I work alongside early-stage startups and mature mission-driven organizations to leverage limited resources on key strategic investments of time, energy, and resources to develop a roadmap for long-term financial sustainability.Focus areas: organizations in health/healthcare, economic security, and sustainability that intentionally target the UN's Sustainable Development Goals with specific interest (read: motivation) to close equity gaps for under-resourced/marginalized/ignored populations.

Building alongside the initial co-founding team of two from Venture Studio, Healthworx.My focus is to build mutually-beneficial strategic partnerships that will seamlessly integrate into the overall GTM strategy as well as foundational sales and business development strategy.

Building something new to improve health equity and overall quality of life for the "invisible with unmet needs"Intersections of data, technology, and health equity

Focused on positioning ReCity as a non-clinical social impact hub to address Health-Related Social Needs by convening strategic non-traditional partners in Durham, NC with a focus on under-resourced populations (e.g. formerly incarcerated, Medicaid-eligible, un/under-employed, etc.)

Women-owned and led consulting and advisory firm to support health-focused investors.My work focuses on aligning funds from traditionally siloed sectors to achieve cross-sector quality of life outcomes for all.

Building a strategy to scale impact of early-stage "Fully Managed SDoH Model" Public Benefit Corporation.

Building mutually beneficial relationships with strategic corporate and institutional partners.Business Development and Growth focusing on:ARPA-HPublic-Private Partnerships (P3)Funders

Member of Inaugural Alumni Council of USC's Department of Population and Public Health SciencesFocused on connecting current students and alumni to roles in innovative companies and organizations.

I work with non-profits, early stage, and mature venture-backed startups in public health, healthcare, and social services on business and program development, organizational strategy, and strategic partnerships.

*Thought leadership + subject matter expertise: Public Health, Health Equity, Social Innovation, Social Entrepreneurship, Social Determinants of Health*Overall strategy for the organization + growth and brand positioning*Strategic Partnerships

Develop original content on the intersection of health, technology and entrepreneurship.

Switch/Health is a blog that views health as the complex beast that it is. The content of each post incorporates many factors that directly and indirectly influence health outcomes, with an overall purpose to educate and empower (and hopefully entertain).I manage all aspects of this blog including, but not limited to:*Developing content - from researching to writing to editing*Marketing - leveraging social media to drive visitors to the site*Design and usability - revising the design based on user feedback to ensure a clean product

Business Development and Growth focusing on:ARPA-HPublic-Private Partnerships (P3)FundersCreative strategy firm at the intersection of brain health and innovation. Patchwise Labs is focused on building a global ecosystem of startups, technologists, advocates, consultants, investors, regulatory experts, and other business leaders with shared values and interests in building a safe, autonomous, and just future for neurotechnology.

My role focuses on the strategic evolution of the organization from its foundation in community-based participatory research to a sustainable business that builds capacity in local communities in leveraging community engagement as a vehicle for social justice.Leveraging a 4-year, $80m NIH Covid-19 Testing award, with key partners Duke Clinical Research Institute and UNC School of Medicine, we're building capacity in organizations that are serving "harder to reach" populations across the country (e.g. homeless, formerly incarcerated, Native American/Tribal, rural) to address not only Covid-19, but also barriers to health equity (social determinants of health: unemployment, housing and food insecurity, education, etc.). Our role as a trusted community partner enables us to build ecosystems to address these barriers to health equity.

Appointed by Governor Roy Cooper as Member of the North Carolina Minority Health Advisory Council (4-year term)

My role focuses on growth through creative institutional partnerships and the innovation of existing product lines for target consumer markets.

We're one of the cohort companies in this 4-month immersion program aimed at accelerating conscious entrepreneurs to traction and revenue. Building a startup around the fundamentals of Conscious Capitalism: higher purpose, stakeholder integration, conscious leadership, and conscious culture and management.Focus areas: health and nutrition x economic development in under resourced small businesses x social impact

Bridging entrepreneurial ecosystems and SDOH innovation with quality of life outcomes in local communities.

