Perry Stevens Email & Phone Number

Knoxville, Tennessee Area

Knoxville, Tennessee (Virtual Employee)

Created, wrote, edited, and shepherded through clearance the United States Department of Agriculture’s employee newsletter, MyUSDA, which was delivered to approximately 85,000 employees around the United States each month.Wrote talking points, fact sheets, speeches, correspondence, and memoranda on the behalf of leadership, and I responded to internal questions from USDA employees in my capacity as editor of MyUSDA. Managed Diversity and Inclusion programs, trainings, and events as the USDA’s Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender Special Emphasis Program. I coordinated approximately 100 managers at the national, state, and regional levels from all 17 of USDA’s Agencies and Mission Areas, including the US Forest Service, the Farm Service Agency, Rural Development, the Food Safety Inspection Service, the Natural Resources Conservation Service, and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.Responsible for planning and directing events including the annual USDA LGBTQ Pride Observance, overseeing the USDA booth at national conferences, LGBTQ events, and recruitment and outreach efforts at state and national conferences, LGBTQ events, and to national, state and local community organization, Coordinated messaging, training, outreach efforts and conference participation working with my counterparts from other programs (African-American, Native American, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, Women, Veterans, and the Disabled) to manage other Diversity and Inclusion events, including Flash Mentoring, brown bags, and educational/informational seminars. Represented the U.S. Department of Agriculture at inter-agency meetings with my counterparts, including those from the Department of Labor, the IRS, the Department of Justice, Health and Human Services, the Intelligence Community, the EPA, the Office of Personnel Management, the EEOC, and others.

Knoxville, Tennessee Area

Management and Program Analyst (GS-13; Job Series 0343)Served in USDA’s Executive Resources Management Division where I coordinated Performance Management for the Department’s Senior Executives. Using the Office of Personnel Management’s USA Performance database, I monitored Senior Executive performance issues and worked directly with Executives to ensure they adhered to the Performance Evaluation timetable for initiating, maintaining, and completing yearly performance plans. Responsible for working with candidates selected for the Senior Executive Service to prepare and submit their Executive Core Qualifications documentation for review by OPM’s Quality Review Board. Coached selectees as they compiled and wrote their 10-page ECQ documents demonstrating their executive leadership skills and experience. Worked with more than two dozen selectees and successfully assisted them through the OPM review process so that every selectee was approved for the Senior Executive Service.Responsible for working with candidates selected for the Senior Executive Service to prepare and submit their Executive Core Qualifications documentation for review by OPM’s Quality Review Board. Coached selectees as they compiled and wrote their 10-page ECQ documents that demonstrated their executive leadership skills and experience. Worked with more than two dozen selectees and successfully assisted them through the OPM review process so that every selectee was approved for the Senior Executive Service.Delivered quick turnaround writing assignments as assigned including internal memos, interagency correspondence, talking points, and fact sheets. Developed communication plans for effectively keeping the Department's senior executives aware of their responsibilities, including performance planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation, along with USDA news about career development opportunities, deadlines, and upcoming training and educational events.

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

Supervised two employees. My team and I produced news releases, coordinated with members of the media reporting on NRCS programs, responded to employee and customer queries, wrote correspondence, talking points, and speeches, and created and produced the NRCS-TN quarterly newsletter. Served as the first NRCS National LGBT Special Emphasis Program Manager. Provided diversity and inclusion training to employees from Tennessee, Oklahoma, North Dakota, Kentucky, and other NRCS State Offices along with presentations at state, regional, and national meetings and conferences. Supervised two employees.

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

Planned public health responses to the possibility of risk and injuries to Tennessee residents in the event of a biological attack. Represented the Health Department in state and interstate response trainings and drills. Maintained communication and coordination with partners including law enforcement, first responders, hospitals, elected officials, and other state agencies. Contracted to write a series (five episodes) of scripts for bioterrorism response trainings produced for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The five a/v scripts were shared nationwide to advise first responders, hospital personnel, community health organizations, law enforcement, and others charged with responding to a bioterrorism event.

Greater Atlanta Area

Worked within the CDC’s Center for Chronic Diseases Prevention in the Office on Smoking and Health and also the CDC’s National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Responded to questions from the media and the public. Drafted news releases and remarks for CDC and HHS leadership. Helped coordinate the roll-out of two Surgeon General Reports including remarks from the Surgeon General and the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Represented the CDC as a working group member of the American Legacy Foundation’s tobacco control “Truth” campaign. Researched tobacco marketing efforts targeting LGBT populations and presented my findings in a published journal article and through trainings at national conferences and state and local health departments across the United States.

Master'S Degree, Public Administration, 4.0 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Upon graduation, Perry was selected for a Presidential Management Fellowship, a two-year training program.

Bachelor'S Degree, Broadcast Journalism, 3.7

A Bachelor's degree in Journalism (Broadcast Track) with minors in English and History

Master'S Degree, Public Administration, 4.0

First UAB graduate to be selected for the Presidential Management Fellowship program, which fast-tracks participants to a management level.