• Provided strategic oversight and direction to 100+ staff personnel to boost productivity and deliver growth vision to the executive team in optimizing processes.• Visionary leader who crafts compelling visions, establishes dynamic partnerships, devises innovative growth strategies, and secures competitive funding for the institute.• Proficient in overseeing operations, actively guiding executive directors and the leadership team to execute seamless and effective operational plans.• Determined profitable service lines, identify programs, and revise portfolio focus areas to secure lucrative partnerships, leading toward driving business development efforts.• Created an advisory board of notable West Virginia government and state leaders to facilitate the institute while advocating legislative policy changes to improve state health.• Leverage interpersonal solid communication skills to foster trusted relationships with government agencies, industry sponsors, federal agencies, and business partners.• Garnered positive feedback from executives for establishing the first population health institute in West Virginia, recognized by the National Network of Population Health Institutes.

• Oversaw 4 portfolios and around 22 program contracts in compliance with defined guidelines while maintaining strategic relationships with partners and agencies.• Led a high-caliber team, including the Executive Director of Operations, Director of Health Data Analytics, and Director of Research to oversee day-to-day operations and optimize workflow.• Led the planning and successful execution of a robust strategic plan to support priorities and grow revenue within the Health Affairs Institute's strategic direction.• Reviewed administrative policies and procedures to integrate efficacious improvements while suggesting required policy changes to the Associate Vice President.• Commended by the Vice President for facilitating the state-university partnership between West Virginia University and the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources.

• Received two research grants, achieved one peer-reviewed publication, and delivered two national conference presentations relevant to population health nursing.• Designed and formulated a North Carolina Migrant Health course for undergraduate and graduate nursing students to support students in attaining unique learning objectives.

After my time at the CDC and as a faculty lecturer at UM, I completed my PhD at UM and collaborated with the Florida Dept. of Health for my dissertation, investigating population-level factors for suicide risk. Deaths of despair and suffering, such as suicide, are sometimes more acute in places with limited mental health access, especially in health resource-depleted areas, such as the Florida Keys.My dissertation research and collaboration with the Fla. Dept. of Health in Monroe County (Florida Keys) was featured on radio and web through Miami’s WLRN. The Suicide Prevention Resource Center then picked up the article and featured it in their weekly national news blast, SPARK. My findings helped to bring in $90,000 in funding from the United Way to address mental health issues in the county post-Hurricane Irma.Key accomplishments:♦ Dissertation: Population-based Suicide Surveillance and Public Health Injury Prevention♦ Research impact: $90,000 grant from the United Way for Monroe County mental health services♦ Research Assistant for JUEGA: A Study for Hispanic/Latino Adolescent Girls (R01NR014851) from 2016-2018; participated in study recruitment and assent, taught classroom sessions for intervention implementation, developed study data management protocols; responsible for data cleaning, management, and psychometric scale analysis♦ Jonas Nurse Leader, Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare 2016♦ Scholar, The Florman Family Foundation 2015♦ Awarded Dean’s Research Grant, University of Miami________Entrepreneur: Business OwnerThe Purple Island ParasailIslamorada, Florida2016-2019Watersports company specializing in parasailing with 3 full-time, 2 part-time staff. Managed all budgeting, sales, marketing. Moved all sales online and removed cash operations. Developed and maintained the website and all online marketing.Doubled revenue after 1 year, nearly tripled revenue but then got hit by Hurricane Irma. Sold the business for a profit.

After my work at the CDC, I entered academia at the University of Miami as a faculty lecturer and simultaneously helped build their state/university partnerships between UM School of Nursing and the Florida Dept. of Health in Miami-Dade county. I developed novel disaster simulations for nursing students and co-chaired the Miami-Dade Hospital Preparedness Association. Key accomplishments:♦ Course coordinator, lecturer, and clinical group instructor; Courses: Population-Focused Nursing, Public Health Emergency Preparedness; Guest lectures: Ebola Outbreak, Public Health Emergency Preparedness, Category A Bio-terrorism Agents♦ Designed and implemented novel disaster simulations for public health preparedness education, including Ebola Disaster Simulation Training which received news coverage, providing PR for the university♦ Conducted focus group evaluations of an educational disaster nursing simulation♦ Deans Research Grant recipient; Outcomes of this award were improved curriculum, two conference presentations, and three manuscripts♦ Multiple research publications, including: “Evaluation of a novel disaster nursing education method” in Journal of Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness; “Preparedness perceptions, sociodemographic characteristics, and level of household preparedness for public health emergencies: behavioral risk factor surveillance system, 2006-2010” in Journal of Health Security

