John Gavin Email & Phone Number

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Responsible for the operation of thirty weekly pop up vaccine clinics for underserved populations in low vaccination neighborhoods including: developing management systems, and processes for program managers, team leads, and community health workers; coordinating with outreach teams to identify and assess new sites; matching low vaccine areas with pharmacy and health care partner organizations; guidance scheduling, logistics, and data tracking for quality assurance; supporting the production of communication materials and information sharing across teams, work groups and stakeholders and ensuring knowledge management for all projects and across all work groups.

Takoma Park, Maryland, United States

Responsible for directing the Bachelor of Social Work academic program at Washington Adventist University to include: management of $300,000 department budget, coordination with State of Maryland Higher Education Commission and Maryland Agency for Assessment and Taxation, compliance with social work and regional accreditation standards, overseeing curriculum and course scheduling, appointing, orienting, and managing faculty, coordinating assessment activities, as well as developing and overseeing structured internships for social work students. Served a two-year interim appointment for academic years 2013 through 2015 as the Academic Dean for the School of Arts and Social Sciences at WAU with responsibility for the management and financial oversight as well as assessment and fundraising for nine academic departments. I held a concurrent assignment with the Center for Metropolitan Ministry (serving as the universities office of community engagement. Responsibilities included: Responsible for engaging the university community with community leaders, city and state government, community-based organizations through internships, volunteer opportunities, special projects, fall and spring service days; providing strategic planning, training, and consulting services for community based organizations, religious organizations and faith leaders; providing demographic information and community profiles for community projects; conducting fundraising for local non-profit organizations; directing research and program evaluation projects for non-profits and membership organizations; planning and coordinating training conferences and other projects related to urban mission and urban social issues and developing and maintaining an urban mission resource library and reading room.

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

Responsible for management of association office to include: organizational membership services, developing and strengthening the network of state and local VOAD chapters; developing and implementing initiatives to promote communication, coordination, cooperation and collaboration between member organizations; coordination with FEMA in planning, developing and implementing annual training conferences; representing the voluntary agencies at high-level disaster planning meetings and exercises; managing the operations budget, recruiting new member organizations, and expanding income through dues and grants.

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

Responsible for management and fundraising for operations in the U.S., Canada and Bermuda to include: planning and exercises for national-level disaster response and community services organizations with ADRA Canada, Canadian NGO’s, Canadian Government, and church leaders; National-level planning with Bermuda Government, NGO’s and church leaders in Bermuda; representing ADRA North America at ADRA Pan-American Congresses and other regional meetings; development and promotion of the Disaster and Famine Relief Offering of the Adventist churches in North America; implementing ADRA projects funded by Adventist churches in North America; management of a budget of $1.1million for disaster operations, disadvantaged areas grants, and field operations; planning and implementing training conferences; overseeing annual fundraising campaigns for multi-sites and the ADRA Annual Appeal national fundraising campaigns.

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

Responsible for management of program directors and 20-person staff including field organizers and branch offices for disaster response, community services, refugee resettlement and immigration information, and inner-city and disadvantaged areas grants programs; building a development office to support operations through individual and institutional support. *Disaster Response Program – Oversight for: training in donations management and managing disaster response operations; facilitating after-action debriefing and assessments, knowledge management, coordination with other voluntary organizations – Red Cross, Salvation Army, state emergency management, and FEMA; monitoring program compliance with international, and industry standards and regulations; coordination with FEMA, state agencies and voluntary organizations on national initiatives such as the federal response plan, mass evacuation, donations management strategy, unaffiliated volunteer management and catastrophic disasters. *Community Services Program – Leadership, administration, fundraising, training and support for a network of 15 regional and 200 local community services organizations and projects to include: training conferences for local and regional directors; developing and implementing inner-city and disadvantaged Areas annual national fundraising campaigns in churches; administering national grants program for inner-City and disadvantaged areas programs, development and promotion of regional fundraising campaigns; coordinating refugee resettlement through the Church World Service (CWS) Immigration and Refugee Program and supporting a network of CWS Ecumenical Refugee Resettlement Service offices in the U.S.; establishing a national immigration information program; launching a nationwide tutoring & mentoring programs with support from AmeriCorps VISTA; coordinating program and organizational assessment, market research projects and the development of fundraising training for leaders.

Silver Spring, Maryland, United States

Responsible for overall management, fundraising and program development including: managing the community services center and satellite programs; providing direct services to low-income clients to include case management, counseling, and training programs; planning, implementing, and evaluating community action programs for local communities; fundraising for annual budget with individual donors and corporate and foundation grants; developing volunteer support and in-kind donations, planning, implementing, and evaluating church-based fundraising campaigns; coordinating food and volunteer drives; expanding programs to include: community services aides, empowerment program for low-income women, a free medical clinic for the working poor, a youth-teen crisis line, substance abuse prevention training; operating a disaster response collection center, and founding a professional network of community services directors.

Master Of Social Work - Msw, Social Policy Planning And Administration

Bachelor'S Degree, Social Work