CATHY CHIOVITTI WILLIAMS

**** ******** **** **, ***** City, FL 33566 813-***-**** ac81np@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Summary

With 30 years of Hospital Experience and 27 years of that in service to the Federal Government, it is time for a career change, I am seeking a career in the private sector in managed care, customer experience and delivery or Recreation.

Education

Bachelor of Science: Health & Human Performance -Therapeutic Recreation 1989

University of Florida 3.78 GPA Gainesville, FL

Skills

Organizational Skills *Communication Skills

Employee Relations *Grant Writing

Fund Raising *Employee Relations

Financial Management * Event Planning

ADA Compliance *Creative Thinker

Work Experience

Chief Voluntary Service Officer May 2017 - Nov 2018

Department of Affairs, James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital & Clinics Tampa, FL

I had full delegation for implementing and managing the volunteer program for a complex medical

facility with 4 primary care outpatient clinics in 4 counties in the Tampa Bay Area with 1300 active

volunteers. The day to day operations of assignment of volunteers, on-board, background checking

and managing volunteer in without compensation status, managing Veterans Service Organization,

overseeing all general-purpose accounts and having fiscal responsibilities for over a million dollars in

monetary and in-kind donations for the facility and Fisher House Foundation for FY 18.

-Planned and executed all special events, VIP-Dignitary and congressional visit.

- Improved the validation process of donations and increased validation by 115% in 6 months.

-Ensured 100% compliance with federal policy

-Hosted national education conference in April of 2018

-Developed partnerships with state, local community organizations and wrote 35 memorandums of agreement with external stakeholders.

-Created the first intergenerational volunteer project connecting local high school students with

Veterans, and documented their stories for providers within the medical record.

Supervisor, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Service- Recreation Therapy, James A. Haley VA Jan 2007 - Nov 2017

Managed the day to day operations of supervising 25 other therapist using vital decision-making and

clinical reasoning skills to manage, plan, coordinate, implement, and evaluate the largest Recreation

Therapy program in the Department of Veterans Affairs. I created new programs, improved existing

programs to all areas of the facility including long term care, psychiatric, domiciliary, spinal cord injury,

general rehabilitation, poly-trauma and adapted sports. Mentor and training staff in 14 different CARF

programs. Additional duties included, time keeping, payroll monitoring for staff on 13 different tours of duty, Budgetary management, policy and procedure development and implementation for a

large 1-a tertiary facility.

Increased donation by 75% through education and presenting to external stakeholders to

budget shortfalls and the currents needs of the Veterans and active duty special operations

command service member returning from war.

June- 2010-Testified in Congressional Field Hearing to Members of the Congressional Veterans House Committee on the value of Recreation Therapy for Veterans being treated in VA Hospital throughout the country, requested line item budget for 5 polytrauma facilities.

Worked with the Local USO to facilitate a room within James A. Haley Veterans Hospital dedicated to

the families for socialization and visitation. First VA hospital in the country to partner and have a USO

inside the facility. -Partnered with Yum-Foods and family foundation to grants the $50,000 needed to

convert the outdoor space during the polytrauma major project to the USO Room.

Introduced the concept to leadership to allow for a therapeutic climbing wall to the new polytrauma rehabilitation center, located the funding and worked with contracting to complete the $ 130,000 project.

Therapist and Adapted Sports-James A. Haley Veterans Hospital & Clinics- Tampa, FL Jul 1991 - Jan 2007

I was a member of an inter-disciplinary rehabilitation team serving active duty and Veterans in Physical

Medicine and Rehabilitation. I worked closely with other team members to facility appropriate

activities to meet the common goals of the clients. I predominately worked in Spinal Cord Injury for the

15 years.

Wrote the original $200,000 grant to purchase adapted sports equipment for Kayaks, Golf, Scuba, Fishing

Implemented the first US Paralympic Military Sports program within VA.

Activity Therapist- University of South Florida Psychiatric Center- Tampa, FL Aug 1989 - Jul 1991

Primary Activity Therapist on the Senior Adult Unit, Planned, implement and evaluated programs for

seniors with dementia, depression and other Psychiatric disorders. Provided recreation therapy

programs and treatment and leisure education, arts and crafts and all community re-integration activities.

Secondary responsibilities was to provide weekend coverage to the children/adolescent with oppositional

defiance, explosive disorder.

Certifications

CTRS- CERTIFIED THERAPEUTIC RECREATION SPECIALIST cert. number 10441 renews 12/30/2020

BLS- BASIC LIFE SUPPORT expires 01/17/ 2019

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