Julia Olsen, M.S.Ed, Ches, Cpp Email & Phone Number

Madison, Wisconsin

Oversees PHMDC data initiatives and assign analytic work; supervises staff, providing technical assistance around broad public health strategies; develops and implements contract management framework to promote quality and accountability; develops project management and reporting systems for division; supports City and County data and reporting initiatives; assists staff with technical support of community collaboratives focusing on prevention and drug harm.

Indianapolis, Indiana

-Provide management, coordination, and support on project Jefferson for the Department of Defense-Build civil military collaborations-Evaluate program effectiveness-Direct supervision and professional development of three state coordinators-Data collection and translation-Strategic planning-Marketing-Training Facilitation-Creation of tailored strategic plans to achieve client outcomes-Serve as member of various internal workgroups and councils-Streamline local and national client processes

Indianapolis, Indiana

-Bureau Chief for the Bureau of Mental Health Promotion and Addiction Prevention for the Division of Mental Health and Addiction. A division of the Family and Social Services Administration.•Manage SAPT Block Grant funds and determine funding allocations to meet substance abuse prevention priorities of the state of Indiana.•Serve as the Nation Prevention Network representative for the state of Indiana, acting as a liaison between Indiana and other state a federal substance and abuse prevention and treatment directors.•Provide analysis of state policies, procedures, and practices regarding prevention efforts and the integration of behavioral health promotion and addiction prevention activities.•Monitor 50 contractors throughout the state including the Indiana Addictions Resource Center.•Serve as a member of the State Epidemiological Outcomes Workgroup.•Determine minimum standards and competencies for the prevention workforce.•Collaborate with other state agencies to foster partnerships and expand prevention services across the state while minimizing the duplication of services.•Procure additional prevention contractors through the release and review of request for proposals.•Serve as a member of the Policy Development Committee for DMHA.•Determine standards of practice for the provision of evaluation, training, and technical assistance for community level providers.•Determine strategic initiatives and oversee the implementation of the state strategic prevention plan for the state of Indiana.

Martinsville, In

•Management of daily operations of the non-profit organization including fiscal operations with the goal of providing substance abuse prevention, outreach, and education to 78,000 Morgan County, IN residents.•Determine programming goals and objectives.•Provide the Teen Coordinator with direct supervision.•Management of the Drug Free Communities Grant through SAMHSA and the Community Drug Free Fund through the Governor’s Commission on a Drug Free Indiana•Coordination and recruitment of a coalition of community partners to promote drug free efforts and policies in the County. Also coordinates law enforcement and other health advocacy groups to participate in the yearly medication collection.•Head of the United for a Drug Free Morgan County Coalition and the county Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Use Committee.•Responsible for determining ongoing revenue sources and sustainability beyond the Drug Free Communities Grant.•Responsible for website maintenance and coordination of county-wide social marketing campaign.

•Assissted Dr. Zobeida Bonilla-Vega to conduct evaluation of the F.O.R. Families Project for the MA Dept. of Public Health, the Division of Perinatal, Early Childhood and Special Health Needs under the Bureau of Family Health and Nutrition.•Created client profiles of homeless families utilizing program.•Conducted phone-based and home-based interviews of families in transitional government assisted housing regarding services provided during the program duration, needs of the family, and determined the outcome of referral services.•Interviewed counselors and social workers who conduct home visits to clients enrolled in the program to determine the nature of referrals provided and ability to meet program goals.•Drafted report for the federal government and state of MA on the nature of homelessness in MA, identified gaps in the F.O.R. Families Program, and goals to obtain future program outcomes.

Bloomington, In

Assistant to executive director, Dr. Ruth Gassman. Responsible for maintaining a large evaluation project of alcohol education programming in the Logansport School District. Created surveys, analyzed data using SPSS, and prepared status reports for the U.S. Department of Education to maintain grant funding for the project. •Designed the 2010 Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Use Survey using NCS Pearson Design Expert, administered to 200,000 Indiana youth annually. Prepared survey materials to be sent to school corporations as well as scanning completed surveys, data analysis, and preparing individual school reports.•Conducted evaluation of alcohol and drug prevention programming for the Monroe County Community School District.•Assisted writing grant proposals to the Department of Education, the NCAA, and the National Institutes of Health.•Instruction and supervision of newly hired student assistants working on ATOD Survey project.

Bloomington, Indiana

•Provided mental and behavioral health interventions to individuals with HIV and AIDS.•Led a weekly substance abuse support group, a support group for HIV+ women, and conducted couples counseling.•Assisted in the planning and implementation of social activities, mentoring groups, informational workshops, community outreach projects, and offsite HIV testing.•Completed grant applications to subsidize the patient emergency assistance funding.

Richmond, Victoria, Aus

•Completed student internship at multifunctional health center located in the Vietnamese portion of the city as well as in the midst of the largest public housing project in Victoria.•Spent many hours observing professionals carryout their duties such as working with a physician to learn the procedures of the Australian medical system, observation of social workers, and a child speech pathologist’s methods for diagnosing and treating speech disorders.•Interviewed and worked with Red Cross workers as well as political activists rallying for the rights of asylum seekers in Australia.•Spent many hours working in the needle exchange room where intravenous drug users come to dispose of their used needles, obtain clean needles, sterile supplies, educational materials, and information on drug treatment facilities.•Assisted the CEO in a presentation of center programs and procedures to visiting physicians from Hanoi, Vietnam.

B.A., M.S., Phd., Psychology, Sociology, Counseling And Counselor Education, Health Behavior

Activities and Societies: Theta Nu Xi Multicultural Sorority, Inc., Residence Halls Association, Willkie Residence Association - Vice.

Education record

Completed summer study curriculum focusing on cross-cultural studies and indigenous issues.