Senior Vice President, Training and Technical Assistance

• Jul 2020 - Present

Vice President, Training and Technical Assistance

• Aug 2018 - Jul 2020

Associate Vice President, Training and Technical Assistance

• Dec 2016 - Aug 2018

Responsible for the assessment of training needs as well as the design, delivery and evaluation of professional education, training and technical assistance for staff, executives, and Boards of Directors at 1,400 community health center organizations across the country. NACHC's training programs promote operational excellence (cost, efficiency, satisfaction and quality) for the national Health Center Program; and provides dynamic learning experiences for health center professionals serving 29 million health center patients nationally and ensuring access to healthcare services in medically under served communities. Show less

Executive Director, Office of Rural Health, Veterans Health Administration

• Apr 2013 - Dec 2016

Led efforts in support of advancing access and quality of care for approximately 5 million rural and highly rural Veterans. Senior executive responsibilities included budget strategy, identification and promotion of best practices, leading partnerships and collaborations, bridging operations and policy and responding to Congressional and media inquiries in order to leverage meaningful change. Led efforts in support of advancing access and quality of care for approximately 5 million rural and highly rural Veterans. Senior executive responsibilities included budget strategy, identification and promotion of best practices, leading partnerships and collaborations, bridging operations and policy and responding to Congressional and media inquiries in order to leverage meaningful change.

Division Director

• Jun 2007 - Apr 2013

Director, Northeast Division, Bureau of Primary Health Care/HRSA. Responsible for the stewardship of the Community Health Center and Primary Care Association federal grant programs intended to ensure access to high quality, culturally competent, comprehensive primary care in medically under served communities.

Regional Director

• Aug 2005 - Jun 2007

Led the overall management of performance improvement efforts across HRSA grant programs targeting state, local and community based entities to improve healthcare access and health outcomes for medically under served populations across 6 New England states.

Deputy/Operations Director

• Mar 2003 - Aug 2005

Project Officer/Public Health Analyst

• Aug 1999 - Mar 2003

Oversaw technical assistance, compliance monitoring and public health coordination to an assigned portfolio of federal grantees across New England in the community health center program, maternal and child health state infrastructure, and HIV/AIDS service delivery sector.

Presidential Management Intern

• Aug 1997 - Aug 1999

Placements included National Institutes of Health, Office of the Secretary and the Health Resources and Services Administration. Placements included National Institutes of Health, Office of the Secretary and the Health Resources and Services Administration.