Michael Pensak Email & Phone Number

Tucson, Arizona, United States

• Develops program goals, objectives, policies and procedures and establishes short- and long-range program performance plans subject to management review.
• Manages and administers program activities and evaluates program effectiveness and success.Develops, negotiates, monitors, and administers contracts, intergovernmental agreements, and/or financial and service.
• Monitors program contract compliance and takes corrective action as required.
• Develops, writes and administers the program's annual budget, prepares program-related financial forecasts and identifies funding sources to support program activities.
• Supervises the activities of county staff and evaluates performance.

Tucson, Arizona Area

• Provide technical assistance and coaching in Program Evaluation including development of Community Needs and Readiness Assessments, Coalition Capacity Assessment and Development, and Program Evaluation Plan.
• Developed Strategic Planning Document including Mission and Vision Statements, Goals and Objectives, Budget and Fundraising Plan.
• Provide one-on-one coaching to 11 contract managers in community assessment, program planning, coalition development and sustainability.

Tucson, Arizona, United States

• Managed staff of 100 people on multiple operations.
• Achieved complete population count meeting project deadlines.
• Approved payroll and personnel actions.
• Monitored key metrics and develop action plans for improving operational effectiveness.
• Motivated high performing employees and corrected low performing employees.

Tucson, Arizona Area

• Delivered training and conduct facilitation of breakaway principles and exercises.
• Provided technical assistance to clients on program planning and evaluation

Tucson, Arizona

• Monitored and evaluated overall progress and quality of prevention behavioral health services provided by 8 contracted providers with an annual budget of $1.5 million.
• Ensured contract compliance and programmatic success for 8 behavioral health providers and six community coalitions with 750 program participants annually.
• Created college-level introductory course in prevention and community development that trained 100 professionals.
• Pioneered statewide training program and accreditation effort for Prevention Specialist Certification with 20 accredited Preventionists to date
• Created and trained one-day workshops in focus group techniques, introduction to community suicide prevention, creating community change, collective impact and building collaboration that trained over 150 professionals.
• Redesigned online program monitoring and evaluation systems of 8 prevention agencies and 6 community coalitions that increased program efficiency by 10%.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

• Facilitated strategic planning process resulting in program plans for non-profit agencies in injury prevention and youth exercise and heart health.
• Developed evaluation plans for non-profit agencies.
• Wrote and submitted grant proposals for funding to U.S. Agencies including: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health Resources and Services Administration and private foundations.

Tucson, Arizona Area

• Responsible for curriculum evaluation of bachelor, master and doctoral degree nursing programs.
• Co-wrote grant application to increase diversity of nursing workforce for Health Resources and Services Administration.
• Designed and implemented surveys on coursework performance and nursing curriculum.
• Collected, analyzed data and wrote report on performance of BSN graduates on national licensing exam.

Tucson, Arizona Area

• Conducted epidemiological investigations of infectious diseases.
• Provided information to requests from medical and public health professionals and the general public.
• Wrote research reports on causes of morbidity and mortality in Pima County populations.
• Produced emergency public health response action plans for the homeless and undocumented populations.

Tucson, AZ

• Responsible for all aspects of five-year Epidemiological Surveillance Study of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome in Arizona.
• Duties included program design, protocol development, data collection, research and analysis, budgets, contracts and staff.
• Prepared grant proposals on birth defects surveillance, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome prevention and distance learning.
• Wrote research reports for sponsor agencies and publication.
• Presented at professional meetings.
• Trained health professionals in program design and evaluation.

Tucson, Arizona Area

• Designed evaluations to measure the effects and effectiveness of Tucson Unified School District’s desegregation and comprehensive health programs.
• Linked and analyzed data from the Tucson Unified School District’s student records system with School Quality Survey for special report to administration.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

• Developed and supervised program evaluations for department including 20-million dollar Statewide Health Care Services program and telemedicine program for submission to State legisilature.
• Responsible for professional staff, budgets, and contracts.
• Provided technical assistance and training in grant preparation, program planning and evaluation to State, County, and Local Health Programs.
• Taught courses in program evaluation and grant writing.
• Wrote grant proposals on developing public health data infrastructure.

Tucson, Arizona Area

• Conducted program evaluation of health promotion by community health workers (promotoroas) and HIV prevention projects in Nogales, Arizona.
• Prepared grant proposals in health services research.
• Supervised data entry.
• Analyzed and managed databases.
• Wrote research reports for sponsor agencies.
• Presented at national conferences.

Niger

• Planned and managed four year, 1-million dollar, child health project.
• Negotiated project protocol with senior government officials.
• Recruited, trained and supervised staff of four, intern, and consultants.
• Produced baseline report of child health practices.

Greater New York City Area

• Coordinated international survey of family planning and child survival health programs with USAID and UNICEF personnel.
• Constructed survey questionnaire.
• Created database of ten years of family planning and child survival data.
• Designed and published fact book used by international researchers in family planning and child health.
• Prepared grant proposal for national breast-feeding resource guide.
• Conducted training in French and English on project planning and management for international workshop for family planning managers.

Greater New York City Area

• Produced five-year program review of UNICEF’s Child Survival Strategies presented to UNICEF Executive Board and published in Assignment Children.
• Researched and analyzed UNICEF child survival program data
• Wrote UNICEF policy statements on technical issues including immunization, growth monitoring and diarrheal disease control for use by field staff.

Gabon

• Designed and managed rural development project in fish culture.
• Prepared budgets, trained and supervised project staff of eleven.
• Successfully domesticated local catfish species for alternative fish culture research.

Master Of Public Health (Mph), Population And Family Health

Activities and Societies: Summer training program for family planning and primary health professionals in program design, management and.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Geophysical Sciences

Activities and Societies: Major Activities Board, DJ at Radio Station, Student Art Magazine