Experience

The Council on Alcohol and Drugs

• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Director of the GA Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Initiative

  • Aug 2010 - Present

  Use a wide variety of interventions to include environmental strategy approach. Provide day-to-day direction for all project deliverables of a statewide contract directed at preventing prescription drug abuse across all populations. Work collaboratively with all community partners, manage multiple priorities and deadlines and a project budget. Direct a statewide media campaign and make presentations on Rx Drug Prevention to diverse audiences.



Georgia Family Connection Partnership

• Statewide Community Facilitator

  • Jan 1993 - Dec 2008

  Built and optimized the competency of training participants in a variety of curriculums ranging from “Culture Competence in the Work Place” to “How to Build and Maintain Your Own Website”. Designed comprehensive training plans and facilitated learning to increase competency for more than 8,000 participants. Utilized Results-Based Facilitation methodology and Interest Based Negotiation strategy to resolve community issues and accomplished community goals for the 159 Georgia Family Connection Collaboratives in GA. Developed the professional capacity and competency for more than 1,700 leader participants within Georgia’s Family Connection Collaboratives through proficient leadership during a statewide training initiative. Cultivated statewide partnerships between Georgia Family Connection Partnership and the United against Child Abuse & Neglect Coalition and the Georgia Alliance for Drug Endangered Children. Provided individual training, coaching, and impact feedback to over 150 executive directors. Facilitated 15 community forums over a 5-year-period for First Lady Mary Purdue’s initiative on Georgia’s Foster and Adoptive Children.