An executive position utilizing my management and specialized skills to influence issues of public concern in either the non-profit or private sectors.

SUMMARY

Team oriented executive with ten years experience in strategic planning, management and implementation of national public health initiatives in the area of environmental health policy. Strong analytical, communication, and organizational leadership skills. Recognized as a catalyst for positive change.

SPECIALIZED SKILLS

Marketing/Partnership Development

Initiated and promoted the Pesticides and National Strategies for Health Care Providers program through a comprehensive marketing strategy, including, position papers, leadership forums, media outreach, government agencies and stakeholder meetings.

• Re-designed and implemented a new worker health and safety web site; increased traffic by 50%.
• Provided leadership in establishing links with a wider community of experts in the environmental and health fields to ensure participatory involvement with the use of community development and mobilization techniques.
• Increased continued involvement and commitment of industry, states/regions, environmental and community groups, academia, health associations, farmers and farm worker organizations for the health initiative.
• Developed EPA’s strategic plan to implement and evaluate the Worker Protection Standard (WPS), meeting the health and safety needs of 3.5 million farm workers. Designed and coordinated ten widely attended Public Meetings around the country.
• Public Policy Development

Directed a national initiative, Pesticides and National Strategies for Health Care Providers in collaboration with other federal agencies and non-profits to equip the medical, nursing and public health systems with the knowledge and tools to respond effectively to environmental health hazards.

Developed, drafted and published a national strategic plan to establish a cadre of trained medical and nursing faculty in pesticides and environmental health comprising of training and curriculum development, a web-based information gateway, facilitation and management of expert panels.

Managed and coordinated the publication of the 5th edition of The Recognition and Management of Pesticides Poisonings manual that provides state-of-the-art information on the toxicity, diagnoses and clinical management.

• Initiated and completed 300 workers' pilot project to evaluate effects of acute lead exposure in the bridge construction industry.
• Conducted industrial hygiene surveys; evaluated data, prepared issue paper, briefed management, and provided recommendations on potential cost-effective exposure mitigation options. Management initiated a larger project based on the results.
• Drafted several policy papers, under tight congressional deadline, to ensure success of EPA’s WPS.
• Grant/Contract Management

Provided leadership and managed $700,000 cooperative agreement with an environmental foundation, NEETF, for the Pesticides and National Strategies for Health Care Providers initiative.

• Managed and allocated resources for the initiative from federal, foundation and corporate sources.
• Managed various other grants up to $500,000 grants to academia, foundations, and community organizations.
• Risk Assessment/Cost-Benefit Analyses

Assessed residential and worker risk highly toxic pesticides, evaluated and recommended cost-effective exposure mitigation/pollution prevention techniques that resulted in 80% reduction in overall exposure.

• Developed strategy, questionnaires and marketing strategy to recruit new participants for a 2,000 member prospective epidemiological study to assess the effects of non-ionizing radiation on women office workers.
• Business Process Re-engineering

Directed Customer Service initiative for an 800 member organization; designed and implemented 4 baseline assessments.