Executive Officer 2

• Jul 2022 - Present

Provide leadership and serve as the Implementation Coordinator for Iowa's Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program and the state Cervical Cancer Project. Complete competitive grant applications and reporting requirements. Develop, implement, and monitor goals, strategies, procedures and evaluation. Develop budgets and direct resources according to project plans. Manage over 2.5 million dollars in state, federal, and other funding streams. Issue funding opportunities and manage contracts with partner agencies to achieve programmatic success. Develop and implement quality improvement projects to assure programmatic efficiency and effectiveness.

Executive Officer

• Nov 2018 - Jun 2022

Provide leadership and serve as the Implementation Coordinator for Iowa's Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program and the state Cervical Cancer Project. Complete competitive grant applications and reporting requirements. Develop, implement, and monitor goals, strategies, procedures and evaluation. Develop budgets and direct resources according to project plans. Manage over 2.2 million dollars in state and federal funding. Issue funding opportunities and manage contracts with partner agencies to achieve programmatic success. Develop and implement quality improvement projects to assure programmatic efficiency and effectiveness.

Community Health Consultant

• Nov 2016 - Nov 2018

Plan health education and awareness efforts to raise screening rates for mammography and cervical cancer in the Iowa population. Conduct health outreach, including traditional marketing and social media, to increase enrollment in the Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program. Provide technical assistance to contractors to troubleshoot issues and enhance work within program guidelines. Plan professional development opportunities for health care providers. Research and apply for federal and non-federal grant funds.

Project Coordinator

• Aug 2014 - Nov 2016

Provide strategic project management support to 15 Blue Zones Project community teams across Iowa. Create and monitor weekly status reports on goals and objectives while monitoring proactively escalating risk issues. Drive accountability, visibility, communication, and alignment to project workplans. Conduct focus groups, develop surveys, and evaluate the project based on process and outcome measures. Create and manage workplans for two, two-day professional conferences. Manage and draft daily social media content, draft monthly newsletters, and monitor media articles.

Intern

• May 2014 - Aug 2014

Assist the statewide team to plan, execute, and finalize projects within a deadline and within a budget.Assist with the social media marketing campaign through research, writing, monitoring, and responding to posts for content daily. Draft content for online and hardcopy correspondence.Assist the state team with agenda preparation, presentation development, packaging of materials, preparing action items, and supporting effective workflow of the Blue Zones Project.

Primary Investigator

• Aug 2011 - Dec 2015

Utilized health and communication theories to study the relationship between Facebook use and eating behaviors among 881 collegiate women in the United States. Literature review, quantitative survey, qualitative analysis, and data review were part of this project. Results have been presented orally at the International Association of Media & Communication Research conference (Dublin, Ireland, 2013) and the International Communication Association conference (Seattle, WA, 2014).

Graduate Research Assistant

• Jan 2013 - May 2013

Conducted background research on health effects of Bisphenol A, carbon footprint of aluminum can production, and links between soda consumption and obesity in children as part of the Plant-A-Penny Social Marketing Intervention

Peer Counselor

• Aug 2012 - May 2013

Collaborated with the Eating Disorder Network to develop campus-wide wellness campaigns, spoke as an event panelist, developed and maintained the Hawkeye Body Image Project Facebook page

Youth Program Leader

• Oct 2013 - May 2014

Deliver after school programming focused on health, wellness, and academic development for 120 students grades K-6. Manage behavior using PBIS. Develop program curriculum. Deliver after school programming focused on health, wellness, and academic development for 120 students grades K-6. Manage behavior using PBIS. Develop program curriculum.

Client Experience

• Nov 2012 - May 2014

Intern

• Jan 2013 - May 2013

Evaluated the process of drain-management as part of a quality improvement project that included the following: literature review, survey creation and distribution, oral interviews, direct observation of aseptic techniques, and development of a healthcare guideline Evaluated the process of drain-management as part of a quality improvement project that included the following: literature review, survey creation and distribution, oral interviews, direct observation of aseptic techniques, and development of a healthcare guideline

Sales Lead

• Apr 2011 - Nov 2012

Academic Tutor

• Aug 2010 - May 2011

Wellness Advocate

• Aug 2008 - 2010

Promoted wellness through cold calls, office hours, health education, health coaching, and oral presentations Promoted wellness through cold calls, office hours, health education, health coaching, and oral presentations