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Missoula, MT, US

Missoula, Montana, United States

• Managing the development, implementation, and evaluation of the Missoula Crisis Intervention Team Program’s Department of Justice Connect and Protect grant award.
• Facilitating collaborative, coordinated, and integrated behavioral health crisis response across local law enforcement, first responders, and behavioral health crisis systems, while centering the health, safety and.

Missoula, Montana, United States

Missoula, Montana, United States

• Co-instructor and Lead Partner of Research and Evaluation, a practical evaluation course for advanced Master of Social Work students ( Fall 2024)
• Primary instructor for undergraduate and graduate students taking foundational Community Health coursework including: Community Health Promotion Strategies; Program Planning (Health Needs Assessments: Development.

Missoula, Montana, United States

Behavioral health systems improvement work with local leadership, including hospitals, clinics, and city and county government serving Missoula County.

Western Montana Region

Managed the Western MT AHEC Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training Program for professional students in Counseling, Psychology, and Social Work. Liaised with students, staff, faculty, sites, and site supervisors. Coordinated, implemented, and evaluated AHEC Behavioral Health Trainings in AHEC's Western Region with staff across the state.

Missoula County, Montana, United States

• Coordinates all accreditation activities as required by the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB).
• Has authority and responsibility to work with all MCCHD staff to undertake and execute accreditation processes including delegating assignments and supporting staff, while maintaining accountability to PHAB standards.
• Ensures MCCHD retains its Reaccreditation, awarded March 2020, by completing PHAB annual reports; developing, implementing, evaluating, and supporting the Community Health Assessment, the Community Health Improvement.
• Keeps all staff apprised of relevant public health information and updates, including changes to PHAB, the Council on Linkages Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals, the CDC’s 10 Essential Public Health.

Missoula County, Montana, United States

• In addition to routine Accreditation and Workforce Development duties, served as the Lead Public Information Officer for MCCHD’s COVID-19 Response in Missoula County working collaboratively with MCCHD Incident.
• Maintained accurate, current, ongoing, bidirectional communication between the MCCHD Incident Management Team and the public, stakeholders, partners, and the media ensuring organizational transparency and.
• Created and/or reviewed all public-facing communications for accessibility, accuracy, relevancy, and consistency.
• Advocated for missoulainfo.com, a stand-alone COVID-19 website about Missoula County’s emergency response and related public health information. Once Management approved and MCCHD secured the domain name, Lead PIO.
• Gathered, synthesized, analyzed, and presented public information and public comment to the Health Officer and the Board of Health when considering implementing strategic, data-informed COVID-19 mitigation and.
• Developed and promoted COVID-19 educational messages appropriate for a variety of audiences for use across several different platforms.

Missoula, Montana, United States

• Facilitated two Western Montana Area Health Education Center Conferences for public and community health professionals and medical practitioners. Speakers were expert scientists, researchers, and practitioners from.

Missoula, Montana, United States

• Researched Evidence-based Prevention with Positives Models for wrap-around support services empowering people living with HIV to sustain their best health. Started development of local Prevention with Positives.
• Created data management systems promoting quality assurance and quality control, improving day-to-day operations, and enhancing efficient reporting for state and federal grants. Supported daily administration by.

Montana, United States

• Community Health Needs Assessment of People Living with HIV (PLWH) in Montana, State DPHHS, 2017-2018.
• Mixed-methods research and analysis conducted with findings and recommendations presented to Montana’s HIV Prevention Group and Montana State Department of Health and Human Services. (2017-2018)

Daniel Boone National Forest, Kentucky

• Developed a Volunteer and Service Program Guidebook of federal and community services initiatives, 21st Century Service Corps and Public Land Corps information, and national and community partnership opportunities. The.
• Secured grant funding for an AmeriCorps NCCC crew to conduct work on USFS lands in 2015.
• Americorps Long-Term Service Award recipient.

Jawbone-Butterbredt ACEC, California

• Protected public lands and wilderness along the Pacific-Crest Trail and educated the public in Leave No Trace Principles of land use on behalf of the Bureau of Land Management in Ridgecrest, California. (2008-2009)
• Americorps Long-Term Service Award recipient.

Master Of Science - Ms, Community Health And Prevention Sciences

• M.S. Community Health and Prevention Sciences w/ Honors • Recipient of Agnes Stoodley Award for a female student demonstrating academic.

B.A., Anthropology

• B.A. with Honors and Honors in Anthropology. • Independent Research: An Archaeological Assessment of a Tumilaca Household from the.