Experience

CMA Global Inc

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Consultant

  • Jan 2021 - Present

  In its simplest form, we set companies up for success. The desire to take your organization to the next level is at the heart of everything we do, whether it’s helping you hire the right employees, training your next generation of leaders or assessing your growth strategies for the future. Visit us at www.cmaconsult.com



Centene Corporation

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

• Manager, Organizational Development

  • Jun 2020 - Jan 2021

  • Continuous Listening & Employee Experience - Design & administer enterprise-wide continuous listening & employee feedback strategy to support optimization of Centene employee experience for 70,000+ employees. Develop & manage employee engagement and lifecycle surveys through continuous listening survey vendor. Collaborate with stakeholders across company to design intervention plans.• Consultation – Analyze organizational and talent data and make recommendations for improvement, including the creation of comprehensive reports and dashboards for HR, business leaders and senior leadership. Provide subject matter expertise, consultation, and coaching support to enable the HR business partner community, leaders, and employees. Support initiatives through the delivery of comprehensive strategies, programs, and action plans to improve critical organizational performance.• Research & Best Practices - Manage HR's relationship with external research platforms, working to distribute evidence-based practices across function. Research & apply best practices & industry trends in employee experience & engagement to Centene initiatives.

• Senior Talent Development Specialist

  • Oct 2019 - Jun 2020

  • Employee Engagement & Assessments – Administered employee engagement & assessment processes and programs that identify and enable Centene’s future talent needs to execute business strategies and enhance organization effectiveness. Implemented integrated organizational and talent assessment solutions supporting employee engagement, continuous listening strategies, employee selection, and team and individual development.• OD Consultation & Best Practices – Provided subject matter expertise and consultation to enable the HR business partner community, people leaders, and employees. Designed and delivered communications, tools, and resources for the HR business partner community, leaders, and employees, including engagement best practices webinars and career development presentation program.



VHA National Center for Organization Development & Cincinnati VA Medical Center

• Psychology Postdoctoral Fellow

  • Sep 2018 - Oct 2019

  • Employee Engagement – Collect employee engagement best practices from key stakeholders across the Veterans Health Administration. Provide face-to-face and virtual trainings on VA’s engagement survey dashboard and consult on employee engagement work-group specific action planning with VA leaders. • Leadership Development and Coaching – Provide leadership coaching to VA leaders. Debrief 360 assessments in individual and group presentation formats. Conduct leadership communication skills trainings. Facilitate team building experiences and executive team development retreats. • Product Development – Designed (independently and collaboratively) employee engagement, leadership development, and change management (Prosci methodology) resources for standalone and dashboard use for leaders at all levels of VA. • OD and Consulting Trainings – Attend weekly didactics for OD postdocs on a variety of consulting psychology and OD topics. Completed Lean Yellow Belt and NCOD facilitator training. Participate in monthly change management community of practice meetings. • Psychological Interventions and Assessments – Conduct psychological interventions and assessments as part of interdisciplinary teams for patients in endocrinology, oncology, and substance abuse clinics. • Team-Based Care – Initiated screening program in oncology clinic to create more efficient interdisciplinary referral process. Developed new patient flow process to increase referrals to mental health from endocrinology. Facilitated interdisciplinary team-building meeting for endocrinology team.• Integrative Health Project Coordination – Co-coordinator of data collection and referrals process for the facility’s Whole Health orientation class, a VA-wide initiative that aims to promote prevention-focused, integrated, patient-driven care. Leading creation and implementation of regular follow-up group to evaluate to outcomes.



University of Missouri-Saint Louis

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Doctoral Student & Instructor

  • Aug 2012 - Aug 2018

  • Teaching and Training - Developed curriculum and delivered classroom instruction to classes ranging from 25-100 students. Completed teaching certificate program on theories of learning and motivation, evidence-based teaching strategies, assessment of outcomes in teaching, and diversity in the classroom. Advised undergraduate psychology students about major requirements, graduate education, and career opportunities in the field. • Research and Project Management – Designed, collected data, and completed two original diversity-focused research studies. Conducted integrative literature reviews. • Professional Writing and Presentation – Summarized research findings and prepared manuscripts for submission to academic journals resulting in peer-reviewed publication. Presented findings at regional and national academic conferences.



