program promotion, education, communication and outreach.• Developed and implemented process improvement strategies across bureau programs.Key Achievement: Achieved 100% of program goals and objectives each year as required by federal and state grantors.

Houston, Texas Area

Viral Hepatitis Prevention Coordinator for the City of Houston and Harris County.• Developed and presented health education information to community partners and organizations through training sessions, community meetings, and special events.• Established and maintained relationships with providers of services, consumers and other planning bodies throughout the city and state.• Responsible for grant writing, progress tracking, quality assurance and reporting for multiple projects.• Served as a community liaison for multiple community-based task forces and advisory boards.• Developed and monitored program goals and objectives.• Assisted with quality assurance and compliance of sub-recipient contracts.• Created, designed, and maintained online training registration and tracking website for sub-recipient staff.Key Achievement: Facilitated a Hepatitis C support group with 100% of participants linked to care and treatment.

Houston, Texas Area

Disease Intervention Specialist working within the community, the department’s health centers and as a liaison to community-based health centers.• Conducted disease intervention activities including field investigations, case management, and public health interviews.• Department liaison to the largest community health center in Houston.• Conducted internet partner notification and elicitation for the state of Texas.• Developed media messages for community education campaigns and events.Key Achievement: Registration unit lead for the largest mass testing and health screening event in the United States.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

High School Social Studies teacher.• Taught United States History to 100+ ninth grade students per semester.• Planned, designed, and implemented a curriculum in alignment to the national standards.• Created interactive presentations and activities to enhance learning.• Developed curriculum and lesson plans with measurable objectives.Key Achievement: Scored 100% on second-semester performance evaluation.

Morgantown, Wv

Managed the public health prevention education outreach program and volunteer services for a community-based HIV/AIDS and homelessness prevention agency. • Developed public health education curriculum for adolescent and adult learners• Developed public health campaigns and all marketing collateral for the organization• Grant writer for federal, state, local & private funds• Responsible for program evaluation and data collection (HOPWA, Housing, Education, & Volunteer programs)Key Achievement: Developed and coordinated the region’s first community based rapid HIV testing initiative.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Health/Health Care Administration/Management

Bachelor'S Degree, History