Health Social Media

LOIS BRAYBOY (Missy) MPA-HCA

*** ******* *** **********, ***** Carolina 27545

919-***-**** addc2s@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Summary/Objective

My professional objective is community engagement by implementing customer service projects that include collaborating with community leaders and citizens to implement health programs via community contracts that will enhance healthy lifestyle behaviors as well as increase health knowledge. My 10+ years of service includes years working as a community health program manager, implementing government community contracts and conduct reporting outcomes to federal and state governments.

Qualifications Summary - Update

•Develop innovative comprehensive approaches and strategies to engage citizens to participate in community health projects.

•Administer federal/state community health programs/contracts statewide by collaborating with local leaders and organizations.

•Possess strong leadership skills in building community engagement activities as well as training community volunteers to reach goals and objectives.

•Train volunteers to meet program deliverables, institute policies, strategic planning, prepare budgets and perform compliance monitoring utilizing best practices.

•Provide team leadership training, supervise/empower 12 field staff while working with community partners at local levels.

•Facilitated data tracking for progress reports to funding organizations.

•Grant Writing expertise: wrote content for 5 Grants up to $1.5 million per year.

•Proficient use in Microsoft Office Suite.

Other Professional Development 2012 – 2013

•NCEM Reservist with Hurricane Matthew

•UNC Pembroke: Completed study towards Masters in Public Administration, with a Health Care Concentration

•Robeson Community College: Coursework in Health Care Administration

•Work Force Investment Administration: Professional Program Training

Program Director

NC State Government Department of Administration, Raleigh NC 2001 - 2012

•Coordinated promotion and awareness of American Indian public health issues through statewide campaigns, social media, PSAs, and community forums.

•Supervised office and field staff

•Compiled budget and activity progress reports for funding agencies.

•Provided cultural competency training to other local and state agencies.

•Wrote Public Health policy guidelines for DHHS block grant funding, and wrote monitoring rules/guidelines for community health departments’ block grant funding.

•Managed statewide health initiatives to include American Indian Health, DHHS Older Adult Programs, Low Energy Assistance Program, Health & Wellness Trust Fund Programs, American Indian Teen Tobacco Prevention Program, HIV AIDS, Cardiovascular Health, Healthy Eating and Physical Activity, Diabetes Education and Management, and American Indian Cancer Educational Program.

•Organized and coordinated community partnerships; reviewed best practices, and program action plans to achieve goals/objectives.

Organizations and Committee Involvement

Grant Writing – Successfully awarded grants for:

•SAMSHA – HRSA Rural Health Outreach Project

•HIV Aids education program for CDC

•NC Health & Wellness Trust Fund Teen Tobacco Prevention Grant Proposal

•Diabetes Today Management program for US Dept. of Health & Human Services

•Grant Reviewer for DHHS Washington, DC

Committee Involvement 2001- 2012

•National Institute of Health Study: “Research Ethics/Integrity of Community Engagement and Research”, advisor on community health best practices

•Member of the UNC NC Institute of Medicine, State Medicaid Subcommittee on developing State Medicaid Plan

•Advisor for developing NC CDC 2020 Health Objectives

•Contributing member of the UNC Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Center Advisory Committee

•NC State Asthma Advisory Committee

•NC Mental Health Task Force

•NC State Public Health Task Force

•Director of American Indian Health Task Force

•Member of NC Healthy Carolinians Task Force

•UNC Chapel Hill Community Campus partnership for Community Engagement

•Committee member of the Institute of Minority Economic Development.

Education

•University of North Carolina at Pembroke, MPA/Healthcare Concentration

•University of California at Berkeley, BS

Conservation and Natural Resource Studies, Primary Concentration EPA Policy and Planning

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