Experience

Illuminate Colorado

• United States
• Individual and Family Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Evaluation & Strategic Learning

  • Sep 2021 - Present

• Strategic Learning & Evaluation Manager

  • Jun 2019 - Aug 2021



American Heart Association

• United States
• Wellness and Fitness Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director, Quality and Systems Improvement

  • Sep 2016 - Nov 2018

  • Oversaw adoption, implementation, and maintenance of over 65 Quality Improvement Programs aimed at increasing adherence to evidence-based treatment guidelines for stroke, heart failure, atrial fibrillation, and resuscitation care within acute care hospitals in New York City and Long Island. • Directed the collection and analysis of healthcare delivery data in order to provide strategic recommendations for process improvements to hospital chief executives, department leadership, and clinical and quality staff, resulting in annual increases in Quality Achievement Awards by participating NYC and LI hospitals. • Co-led regional stroke workgroups focused on connecting hospitals and key governmental and private healthcare stakeholders to collaboratively improve stroke systems of care in New York State.



Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

• United States
• Higher Education
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • Dec 2015 - Apr 2016

  • Collaborated with Health Promotion Program Director in curriculum development, student assessment, and lecture delivery for course in public health theory, focused on the examination and application of health behavior theories at the individual, interpersonal, organizational, community, and policy levels. • Collaborated with Health Promotion Program Director in curriculum development, student assessment, and lecture delivery for course in public health theory, focused on the examination and application of health behavior theories at the individual, interpersonal, organizational, community, and policy levels.



NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Fellow

  • Jul 2015 - Jan 2016

  • Designed and implemented a program evaluation and quality assurance project focused on: 1) improving equity and efficiency in obtaining birth and death certificates issued by the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), and 2) strengthening linkage systems between NYC DOHMH programs. • Designed and implemented a program evaluation and quality assurance project focused on: 1) improving equity and efficiency in obtaining birth and death certificates issued by the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), and 2) strengthening linkage systems between NYC DOHMH programs.



Brigham and Women's Hospital

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Jan 2013 - Jun 2014

  • Served in operational and communications role responsible to the Principal Investigator of the "Growing Up Today Study," a longitudinal cohort study with over 26,000 participants, 10 researchers, and 100 publications, developed to examine the effects of diverse social, behavioral, and biological factors on health outcomes over the lifespan. • Served in operational and communications role responsible to the Principal Investigator of the "Growing Up Today Study," a longitudinal cohort study with over 26,000 participants, 10 researchers, and 100 publications, developed to examine the effects of diverse social, behavioral, and biological factors on health outcomes over the lifespan.



World Health Organization

• Switzerland
• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Food Safety and Zoonoses Intern

  • Jun 2011 - Aug 2011

  • Supported daily operations of the Secretariat of the International Food Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN), a global communication platform and collaborative food safety team responsible for monitoring and addressing the 2011 international E. coli outbreak. Responsibilities included: drafting INFOSAN global communications, preparing international meetings summaries, conducting scientific literature reviews, and monitoring worldwide media and public response. • Supported daily operations of the Secretariat of the International Food Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN), a global communication platform and collaborative food safety team responsible for monitoring and addressing the 2011 international E. coli outbreak. Responsibilities included: drafting INFOSAN global communications, preparing international meetings summaries, conducting scientific literature reviews, and monitoring worldwide media and public response.