Maria Thaman Cole, M.S., Ches® Email & Phone Number

Cincinnati, Oh, Us

Cincinnati, Oh

Manages all full-time and part-time prevention staff, and supervises 5 evidence-based primary prevention programsOversees 2 major grants which fully fund prevention by managing monthly grant reports, writing yearly RFPs, and coordinating short and long-term outcome activitiesAgency coordinator and lead facilitator for the It’s On Us Bar Training, a 2-hour program which educates and empowers local alcohol-serving establishment staff to recognize signs of sexual violence and step up as active bystandersAgency coordinator and lead facilitator for WorkStrong, WHW’s workplace safety and sexual harassment training intended for corporate workforcesServes as leadership team member for WHW, charged with making strategic decisions for agency operations and direction

Cincinnati, Oh

Developed curricula and facilitated trainings for college students and bar and brewery staff about bystander intervention, healthy and unhealthy relationships and gender norms, consent, empathy building, and anti- oppressionCo-chair - Educating Professionals subcommittee for Public Education and Awareness Committee (End Slavery Cincinnati)Lead Facilitator - Ohio Department of Higher Education’s 2018 Prevention Plan Regional Workshops Leadership Team Member – Cincinnati Task Force to End Campus Gender-Based Violence

Cincinnati, Oh

Recruited new community partnerships for the Prevention Education team in local high schools, middle schools, and summer camps in Cincinnati Evaluated current agency grants and identified additional capital improvement grant opportunitiesAssessed secondary traumatic stress and self-care at WHW, as well as examined alternative wellness methods for staff.

Cincinnati, Oh

Instructed 200+ students in various health and fitness courses, as well as evaluated their performances after each class Modified course content to prioritize students' needs, therein making courses more student-centricAssisted a professor in the Health Promotion & Education program with research by tracking data and composing background information for an article about alcohol usage in the college population

Cincinnati, Oh

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

Expanded office's use of social media by composing and tracking health-related content for #BUBeWell campaign Presented my work at the 2015 BACCHUS General Assembly, highlighting Butler’s use of social media to target campus wellness issues like sexual health, mental health, and self-care Spearheaded broader sexual health awareness initiatives on Butler’s campus, like safer-sex dispensers in campus health center and two additional prevention and outreach programs during periods of heightened sexual activity

Cincinnati, Ohio

Assessed UC’s peer health education efforts in comparison to other universities’ programs Expanded the Student Wellness Center’s knowledge base of effective high-risk behavior prevention by researching and presenting current trends in other universities’ programming Improved UC’s low-risk drinking and social norming initiatives by increasing the quality of their existing projects

Oxford, Ohio

Engineered a social media campaign about campus alcohol safety and produced a university-wide poster campaign regarding high risk drinking prevention for Student Wellness Center Evaluated other universities' peer health education programs for Miami's student wellness efforts Researched and designed brochures on safety phone applications for Miami University’s first-year orientation week Presented at the BACCHUS General Assembly in November 2014 and 2015 about my peer health education internship experience alongside my internship advisor, Leslie Haxby McNeill

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Master Of Science, Health Promotion And Education

Activities and Societies: Graduate Assistant for Health Promotion & Education program; Eta Sigma Gamma National Professional Health.

Bachelor Of Arts, Psychology And Religious Studies

Activities and Societies: Peers Advocating Wellness for Students (PAWS); Greeks as Educators, Advocates, and Resources (GEAR); Red Cup.

Study Abroad

High School