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Culver City, Ca

Culver City, Ca

•Oversee the agency’s Research and Evaluation Department. Provide leadership in the design and implementation of a coordinated and comprehensive strategy for measuring the impact of mental health, integrated health/mental health, substance abuse, residential, and suicide prevention programs.•Provide oversight of agency programming by developing, implementing, and interpreting methods of evaluation and assessment across all agency grants. •Manage 15+ staff members consisting of program director, R&E manager, analytics engineer, analysts and research assistants. Responsible for the hiring, supervision, performance evaluations, and development of staff. •Provide consultation and training to program directors and clinical staff, including psychologists, psychiatrists, and nurses on evaluation and outcomes data. •Present evaluation findings to program staff and senior management, and facilitate the use of evaluation and outcomes data for program improvement and strategic decision making.•Manage the synthesis and analysis of Human Resource data to identify trends and relationships, inform solutions and measure impact. This includes analysis of staff turnover and retention, and identification and development of organizational climate surveys and staff engagement surveys. •Developed and managed the evaluations of SAMHSA funded projects, including a Primary and Behavioral Care Integration (PBHCI) program for seriously mentally ill individuals and a trauma focused program for military families. •Oversaw two state-wide suicide prevention projects funded by California Mental Health Authority (CalMHSA). Lead 10 California suicide crisis lines to develop common data elements for data collection and reporting. Also worked with 6 Regional Suicide Prevention Task Forces to identify and develop best practices for submission to Suicide Prevention Resource Center’s Best Practices Registry.

Los Angeles, Ca

• Provided leadership in both small and large scale research and evaluation projects with annual budgets up to $300,000. These projects assessed the implementation and impact of social service, public health, and educational programs. Managed all components of the projects including design, development of scope of work and project timeline, supervision of data collection, data analysis, and reporting. • Provided consultation and technical assistance to management staff in the non-profit and public sectors in areas of program development, planning, outcome measurement, and program evaluations.• Facilitated planning meetings and advisory committee meetings to assist senior management in making strategic decisions to improve their practices and operations.• Produced high quality and user-friendly reports and briefs with recommendations for action for practitioners and policy makers. Select projects include:• Managed a comprehensive evaluation of the implementation and impact of First 5 San Bernardino’s initiatives using a mix-methods approach. The initiatives include Oral Health, Healthcare Access, Family Support, and Early Education and Care.• Managed a multi-site evaluation of the Domestic Violence Abuse Response Team program. Coordinated with community-based organizations, LA police department, and the city attorney’s office to measure the impact of the program. • Developed a sampling design and analysis plan for a probability-based household survey. Presented the proposed design and analysis plan to the First 5 LA Research Advisory Committee which consists of top experts in the nation in the field of child and family research.• Coordinated the development of a database system that captures process and outcome data for a gang prevention and intervention program implemented in 16 sites. Provided training and technical assistance to program staff.

Encino, Ca

• Managed multiple research and evaluation projects funded by the federal government and local grant-making organizations. Projects included a substance abuse and HIV/AIDS prevention program for high school youth funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and a child abuse prevention demonstration project funded by the Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF). These projects used rigorous research designs including experimental and quasi-experimental designs. • Managed all aspects of research and evaluation projects including project budget monitoring, project design, instrument development, supervision of data collection, descriptive and advance multivariate statistical analyses using SPSS, and development of reports to submit to funding agencies.• Presented on best practices in evaluation and evaluation findings at the American Evaluation Association Conference.• Supervised research assistants including hiring, training, and performance evaluation.

Los Angeles, Ca

• Coordinated data collections for research and evaluation projects including the evaluation of LAUSD’s literacy and math programs and the study of the achievement gap among Latino students.• Conducted qualitative data collection including observations of classroom instruction and professional development trainings, and interviews of teachers and school administrators.• Developed qualitative analysis plans and conducted data analysis.• Contributed to reports that provided recommendations for district leaders to support their decision making. • Provided research and data support to district administrators. Worked extensively with senior management to help access, interpret, and use data and research findings for decision making. • Provided consultation to elementary, middle and high school principals and assistant principals on selection, use, and interpretation of student achievement data and evaluation instruments. • Managed and analyzed district student data to provide accurate and up-to-date information to support the data needs of the district.• Produced written reports interpreting data to support school and district administration’s decision-making. • Managed the evaluation of the district’s professional development programs for teachers.

Ph.D. And M.A

B.A.