Leslie Wolcott Email & Phone Number

Ahoskie, North Carolina, United States

Internal and external communications, policy, advocacy and more at Roanoke Chowan Community Health Center.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Communications for statewide organization representing community health centers. Support the Primary Care Association (PCA), Group Purchasing Organization (GPO), Carolina Medical Home Network, Health Center Controlled Network, Independent Practice Association (IPA), and Accountable Care Organization (ACO) programs. Collaboratively develop content on such topics as policy and advocacy, state-specific issues including equity and access issues, COVID-19, clinical services, behavioral health, services for formerly incarcerated individuals, connecting children to health insurance coverage, and outreach and enrollment. Serve as primary media contact. Placed NC CHCs in national media throughout CHC funding crisis in order to persuade Congress to extend CHC funding, then again during COVID-19 pandemic to highlight importance of CHCs in frontline diagnosis and vaccination work. Manage organizational social media, website, and communications projects. Develop graphics using such tools as the Adobe Creative Suite (particularly InDesign and Illustrator). • Interpret policy for a variety of audiences including providers, patients, adults and youth, and the general public with a focus on driving action.• Publish bi-weekly newsletter (5,000 subscribers with 36% high engagement), policy documents, reports, and infographics.• Facilitate and lead workgroups, including advocacy, emergency preparedness, COVID-19.• Conduct continuous improvement of COVID-19 communications and vaccine management.• Engage CHC supporters through action alert system; generated over 2,000 communications with elected officials.

Orlando, Florida Area

Drove all communications for the institute, including reports, websites, media releases, social media, public-facing information resources, and more. Provided plain-language interpretation of complex demographic and financial data. Communicated with media and responded to state budget matters. • Created a wholly new communications strategy for the organization.• Established and maintained social media accounts; developed and execute editorial calendar and created both text and graphic content. • Developed infographics and a user guide to communicate the contents and impact of the Florida state budget for general audiences.• Coached international policy team on clear, consistent, accessible writing for non-technical audiences.

Orlando

Taught writing, rhetoric, and civic engagement to 100 undergraduate students per semester. Inspired undergraduate students to see writing as meaningful participation in civic society. Guided students in goal-setting, leadership development, writing, and research skills. • Developed new classes/assignments for Department of Writing and Rhetoric, including Writing for Social Change and Rhetoric and Civic Engagement.• Elected to department leadership and received outstanding teaching evaluations and annual reviews throughout tenure. • Awarded the first Community Engagement Award from the Department of Writing and Rhetoric, which went on to become an annual recognition.

Lansing, Mi

First year writing

ENG 101, 102, Lit 301, 401, professional writing, etc

At the PEC, I spent my time doing the following:Organizing events, coordinating local peace and justice actions, talking about peace and justice in the community, website maintenance, volunteer management, press releases, independent media coverage of peace and justice news, e-newsletter publication, database management, finance management, grant writing, board development, coordinating board and other meetings.

Blogger at GreenDaily.comhttp://www.greendaily.com/bloggers/leslie-wolcott/

Co-wrote an extensive annotated bibliography about hazardous fuel reduction in Florida's various ecosystems (forest fire prevention, controlled burns, other fuel reduction techniques).

M.A., English (Literature And Environment)

B.A., English

Activities and Societies: Habitat for Humanity, Students for Environmental Awareness, Club Water Polo, Intramural Soccer, Environmental.