Taylor Norris Email & Phone Number

Asheville, Nc, Us

-Leads advocacy coalitions that align patient advocacy groups, professional associations, healthcare providers, and community health workers to develop a shared advocacy strategy that leads to the funding and execution of key health policy priorities.-Compiles relevant programmatic impact data, scholarly studies, and policy talking points into a portfolio of advocacy resources and educational materials to be used by external partners to inform decision making and communications campaigns.-Develops advocacy-related project proposals, creates and tracks timelines and deliverables, and regularly interfaces across internal departments to ensure the collection, quality, and reporting of KPIs and project metrics for internal and external audiences.

-Provided project management to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services for a program that deployed over 700 community health workers in every county across North Carolina to provide 3.2 million North Carolinians with key connections to food, housing, transportation, and health-related services.-Designed program metrics and KPIs, developed data collection processes, facilitated regular reporting with contractors, and authored project deliverables.

Asheville, North Carolina, United States

-Developed strategic partnerships between community health workers, community-based health programs, local health departments, and the NCDHHS to increase equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines, resources, and services among historically marginalized and vulnerable populations.-Used a data driven approach to conduct 60+ community-based COVID-19 vaccination and/or testing events across 18 counties in order to reduce barriers to access and supplement existing public health infrastructure in underserved communities.-Led training initiatives and technical assistance workshops for community health workers designed to build capacity, develop effective social support processes, and expand engagement with non-English speaking and/or BIPOC communities to address the social determinants of health.

Asheville, North Carolina, United States

- Managed a team of 15 Case Investigators who work hand-in-hand with thousands of COVID-19 patients and local employers to ensure that CDC quarantine, isolation, social distancing, and vaccination guidelines were understood and properly implemented.- Partnered with the Buncombe County Health Department to identify Historically Marginalized Populations within our region to ensure they received equitable access to COVID-19 Vaccines via phone bank style outreach, pop-up vaccine clinics, and coordinating with local community leaders.- Created supplemental training programs for entire tracing and investigative teams designed to develop fluent, bilingual discussion with Historically Marginalized Populations about vaccine efficacy and availability.

Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, Chile

- Taught grammar, vocabulary, and conversation classes to over 2,000 students in 45-minute classes in both individual and group online settings .- Wrote lesson plans and used visual aids to overcome language barriers and foster a productive learning environment.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

- Drafted policy memos to inform staff about the economic and societal impacts of proposed legislature and contributed research to reports published by senior staff, including outreach to organizations with local resources in Cuba.- Compiled a correspondence list of over 2,000 stakeholders from 100+ media and nonprofit entities and managed all dissemination of program and news updates to promote domestic support for Cubans seeking assistance.

Nairobi, Kenya

- Organized and managed a health outreach clinic which provided over 500 refugees with medical care and connected them to local and international services that they otherwise would not have had access to.- Developed a program to provide an informal settlement of youth, young mothers, asylum seekers, and refugees with relevant job skills including entrepreneurship, business management, financial literacy, tailoring, and cooking in order to provide supplemental income for their families.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, International Relations And Affairs

Cer, Advanced Spanish Language And Culture

Certificate, International Relations And Affairs