For the North Carolina chapter of Men's Health Network, my main responsibility is to strategically partner with community-based organizations, local and state governments, hospital systems and universities to improve men's health in North Carolina.Create original content for Men's Health Network's blog "Talking About Men's Health"

MoodPik is a real-time Sentiment Discovery Network that helps you discover the moods of people and places you care about or find interesting. Imagine being able to keep "emotional tabs" on family, friends and places; that's what MoodPik allows you to do.As the senior consultant with the Washington, DC based team, I:*Build and manage relationships to establish sustainable partnerships*Leverage social media channels to increase user base*Develop original content for marketing and internal business operations*Identify opportunities for pilot programs and/or future businessContact me to hear more! I'm an open networker so even if you are not interested in MoodPik, maybe I can help you in some other way.

FedStrive is a comprehensive employee wellness program available to over 3,000 employees working at the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) HQ in downtown Washington, DC.*Coordination and Event Planning - Scheduled and managed logistics for all health education classes held on-site twice monthly. Assisted in event planning (National Walk @ Lunch, Energy and Health Connection) for larger events that feature VIP speakers and over 1,000 participants.*Program Implementation - Assisted direct supervisors and colleagues in day-to-day management and administration of the FedStrive program.*Website Management - Created articles and links to promote various events, health observances and health education classes (www.fedstrive.com). Resolved website-related questions from employees.*Social Marketing and Health Communication - Created original copy to promote monthly health observances and other marketing material to increase program participation.*Program Design and Evaluation - Contributed to strategies to increase program participation and program satisfaction based on evaluation data and participant feedback. Collected, maintained and reported pertinent metric data for program evaluation.*Health Promotion and Lifestyle Coaching - Conceptualized and developed an integrated strategy for future health education classes with the FedStrive team. Served as a lifestyle coach to encourage employees to improve health behaviors and attain specific health goals by utilizing the Motivational Interviewing technique(MI).

*Program Development - Collaborated with colleagues to develop a comprehensive employee wellness program, Wellness is Now (WIN) serving over 300,000 Veterans Affairs (VA) nationwide. The team conceptualized all program components, including a phased-in approach for implementation, workflow efficiency and identified metrics for program evaluation.*Content Development - Created health articles on various health topics synthesizing information from authorized resources. These health articles were available in an online library for VA employees (www.vaemployeewellness.com).*Social Marketing and Health Communication - Created original copy to promote monthly health observances and other marketing material to increase program participation.*Research Analysis - Performed literature reviews and synthesized pertinent articles into concise reports and analyses.

Organized all health education and health promotion events.Performed data analysis and completed reports for all health education and promotion events.Developed and submitted grant proposals.Contributed original blog posts to www.talkingaboutmenshealth.com on a monthly basis.Attended briefings, conferences and events to interact with and disseminate MHN's message to community members, health professionals, policy-makers and other potential advocates to improve men's health outcomes.Generated strategies to raise funds more effectively.Supervised student interns and monitored each intern’s progress.

Assisted with health education and promotion efforts during annual Congressional Health Screenings.Attended meetings and events to promote awareness on men's health issues.Reviewed newspapers, research articles and newsletters for current news in health and public policy.Identified and conducted media calls to radio and television stations.Compiled current data and statistics from internet research.Participated in data analysis and data entry.

Provided expertise in curriculum development to UC Irvine professor, Dr. Zuzana Bic. With her, I co-developed a freshman seminar "Educating Instead of Medicating" for the undergraduate program in Public Health and a graduate seminar titled "Public Health 360" for the MPH program at UCI.

Created a strategy with relevant educational materials and data to implement alcohol Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral and Treatment (SBIRT) at targeted health care sites.Presented media literacy and alcohol, tobacco and other drugs presentation to middle and high school students.Promoted health conscious and responsible decision making.Provided trainings on Responsible Beverage Service for special events in Irvine.Attended collaboration and taskforce meetings focused on reducing underage drinking and methamphetamine use.Participated in community events, outreach and information sessions.Researched journals, online resources and newspapers to obtain alcohol-related knowledge.

S.T.A.R.T. at UCI - Health Education Center(Student Taskforce Advocating Reducing Tobacco)Proposed and initiated the desire to revise current campus-wide smoking policy. Coordinated marketing campaigns for the Great American Smokeout in Fall 2005.Requested and obtained donations from vendors in the campus community.Promoted and encouraged smoking cessation programs and alternative resources.