- Applied Science & Evaluation Branch• Positioned within the Division of State and Local Readiness, the Applied Science and Evaluation Branch within the Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response.• Spearheaded the formulation of performance measures for the CDC's largest federal cooperative agreement. Oversaw contractors in developing national performance measures, ensuring compliance with the Public Health Emergency Preparedness cooperative agreement.• Designed and delivered comprehensive training sessions on performance measure reporting. Provided hands-on support to stakeholders through site visits and conference calls, effectively communicating technical information to external audiences.• Showcased expertise by presenting at national conferences on performance measures and reporting requirements.• Led government contractors in developing impactful program evaluation training.• Took charge of conducting all training sessions for state partners, offering valuable technical assistance and consultation to state health departments.• Conducted in-depth analyses of existing health systems and strategies, leading a research study on the H1N1 pandemic influenza emergency response. The findings were published in a peer-reviewed journal.

The Homeland Security Program at West Virginia University (WVU) is a training partner for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).Key accomplishments:♦ Trained first responders, healthcare providers, public health workers, and university/college executives on disaster preparedness planning within multi- jurisdictional areas throughout the U.S.♦ Led the coordination of a state-wide research study on household preparedness♦ Managed and trained master and doctoral level students♦ Led the development and management of the research sampling methods, electronic survey tool, and corresponding statistical database

My desire to experience varied health delivery systems and health infrastructures led to my nursing in such diverse environments as high-altitude Nepal, war-torn Uganda, and the socialized medicine of New Zealand. My experiences strengthened my nursing and research skills by giving me a deeper understanding of populations and communities in dramatically different situations. It also strengthened me as a person to get out of my own culture and see how other countries have found solutions around health and health services.Volunteer Nurse, Uganda, 2006-2007♦ Provided malaria prevention and reproductive healthcare training in rural areas♦ Caught in an acute war situation on the boarder of Uganda and the DRC; wanting to help the wounded, I adapted and pulled resources to help set up a refugee camp and bring in medical supplies♦ Developed the skills of assessing the needs and resources surrounding me and adaptingDistrict Nurse, Ali’s Home Healthcare, Christchurch, New Zealand, 2007-2008♦ Care management and primary care nursing♦ Patient-centered medical home model♦ Telenursing care: advised for wound care and medication side effects; directed patients to needed community servicesRegistered Nurse, Himalayan Rescue Association, Nepal, 2008♦ Provided nursing services at an outpatient clinic located in the rural mountain village of Manang that provides the only medical care throughout the circuit♦ Managed clinic, medication, and inventory; triaged and coordinated the care of patients; obtained interpreters through satellite phone; arranged for helicopter evacuation of patients♦ Provided primary care for local Manangi villagers; administered prescribed medications and monitored intravenous; conducted patient education with interpreter assistanceMy most memorable accomplishment was evacuating a combative man dying of altitude sickness on horseback, down a Himalayan mountain path alone in the night. The man lived.

Promoted from staff nurse to acuity nurse after one year of employment, I achieved my Certification for Adult Critical Care Nurse (CCRN) in 2006.Key achievements:♦ Assisted charge nurse with unit management; responded to patient codes; assisted with the transport of unstable patients♦ Provided leadership and direction for evidence-based research and practice as member of the ICU Research Team (2004-2006)♦ Elected Chair of ICU Research Team (2005-2006); developed research that involved documented clinical issues within the MICU and SICU; guided work distribution within team, developed project timelines♦ Orientated newly-hired nurses as Unit Preceptor (2005-2006); provided on-the-job training to new nurses in the medical, surgical, and neurological ICUs♦ Participated on the ICU Magnet Team; educated staff on quality assurance processes for medicine administration and nursing equipment♦ Participated in the JCAHO site visit; the outcome of this work was WVUH achieving JCAHO magnet status in 2006