Position:
Founding Member and Manager at Multi-State Collaborative for Health Systems Change, Consultant on Tobacco Cessation Policy and Systems in Healthcare at Independent Consultant
Work:
Multi-State Collaborative for Health Systems Change
- Virtual organization, based in MA, with membership throughout the US since Mar 2007
Founding Member and Manager
Independent Consultant
since Jan 2005
Consultant on Tobacco Cessation Policy and Systems in Healthcare
UMass Medical School
2002 - 2010
Director, Strategic Program Development
North American Quitline Consortium
- Phoenix, Arizona 2004 - 2009
Board of Directors, Vice Chair; Advisory Board Member
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Mar 1996 - 2002
Director, Regional Capacity Building and Cessation
UMass Donahue Institute
- Greater Boston Area 1993 - 1996
Director, Organizational Development and Training Group
Alcohol and Substance Abuse Programs, Inc.
- Boston, MA Sep 1986 - Jun 1996
Group Leader, MA Certified Substance Abuse Counselor (Part-Time)
Abt Associates
- Cambridge, Massachusetts 1973 - 1985
Social Science Research Manager and Analyst
Education:
Northeastern University - Graduate School of Business Administration 1984 - 1986
Harvard University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences 1968 - 1971
Boston University, School of Social Work
Skills:
Policy, Program Development, Strategic Planning, Proposal Writing, Program Evaluation, Policy Analysis, Grants, Grant Writing, Program Management, Qualitative Research, Healthcare, Non-profits, Community Outreach, Research, Public Speaking, Public Policy, Fundraising, Organizational Development, Project Management, Public Health
Interests:
Public health, tobacco cessation policy
Healthcare policy and systems change
Personal: francophile, gardening, opera