Southwest Consortium Doctoral Internship in Health Service Psychology

• Doctoral Psychology Intern

  • Jun 2017 - Jun 2018

  • Intervention in Interdisciplinary Team Settings – Provided evidence-based individual and group psychological interventions for wide variety of presenting psychological and behavioral issues in interdisciplinary clinics including primary care, residential treatment for substance abuse and chronic mental illness, diabetes, inpatient psychiatry, and outpatient mental health. Focus on Motivational Interviewing and health behavior change. Taught medical residents basic Motivational Interviewing (MI) skills.• Assessment – Conducted neuropsychological, psychodiagnostic, pre-surgical bariatric, and transplant evaluations. Delivered feedback to patients and referral sources to communicate results and ensure coordination of services.• Quality Improvement – Performed quality improvement project focusing on residential discharge continuation of care metric with Chief of Residential Services. Presented findings to monthly behavioral health administration and metrics leadership meeting.



Community Psychological Services

• Psychological Examiner & Therapist

  • Aug 2012 - Jun 2017

  • Provided individual and couples therapy at department clinic with adults from community, university, and federal court program for former gang members for a variety of presentations including PTSD, anxiety, depression, Borderline personality disorder, adjustment disorders, ADHD, and relational dysfunctions.• Implemented individualized and manualized approaches including DBT skills, CBT, Emotion-Focused, Cognitive Processing Therapy, and Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy.• Conducted brief crisis intervention with affected community members following the civil unrest related to the death of Michael Brown in nearby Ferguson, MO that helped spark the Black Lives Matter Movement.• Performed comprehensive psychological evaluations, including cognitive, academic, vocational, personality, and diagnostic clarification assessments with children, adolescents, and adults referred for a variety of presenting problems including academic struggles, vocational barriers, fitness for duty, cognitive functioning, neurodevelopmental disorders, interpersonal difficulties, mood and anxiety disorders, personality disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorders, psychosis, and trauma reactions.• Conducted comprehensive psychological evaluations for patients with Severe Mental Illness (SMI) at nearby inpatient forensic mental health facility to assist in diagnostic clarification and treatment/discharge planning.• Delivered feedback and treatment planning to clients and/or referring agencies.



Alton Mental Health Center

• Clinical Psychology Intern

  • Jul 2015 - Dec 2015

  • Provided behavioral health services at medium security forensic mental health center with individuals adjudicated “Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity” or “Unfit to Stand Trial.”• Administered psychological assessments including neuropsychological, cognitive, and risk assessments and prepared reports including privilege request reports.• Co-led weekly group therapy targeting recidivism.• Delivered individual therapy targeting anxiety and depression symptoms and behavior management.



Children's Advocacy Center - St. Louis

• Therapist

  • Aug 2014 - Jun 2015

  • Conducted Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) for traumatized children and adolescents and their caregivers as part of research project with the aim to increase effectiveness of trauma-focused, evidenced-based care to children and caregivers with a trauma history across the state of Missouri. A concurrent model of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) and Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) was delivered to family dyads.• Assessed children and adolescents for PTSD and co-morbid disorders using semi-structured interviews and self-report measures.• Conducted interviews and administered family functioning and caregiver report measures to children’s caregivers.• Trained by a nationally certified TF-CBT trainer.



St. Louis Consultation Center

• Psychometrist

  • Jan 2013 - Jan 2014



Chicago Anytime Assistants

• United States
• Consumer Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Personal Assistant

  • Jul 2011 - Jul 2012

  Provided concierge, personal assistant services on a contract basis for a variety of clients. Tasks included home organization, moving and relocation services, personal shopping, and generally helping to manage life's daily "to do.s"