Experience

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  Maryland Department of Aging

  • Director, Special Initiatives

    • Apr 2023 - Present

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  Administration for Community Living

  • Healthy Aging and Nutrition Consultant

    • Oct 2022 - Mar 2023

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  Maryland Department of Aging

  • United States
  • Government Administration
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Director, Long Term Services

    • Jan 2019 - Oct 2022

    Lead Long Term Services team focused on oversight of community-based services to assist older adults and persons with disabilities with enhanced care needs. Duties include the oversight and quality assurance of Maryland’s No Wrong Door system of information, referral, and assistance services and related grants, Veteran-Directed Care, and Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities, including nearly $10 million in federal and state funding for contracts, local grants, and Medicaid administrative claiming.

  • Food and Wellness Programs Coordinator

    • Dec 2016 - Jan 2019

    Manage food and wellness programs operated throughout the state of Maryland, including the My Groceries to Go! Commodity Supplemental Food Program, health promotion programming, Senior Center Operating Fund, and the Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program.

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  Association of Jewish Family & Children's Agencies

  • Baltimore, Maryland

  • Director of Older Adult and Disabilities Services

    • Feb 2014 - Dec 2016
    • Baltimore, Maryland

    Worked closely with member agencies to support local efforts to serve seniors and people living with disabilities and to create a national momentum for innovative and responsive services in these areas. Researched service trends for older adults and people with disabilities and improved pathways of communication between member agencies to share service models and best practices. Managed national projects and grant opportunities.

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  University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

  • Erlangen, Germany

  • Research Assistant

    • Dec 2011 - Jul 2013
    • Erlangen, Germany

    Conducted literature reviews, data entry, SPSS statistical analysis, qualitative analysis, interview transcriptions, gait testing, proof-reading, and academic writing for two research projects at the Institute of Sport Science and Sport: PreFallID--testing gait patterns among adults with intellectual disability as part of the rehabilitation faculty; and MOVE--a capacity building project conducted by the public health faculty in partnership with the International Sport and Culture Association.

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  Maryland Department of Aging

  • Baltimore, Maryland

  • Health Promotion Intern

    • Aug 2012 - Sep 2012
    • Baltimore, Maryland

    Conducted research to advise program implementation at the local level, and reviewed and assessed area plan reports, managed the living well program tracking system, and reviewed evidence base for existing programs at the state level.

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  Eisenhower Center

  • Geriatric Program Development Coordinator

    • Apr 2011 - Sep 2011

    Worked with origanizational staff and clients to understand the unique wants and needs of the older clients in a residential neurological rehabilitation facility specializing in traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries. Engaged in cooperative planning with older clients to create a recreational program on campus and in the community.Created formal report on existing literature, action plan, and outcomes of program. Taught staff in a continuing education course on aging with a traumatic brain injury. Worked in direct care to assist clients with ADLs and IADLs.

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  Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly, Chicago Chapter

  • Program Assistant

    • Jun 2009 - Jun 2010

    Visited a diverse group of isolated adults age 70 and over in Chicago.Organized and carried out in-house events and outings for elders.Transported Elders to and from events in company vehicles, including wheelchair accessible vans. Made special visits and deliveries to "staff only" clients. Developed own schedule to complete tasks efficiently. Researched and presented 3 projects connecting work experience and related coursework as part of the DePaul University Cooperative Education Program.