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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 agreements for the program managed. • 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%. • Planned, implemented and analyzed three community assessments of over 1000 respondents each resulting in 3 new prevention programs serving over 40,000 families.• Produced Community Needs Assessment reports distributed to State, county, and local public health agencies.• Serve as primary liaison between Federal, State, Academic and Nonprofit partners to facilitate contract compliance and project success (e.g., coordinate all participation via monthly, quarterly and annual meetings with 5-75 partners attending) • Supervised plans of correction. • Supervised prevention interns. • Presented at professional meetings. • Provided technical assistance in program monitoring, implementation and evaluation to contractors, community coalitions and community members.

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. • Conducted policy analysis of Person Centered Planning for Arizona Department of Economic Security, submitted to Arizona State Legislature.

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.

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

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