Experience

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  Arctaris Impact Investors

  • Economic Consultant

    • Oct 2022 - Present

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  Alma Roberts LLC

  • Visual Artist and Public Art Commissioner

    • Feb 2013 - Present

    Abstract Artist and Activist

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  Kaiser Permanente

  • interim Director, CH & Economic Opportunity

    • Jan 2020 - Sep 2021

    Director all Community Health Initiatives in the Greater Baltimore and all Economic Opportunity efforts for the Mid-Atlantic Region including all college and career readiness, workforce development, business development building, and anchor strategies. Lead Mid-Atlantic Region Equity initiatives serving on the National Equity Committee for KP

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  Kaiser Permanente

  • Rockville, Maryland

  • Senior Program Manager, Community Benefit

    • Jan 2017 - Jan 2020
    • Rockville, Maryland

    Develop and implement strategic community health initiatives and anchor partnerships.

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  Gateway Health Care Consulting

  • Baltimore, Maryland Area

  • Principal Consultant

    • 2014 - Jan 2017
    • Baltimore, Maryland Area

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  Baltimore Healthy Start, Inc.

  • President and CEO

    • Jan 2006 - Jun 2014

    CEO one of Maryland's largest and most successful maternal and child health organizations employing community health workers, clinical practitioners, and professional case managers to implement a series of evidence-based and evidence-informed models of care for women, children, and families living in depressed communities through Baltimore City.

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  Center for Poverty Solutions

  • CEO

    • Nov 2001 - Aug 2005

    Lead one of Maryland's largest advocacy non-profit with successful strategies for eradicating poverty through the establishment of pathways to self-sufficiency.

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  Detroit Medical Center

  • Detroit, Michigan

  • Senior Vice President, Managed Care

    • Oct 2000 - Nov 2001
    • Detroit, Michigan

    CEO of four managed care subsidiaries: Third Party Administration (TPA) entity with 100,000 covered lives, PPO with 30,000 members, Medicaid Managed Care Program for 2,000 Children with Special Needs, and Physician Hospital Organization (PHO) with 2000 participating physicians

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  Grady Health System

  • Greater Atlanta Area

  • Executive Director, Grady Healthcare, Inc.

    • Sep 1994 - Oct 2000
    • Greater Atlanta Area

    Developed and implemented a licensed/certified Medicaid and Commercial HMO for Georgia's largest safety net hospital system. The HMO grew to 23,000 members and $35 million in revenue before the State ended Managed Care as an option for Medicaid recipients in 2000.

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  Liberty Medical Center (Bon Secours Health System)

  • Baltimore, Maryland Area

  • Vice President Corporate Development

    • Apr 1989 - Jun 1994
    • Baltimore, Maryland Area

    Coordinated the development of new business ventures including the establishment of a Physician Hospital Organization and the planning and implementation of the Urban Medical Institute, a enter of excellence to address health disparities in Baltimore. Also negotiated all managed care contracting, community affairs, fundraising, and marketing for a 282 bed community hospital that was later merged into the Bon Secours network of hospitals.