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Columbus, Ohio, United States

Syracuse, New York, United States

Syracuse, New York

Syracuse, New York Area

• Mentor first year law students on Legal Communication and Research assignments• Advise on proper Bluebook citations; provide feedback on assignment organization and structure

Columbus, Ohio, United States

Syracuse, New York Area

• Evaluate potential inter-facility patient transportation practices; draft memo on Intellectual Property considerations • Research and provide recommendations on employee transportation considerations

Columbus, Ohio Area

• Facilitated due diligence review in connection with a joint venture; drafted, reviewed and revised commercial and confidentiality agreements; participated in process of negotiating settlements• Prepared documents for general governance and board matters; established an Enterprise Risk Management proposal • Assisted with various corporate governance, policies and litigation claims and management matters• Finalized policies and procedures related to NCQA Accreditation compliance

Columbus, Ohio

• Operationalize improvements to the Home For Life program in compliance with NCQA Accreditation standards• Oversee the Adena Home For Life Program; decrease spending by 15% and the hospital readmission rate by 32.1% • Direct the OHF Home For Life Program; team provided 2,040 interventions to address the needs of 683 low income, elderly community members; program resulted in zero participants reporting a move to a higher level of care • Spearhead collaboration with outside counsel to improve privacy practices; supervised six direct reports

Columbus, Ohio Area

• Developed custom reports; analyzed and tracked service coordination program outcomes • Collaborated with Adena Health System on the Home For Life Co-pilot program; collected and analyzed pilot performance data and success metrics; provided actionable information for program improvement• Created and operationalized an enhanced service coordination program for low income families

Columbus, Ohio Area

•Analyzed Administrative Residency surveys to establish improvement recommendations for the Master of Health Administration (MHA) faculty and staff• Tracked Administrative Fellowship information to create a deliverable outlining applicant information, position offers, as well as acceptance status to be used for program accreditation • Facilitated a 15+ person focus group to gather student feedback on the MHA website and interview process• Developed multiple improvement strategies based on student feedback that were implemented to improve the website layout and current interview process• Collected and analyzed student applicant data to be utilized by program faculty and staff when interviewing and making acceptance decisions • Analyzed market tuition data on the top 26 Healthcare Administration programs in the United States to create a benchmarking deliverable on tuition costs for the MHA faculty and staff• Created a course tracking document for faculty to match courses to competencies required for program accreditation

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

• Led a project in collaboration with Family Health Center leadership; trained 600 caregivers and implemented clinical scheduling; schedule resulted in a 6% increase in nurse and medical assistant (MA) friendliness scores • Collaborated with COPD Steering Committee and leadership to create and administer patient surveys; utilized data to implement processes targeted towards reducing readmissions related to COPD• Served as Project Manager leading a cross functional team to finalize and implement a cleaning matrix • Coordinated a cross functional team to improve the patient isolation process • Conducted a Behavioral Health needs assessment; developed a Behavior Health Unit expansion strategy aimed at reducing bed placement delays

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

• Initiated contacts with universities across four states to establish four Global Brigade divisions to organize medical brigades and increase student involvement

Panama

• Developed two business plans that were approved by Global Brigades on the implementation of Community Health Workers and a rain water collection system • Completed survey analysis and in-field research to assess the needs of two communities• Set up and maintained medical clinics in four remote communities

Juris Doctor Candidate, Law

Activities and Societies: Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity (Student Member)

Master Of Health Administration, Health/Health Care Administration/Management

Activities and Societies: Case Competition (Committee Member), Association of Future Healthcare Executives (Student Member)

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Biology, General

Activities and Societies: Kappa Kappa Gamma (Student Member and Slating Committe), Nationwide Children’s Hospital (Volunteer), The Ohio.