Anne Mayer Dalton, M.P.H.

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Tucson, Arizona 85741

520-***-****

E-mail: abppew@r.postjobfree.com

Profile: Journalist with significant job experience in public health administration

Experience:

30+ years working in public and private behavioral and environmental health services in rural

and metropolitan areas of North Carolina. This included: community organizing, developing and

supervising programs in rural Gaston County, N.C., as well as metropolitan Mecklenburg County

Mental Health Department, the largest county in North Carolina.

1972-1983: Worked 10 years as a social-worker then administrator at Gaston County Mental

Health/Developmental Disabilities/Substance Abuse Area Program.

1983-1996: Was promoted within two years of move to Mecklenburg to reorganize county-wide

services for 1200 adults with severe mental illness. Using a $2.5 million Robert Woods Johnson

Foundation grant, reorganized and broadened the system of care through collaboration with

several agencies, a private hospital and housing corporation. This resulted in a 40 percent

decrease in hospitalizations and improved medical care for patients. Several other grants were

won and used to further improve the services over the next eight years. Local funding was

obtained to continue these services when grant funds ended.

1996-2004: Developed and directed the Community-Based Initiatives Division for eight years

which established partnerships with other agencies to broaden and improve services for common

consumers. One such project used a $4.5 million grant to move homeless mentally ill into

permanent housing with a 61 percent success rate. Created collaborative planning process

establishing the county's Homeless Services Network which accessed millions of dollars in funding

for the county. Other projects involved: domestic violence, care for the elderly, substance abuse,

childhood obesity, and health insurance for the working poor while serving as adjunct faculty at

University of North Carolina-Charlotte in the Department of Health & Human Services.

Over 21-year period in Mecklenburg County, acquired approximately $20 million in grant funds

with writing, research and leadership skills. Retired from Mecklenburg County in June, 2004.

Travelled from 2004-2006.

Journalism Experience:

1996-2004:

Published several articles in professional magazines in my previous career, some of which

are listed below.

Wrote copy and performed voice-overs for the Health Department TV show, Healthy

Connections, a regional health education program airing on public TV stations

Produced briefing book on services for two departments for County Commissioners

2006- 2008:

Completed Journalism courses at Pima Community College (PCC): News Writing,

Advanced News Publishing, Photojournalism, Feature Writing, On-line Publication and

two Independent Study courses.

Completed Digital Field Shooting and Editing at Access Tucson in Tucson, Az.

Anne Dalton resume (continued)

Was hired as Editor-in-Chief of the Aztec Press, PCC s student newspaper, during Spring

semester, 2007, which included supervising news staff, writing articles, copy editing,

assisting with layout and photography

Current Activities:

Communications Director Soroptimists International of Desert Tucson 2009-2010 -

received the "Rising to the Challenge Award" June, 2010 Regional Spring Conference

Staff Writer (by contract) Connecting Communities Foundation in Tucson

Member of Society for Professional Journalists

Photographs published in Desert Leaf, Arizona Daily Star

Publications:

Anne Mayer, Dianne Barry, Working with the Media to Destigmatize Mental Illness,

Hospital and Community Psychiatry January, 1992:77-78

Anne Dalton, M.P.H. The Homeless Healthcare Alliance, Mecklenburg Medical Society

Newsletter, July/August, 2003.

Anne Dalton, M.P.H., HIV/Substance Abuse/Mental Illness Integration Project

September 5, 2001 Charlotte Observer Insert

Education:

2006 to present: Journalism and Photojournalism courses at PCC, Access Tucson, Coupeville Arts

Center in Washington and Julia Dean Center for Photography in California.

1992 - University of North Carolina-Charlotte Gerontology Certificate

1989 - University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill Master s Degree in Public Health

Administration

1970 - Sacred Heart College Belmont, N.C. Bachelor s Degree in Sociology

Awards:

National Association of County Officers: Public Information Award

North Carolina Alliance for the Mentally Ill: Professional of the Year Award

North Carolina Consumers Organization: Going the Extra Mile Award

Mecklenburg County Mental Health Association: Professional of the Year Award

National Association of County Officers: Program Award for Crisis Intervention Unit

Focus on Excellence: Mecklenburg County Board of County Commissioners, System of

Services for Adults with Chronic Mental Illness

References provided upon request

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