Experience

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  WestEd

  • United States
  • Research Services
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Director, Justice Technical Assistance

    • Oct 2021 - Present

  • Director, Justice Technical Assistance

    • Oct 2021 - Present

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  Cure Violence Global

  • United States
  • Public Safety
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Executive Director of Program Innovation, Executive Director of National Programs

    • Aug 2015 - Apr 2021

    • Partnered with cities globally, including London, New York, Philadelphia, and Charlotte, to develop and implement evidence based and effective violence prevention programming. Responsibilities included determining feasibility of program implementation, analyzing data, identifying target areas, developing community partnerships, implementation, providing ongoing technical assistance and assisting with program evaluation• Developed training materials and trained violence prevention professionals globally on the implementation, adaptation, and management of the Cure Violence Model. Audiences included violence prevention program managers, outreach worker supervisors, outreach workers, violence interrupters, hospital responders, and city leaders. Training materials included Program Management training, How to Work a Violent Incident, Hospital-based/linked Violence Intervention, Differential Diagnosis, Systematic Review, and Supporting Frontline Staff• Organizational lead for coordination of Department of Justice (DOJ) contracts and associated technical assistance projects (Supporting Male Survivors of Violence, Advancing Hospital-based Victims Services, etc.)• Designed violence prevention models targeted to multiple forms of violence (domestic violence, interpersonal violence, etc.) and adapted to fit local conditions (urban, rural, tribal, etc.)• Co-chair of the 2018 Healing Justice Alliance conference, the annual conference of the National Network of Hospital-based Violence Intervention Programs (NNHVIP), Cure Violence replication sites, and other health-based approaches to ending urban violence and supporting survivors

  • Director, National Health & Hospital Programs

    • Aug 2014 - Aug 2015

    • Defined and refined the Cure Violence Health Model to prevent lethal violence and retaliation through disease control methods • Developed a coalition of cities and health departments who are engaged in health-related violence reduction work, including mental health, trauma, use of health workers, hospital and practitioner-based work, innovative clinic-based care, and other ways of delivering behavior and norm change• Led efforts in health and health policy partnerships, including federal policy work and identification of funding and support for health approaches to violence prevention• Collaborated with American Public Health Association (APHA), The American Academy of Pediatrics, other health, and medical organizations, TEDMed, Mayo innovation, as well as city and state health foundations on changing how violence is viewed and treated• Focal point for all health and health policy related work, including membership and board support to national networks

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  Baltimore City Health Department - Safe Streets

  • Baltimore, Maryland Area

  • Director

    • Jun 2007 - Aug 2014
    • Baltimore, Maryland Area

    Primary Responsibilities:• Administrator of Baltimore’s Cure Violence replication (Safe Streets Baltimore), including the implementation of all sites, development of program goals, the assigning of program funds, and the training of all staff• Established relationships with community-based o...

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  Baltimore City Health Department

  • Baltimore, Maryland Area

  • Community Liaison

    • Jun 2007 - Jan 2012
    • Baltimore, Maryland Area

    Primary Responsibilities:• Implemented new sites, including training of staff, development of documentation, and coalition building• Assisted in the administering of the public health initiative, including the development of program goals, the assigning of program funds, and the supervising of p...