Experience

Royal Life Saving Society – Australia

• Australia
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• National Manager - Drowning Prevention Strategy

  • Jul 2023 - Present

  Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Responsible for driving advocacy, partnerships, and impact evaluation in the context of the Australian Water Safety Strategy 2030 and its key priority areas, as well as strategic initiatives that focus on drownings prevention research and policy including the co-design of strategies, plans, and networks.



California Water Safety Coalition

• United States
• Public Health

• Vice Chair

  • Feb 2021 - Present

  Co-founding board member and current Vice Chair, California Water Safety Summit Convener (2022, 2023), principal author of the California Water Safety Strategy (https://www.cawatersafety.org/strategy).



UNSW

• Australia
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Researcher

  • Jul 2020 - Present

  Part time researcher in the Faculty of Science working on drowning prevention and beach safety projects.



WK Consulting

• Public Health

• Owner

  • Jul 2017 - Present

  California / New South Wales Contract consultant specializing in public health and social impact programming, policy, strategy, data collection and analysis. Specific expertise in drowning prevention, open water lifesaving, and emergency services. Current/previous clients include local and state government agencies, hospitals, non-profit foundations and start-up private enterprises.



Hoag Health System

• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Project Wipeout Program Coordinator

  • Jan 2017 - Dec 2019

  Newport Beach, California Coordinated and led all components of a beach safety and spinal cord injury prevention in Orange County, California. Major responsibilities included coordinating an annual Lifeguard Education Conference, liaising and organizing hospital activities with local lifeguard agencies, and developing, delivering and evaluating public education interventions related to beach safety and drowning prevention. Notable projects include coordinating the first Southern California Water Safety Summit in March… Show more Coordinated and led all components of a beach safety and spinal cord injury prevention in Orange County, California. Major responsibilities included coordinating an annual Lifeguard Education Conference, liaising and organizing hospital activities with local lifeguard agencies, and developing, delivering and evaluating public education interventions related to beach safety and drowning prevention. Notable projects include coordinating the first Southern California Water Safety Summit in March 2019 and developing a language processing query of EPIC Emergency Department records to identify beach related illness and injuries from hospital data. Show less



California State Parks

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• EMT Ocean Lifeguard II, Ocean Lifeguard Training Instructor, Lifeguard Social Media Liaison

  • May 2007 - Dec 2019

  Huntington Beach Claifornia Multiple roles (listed below) in one of the largest lifeguard service providers in the United States. Several years of rescue service experience with expertise in tower, vehicle, and rescue boat lifeguard operations, emergency communications, emergency medical service delivery, and beach management. Experience instructing and serving in lead administrative capacities for Ocean Lifeguard and Emergency Medical Services courses. Involved in several major department wide systems updates including… Show more Multiple roles (listed below) in one of the largest lifeguard service providers in the United States. Several years of rescue service experience with expertise in tower, vehicle, and rescue boat lifeguard operations, emergency communications, emergency medical service delivery, and beach management. Experience instructing and serving in lead administrative capacities for Ocean Lifeguard and Emergency Medical Services courses. Involved in several major department wide systems updates including state-wide protocol and policy revision, implementation of multi-site scheduling software systems, proposal and launch of lifeguard specific social media accounts with accompanying standard operating procedures, and evaluation of training and new lifeguard performance. Oct 2017 – Dec. 2019: Emergency Medical Services Instructor (Part-time, various locations) May 2011 – Dec. 2019: Ocean Lifeguard Training Instructor (Part-time, various locations) June 2015 – Jan 2019: Lifeguard Social Media Liaison (Part-time, remote) May 2010 – Aug 2017: Ocean Lifeguard II (Huntington State Beach) Aug 2013 - March 2014: Desert Lifeguard (Seasonal, Ocotillo Wells SVRA) May 2007 - May 2010: Ocean Lifeguard I (Seasonal, Huntington State Beach) Show less



University of Washington

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • Jan 2016 - Jun 2017

  Greater Seattle Area Responsible for managing administrative and teaching tasks in the facilitation of undergraduate/graduate level courses. Responsibilities include grading assignments, managing online course website, leading undergraduate discussion sections, and communicating with students in reference to course logistics and subject matter. Courses: Global Violence and Health (GH 458/558) - Winter 2016, Winter 2017 Intro to Global Health: Disparities, Determinants, Policies & Outcomes (GH101)* -… Show more Responsible for managing administrative and teaching tasks in the facilitation of undergraduate/graduate level courses. Responsibilities include grading assignments, managing online course website, leading undergraduate discussion sections, and communicating with students in reference to course logistics and subject matter. Courses: Global Violence and Health (GH 458/558) - Winter 2016, Winter 2017 Intro to Global Health: Disparities, Determinants, Policies & Outcomes (GH101)* - Spring 2016, Autumn 2016, Spring 2017 *Online Course Show less



Seattle Children's

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

• Research Assistant

  • May 2016 - Apr 2017

  Greater Seattle Area Worked with the Community Benefit department to conducted a mixed-methods program evaluation of the Head Start Water Safety Education and Life Jacket Giveaway program. Evaluation included quantitative analysis of pre- and post-program surveys, and in depth follow-up phone interviews with participants.



Point Loma Nazarene University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Mexico Program Coordinator

  • May 2012 - May 2013

  San Diego, California/ Tijuana, Mexico Plan, coordinate, and supervise three seperate student volunteer groups conduct one to five day projects in Northern Baja California, Mexico. These projects vary in nature and include light labor/construction, HIV/AIDS advocacy, orphanage visits, tutoring/mentoring programs, and bi-national border dialogue and immigrant/deportee support.