Joy Jacobs, Mph Email & Phone Number

Salinas, California, United States

Santa Cruz County, California, United States

•Parent leader and advocate for multilingual, English-learners and their families; •English Learner Advisory Council (Soquel El)•Racial Justice Task Force (SUESD)•Book Review Committee (SCCS)

Supervise a team across the state to provide multilingual trainings and education opportunities to meet occupational health, safety and regulatory standards.Facilitate and extend scientific and applied field research to agricultural operations.

Watsonville, California

Richmond & Oakland, Ca.

• Manage a tribal home visiting project for expectant Native American parents and caregivers with Native children age 0-5 years old to promote positive parenting techniques and prevent early childhood maltreatment.

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

• Manage Community Economic Development project including project site development, training, placement, monitoring, evaluation and technical guidance for 40 field Volunteers. • Implement the “Build Your Dreams” national youth business planning initiative &competition with 150+ Dominican youth per year since 2006. • Developed the 5-year performance-based project plan with associated task analysis, KSA inventory and technical learning objectives for training.

• Represent the Peace Corps with the US Mission, host government officials, development agencies & community partners.• Serve as Acting Country Director in their absence. • Manage 30+ staff to support programming and training of 185 Peace Corps Volunteers assigned in 6 technical projects (economic & youth development, health, education, watersanitation and environment.) • Develop Post’s 5-year strategic plan, administer policy and manage operations.• Oversaw implementation of $1.3 million dollars in USAID & PEPFAR grants.• Serve a Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (COTR) to monitor contractor's deliverables of technical, cultural and language training.

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

• Served as security liaison between local office, Peace Corps Headquarters, U.S. Embassy Security attaché, Dominican law enforcement and host country nationals.• Coordinated emergency response to ensure the safety of 150+ Volunteers during severe weather and civil unrest.

Salcedo, Dominican Republic

• Oversaw program development including: project site development, training, assignments, monitoring, report feedback, evaluation and technical support for 14 agriculture volunteers.• Developed localized emergency action plans with community partners, local authorities and regional Forestry & Civil Defense posts.• Facilitated 4 Disaster Preparation & Mitigation trainings focused on risk assessment and community mapping.

Salcedo, Dominican Republic

• Established Future Farmers of the Dominican Republic pilot project with 300+ Dominican youth trained in small animal husbandry, organic gardening and small business techniques. • Co-chaired the Gender And Development Committee and facilitated annual Domestic Violence Awareness & Parenting conferences. • Raised funds to award US$1000 educational scholarships for rural Dominican women to finish high school and university studies. • Translated Spanish/English for US medical professionals & nursing students treating under served populations in rural clinics.• Facilitated 5 self-defense trainings for prospective Peace Corps Volunteers.

Master Of Public Health - Mph

Bachelor'S Of Arts, Psychology

• Minor in Women’s Studies • International Direct-Exchange at Universite Jean Moulin III in Lyon, France; Translation practicum.

Master Candidate, Business Administration