Providing counsel and support to further public health strategies and policy to improve the health of rural and urban underserved communities, women and children, expand diversity of public health and allied health professionals

Title V Maternal and Child Health Director managing a $50M operating annual budget and 45 employees. Responsible for supporting evidence-based strategies and programs to improve the health of women and children in Arizona. Led and supervised six Offices. Fostered public private partnerships to maximize strategic focus and resources. Established and led the first statewide Maternal Health Task Force including one of nine national Maternal Health Innovation Grant awards. Successful award of… Show more Title V Maternal and Child Health Director managing a $50M operating annual budget and 45 employees. Responsible for supporting evidence-based strategies and programs to improve the health of women and children in Arizona. Led and supervised six Offices. Fostered public private partnerships to maximize strategic focus and resources. Established and led the first statewide Maternal Health Task Force including one of nine national Maternal Health Innovation Grant awards. Successful award of first CDC ERASE Grant award to support Maternal Mortality Review Program for Arizona. Oversight and leadership for health policy, grant writing, review and analysis of legislative program language. Served as the ADHS designee on statewide boards, Co-chair for the Arizona Health Improvement Plan Priority - Rural and Urban Underserved. Member of the Arizona Telehealth Advisory Committee. Show less

Primary Care Office Director for AZ, managing a $15M budget to promote and expand primary care services to underserved communities through primary care provider workforce programs, Disease screening programs and the Arizona Health Disparities Center.Oversight and leadership for health policy, grant writing, review and analysis of legislative language. Board member for the Arizona Student Medical Loan Program.

Direct oversight and management of a $25M annual budget generated from state tobacco tax. Manage and staff 15 Member Tobacco Revenue Use Spending and Tracking (TRUST) Commission for State of Arizona.

Primary Care Office Director. managed a $12M annual budget and 12 professional staff for 30 State and federally funded program contracts to promote and expand primary care service availability to uninsured residents of Arizona.

Phoenix 7th Avenue and Guadalupe Family Health Centers Managed operations of a licensed Outpatient Teaching Medical Clinic in a medically underserved area for primary health care. Supervised 30 employees, including licensed nursing and pharmacy personnel, budget management, grant writing.

Mesa family Health Center - Direct medical and mental health counseling for total patient population. Developed and implemented a bi-lingual patient curriculum for family planning.Maricopa Medical Center - Responsible for a 40-bed Acute Care Unit

Total welfare management for 45-bed Pediatric Extended Care Facility. Discharge planning; community partnerships