Healthy Aging Specialist, University of Nevada Cooperative Extension

Provide guidance and oversight to the Healthy Aging (HA) statewide strategies and initiatives, ensure all statewide HA grant deliverables are met, provide guidance to county partners and collaborators, organize a statewide healthy adult coalition and stakeholder group, provide curriculum training, review and revise all healthy adult curriculum and program development, oversee all adult gardens and garden education, take the lead on all healthy adult evaluation and survey implementation and outcome data using evaluation tools provided in evidenced-based curricula and PSE environmental scan instruments, oversee healthy adult data entry and analysis, report writing and compilation, and continue to foster a strong collaborative relationship with other healthy aging faculty and stakeholders within NSHE and the community. In addition, serve as the healthy aging specialist statewide and will ensure that program duplicity and gaps in service delivery will be monitored and addressed.

2019-present

Provider Education Manager, Sanford Center for Aging

Assistant Director, Nevada Geriatric Education Center

Develop, implement, and evaluate health profession provider and care partner educational offerings for continuing education. This includes content development, identifying expert/qualified speakers, providing guidance for effective content delivery and presentation to diverse learners. These trainings are provided in-person and through the use of interactive video. Oversee all planning, coordination, and staffing of the Geriatric Lecture Series, offered statewide for community health professionals and care partners to address current topics in geriatric education. Oversee all planning, coordination, and staffing of the Aging and Disability Services Division (ADSD) staff training, offered statewide for state social workers, ombudsmen, and nurses to address topics related to live and through interactive video. Oversee all planning, coordination, and staffing of the ADSD caregiver conference, offered statewide in both Las Vegas and Reno for administrators and employees who work in long-term care settings to address the current needs of the long-term care industry. Assist in the planning, coordination, and staffing of the ADSD rural caregiver training targeted at care provided in rural Nevada. Additional title provided in 2016 when Nevada Geriatric Education Center moved from Office of Statewide Initiative to the Sanford Center for Aging. Duties remain the same.

2016-present

2012-present

Curriculum Director, Geriatric Training Program

Oversee all planning and coordination of 160-hour Geriatric Training Program for Physicians, Dentists, and Behavioral and Mental Health Professions (GTP) programs for faculty scholars focused on teaching, research, administration, and interdisciplinary clinical education; and also included a 160-hour longitudinal didactic geriatric care component. Initiate continuing education board applications, identifying expert/qualified speakers, providing guidance for effective content delivery and presentation to diverse learners, and marketing training to health professionals. In addition, develop evaluation tools, data collection methods, and monitor scholar progress. Serve as the education specialist in effective teaching methods, learning styles, cultural considerations in teaching, and presentation skills; as well as grant and proposal writing.

2010-2012

Educational Consultant

Provide consultant services in the areas of Board development, curriculum development, educational programming, evaluation design, grant writing, technical reporting; as well as served as a content expert for public speaking engagements in the above areas. Clients consisted of, but were not limited to; Be The Example Character-Building Program, City of North Las Vegas Fire Department, Explore Knowledge Charter School, Nevada System of Higher Education’s (NSHE) College Access Challenge program (GoToCollegeNevada.org), The Public Education Foundation, and UNLV/CSUN Preschool

2009-2012

Development Director

Develop and supervise continued community-wide revenue producing campaigns using on-air promotion, direct mail, web marketing, telemarketing, proposal writing, sponsorship, and personal solicitation using Allegiance Software for Vegas PBS Membership Department. Develop and execute an ongoing strategic plan for annual major donations, capital donations and gifts, and planned gifts (appreciated stock, wills, etc.) from individuals for Vegas PBS Planned Giving Department. Develop and implement plans to solicit and use volunteers for community and station activities through Vegas PBS Volunteer Program. Develop and supervise strategic plans for foundations, corporate, and federal financial support in cross-platform presentations using television, cable, Internet, and print ad spots for the Vegas PBS Underwriting and Grant Writing Departments. Prepare, manage, and monitor a $3 million budget for the Vegas PBS Development Department.

2008-2009

Grants Administrator

Facilitate the development of grant proposals and budget development, maintain fiscal oversight of over $39 million in grant revenue, specializing in after-school and community, innovation, health education, and special education programs. Provide legislative and policy oversight for grant program personnel. Analyze funding opportunities, including state and federal legislative regulations, to determine the school district’s eligibility and whether or not the funding opportunity aligns with school district goals. Identify and contact the appropriate personnel and stakeholders to involve in the grant proposal development process. Coordinate and lead grant program/proposal development. Write and submit federal, state, and private foundation grant proposals. Monitor all grant activity and implementation for federal and grantee compliance with program guidelines. Prepare school district school Board Trustee agenda items in relation to grant submission and policy. 

2002-2008

Associate Director for Student Education Program*

Student Education Program Manager

Develop goals, objectives, curriculum, policies, and procedures to meet the needs of the diverse middle school through college at-risk youth population in southern Nevada. Prepare, manage, and monitor operational and grant/contract program budgets. Plan, promote, and market activities and events funded by city, state, and federal grant proposals. Develop, implement, and evaluate city, state, and federally funded programs; develop memorandums of understanding, contracts, and sub-contracts with independent contractors, community agencies, and community college and university entities. Hired, trained, supervise, and evaluate professional and support staff directly and through subordinate supervisors. Contribute to the overall quality and mission of the agency through collaboration and teamwork by contribution to office-wide projects, community-wide events, and conferences. Solicit volunteers, in-kind donations and sponsorship donors. Establish multidisciplinary statewide strategic planning committees to assess the needs of Nevada’s youth and execute appropriate community programs and cultural awareness activities to meet those needs. Monitor legislative development and senate appropriations as they relate to youth populations. Oversee and monitor the writing of grant proposals to city, county, state, and federal agencies and corporate and private foundations to expand current lines of service. Prepare, review, and present narrative, demographic, and statistical reports and presentations internally as well as externally to national and/or federal audiences. *Title change due to restructuring of the agency. Duties remain the same.

1999-2002

1997-1999

Interim Student Health Educator

1996-1997

Community Health Education Intern

1992-1996

Principal Account Clerk

1988-1991

Accounts Payable Clerk

1985-1988

TMC and Students Payroll Clerk

1985

Student Worker

1984-1985