Manager Health

Jean Brown Loveall Cell 806-***-****

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Katy, Texas 77494

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Education

Legal Southern Methodist University School of Law, Dallas, Texas

Juris Doctor Degree, May 1992

Honors: American Jurisprudence Award -Legal Research and Writing and Constitutional Law

Summer Law Program - Oxford University, Oxford, England, 1990

Graduate Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California

M.P.H. Public Health Education

Cumulative Grade Point Average: 3.9/4.0

Graduate West Texas A & M University, Canyon, Texas

In January, 2006, began working towards Master’s Degree in Political Science

As of May, 2006, Grade Point Average: 4.0/4.0 (6 credit hours)

Undergraduate Tufts University (Jackson College for Women), Medford, Massachusetts

B.A. Biology and Psychology

Professional Licenses and Accreditations

Licensed to practice law in Texas since November, 1992

Accredited by the Veterans Administration to appear for Veteran's benefits cases (2008 - 2010) – Issued by United States Department of Veterans Affairs

Certification as attorney ad litem in Texas courts (2008 – 2010) – Issued by State Bar of Texas

Teacher Educator Certification 111 Generalist 4-8 - Passed (score of 279 out of 300) – 7/31/2009 – Issued by Texas Education Agency and Enrolled in Texas Teachers Alternative Certification Program – August, 2009

Summary of Experience

2009 - 2012 Adjunct Professor and Full Time Professor – American and Texas Government

Houston Community College, Katy Campus and Spring Branch Campus, Katy, Texas, Department of Government, Economics, and Criminal Justice

2008 - 2009 Attorney

Jean Brown Loveall, Attorney at Law (part-time self-employed in Katy, Texas)

2006 - 2007 Attorney

Coats and Todd, P.C., Richardson, Texas

2004 - 2006 Instructor for Continuing Education Course (Taxation for Sole Proprietors) for Tax Preparers and Tax Preparer

H & R Block, Amarillo, Texas

1992 - 2002 Attorney

Mullin Hoard and Brown, L.L.P., Amarillo, Texas

1979 - 1989 Manager, Community Health Services (1987 – 1989), Manager, Health Education and Nutrition Services (1985 – 1987), Public Health Educator (1979 – 1985)

City of Dallas, Department of Health and Human Services, Dallas, Texas

Analysis of Experience

Teaching

As Adjunct Professor and Full Time Professor of American and Texas Government, Houston Community College, Katy Branch, Spring Branch and Central Campuses, Katy, Texas, teach two semester class on American Government and Texas Government.

Legal

As a solo practitioner, perform legal work in areas of estate planning, including estate planning for unmarried couples and gay and lesbian clients; pet trusts; probate; elder law; Veterans’ benefits; Social Security disability law; and employee benefits law. As an attorney at Coats and Todd, P.C., wrote Appeals Council briefs in Social Security disability cases, drafted hearing memos, represented Social Security disability claimants at administrative hearings across the state of Texas, and conducted 20 hearings per month. As a trial attorney at Mullin, Hoard and Brown, L.L.P., litigated cases in areas of business law, contract law, employee benefits law, and insurance law. Also, performed legal work in areas of health care law, corporate and partnership law, estate planning, probate law, and elder law. Resigned to provide full-time care for my mother who had Alzheimer’s Disease.

Organization, Administration, and Public Speaking

As Manager of Community Health Services, coordinated programs and supervised staff of 66 which included services such as Health Education and Nutrition, Geriatric Nursing, Adult Nursing, Homeless Health Care, AIDS Prevention, Physical Therapy, Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention, and Adolescent Drug Abuse Program. Responsibilities included budget preparation and monitoring (budget $5.2 million); negotiation, preparation, monitoring, and administration of contracts; development of briefing information for City Council, department heads, and City Manager; program planning; management analysis; grant writing, program evaluation and quality assurance; and staffing of City Commissions or Committees.

Achievements included the following: writing of a grant for federal funds which resulted in receiving an award of $877,000 over a two year period to expand the Homeless Health Care Program; receipt of a National Certificate of Merit from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for the “strong leadership, vision, and public-private partnership” and innovative and exemplary use of funding for the Homeless Health Care program; reorganization of Adolescent Drug Abuse Program which increased outreach and increased the numbers of minority adolescents served; receipt of 1988 “Innovativeness in Programming” award from The National League of Cities for the comprehensive Adolescent Drug Abuse Program; restructuring of Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program which increased prevention efforts to male adolescents, the 12 to 15-year-old age group, and Hispanic adolescents; and receipt of grant for $750,000 for the treatment component of the Adolescent Drug Abuse Program.

As Manager of Health Education and Nutrition Services, supervised staff of 11. Supervision included providing technical assistance and consultation to education staff as well as direct supervision and evaluation of personnel. Wrote curriculum and taught classes in stress management, childbirth, diabetes, educational techniques, group dynamics skills, and communication skills.

Professional Organizations and Volunteer Work

• Member WealthCounsel - Member since 2008

• Member ElderCounsel - Member since 2008

• Amarillo Bar Association - Member 1992 - 2005; Secretary-Treasurer 1998-99; Director 1999 - 2001

• Houston Bar Association - Member since 2008

• Texas Bar Association - Member since 1992

• American Bar Association - Member 1990 - 2004

• NOSSCR (National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives - Member 2005 - 2007

• NAELA (National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys) - Member 1997 - 2002 and 2008 - 2010

• National Health Lawyers Association - Member 1990 - 2002

• American Heart Association - Amarillo/Canyon Board of Directors, Secretary of Board 1992 - 2002; Dallas Board of Directors 1981 - 1990; Northeast Texas Management Team, Vice Chairperson, Public Education 1985 - 1990; Volunteer 1979-1990 and 1992-1999

• Leadership Amarillo/Canyon - 1997-98 Class

• Art Force (organization which supports Arts Activities at Amarillo College) - Board of Directors and Newsletter Editor 1997 - 1999

• Amarillo Symphony Guild - Member

• Greater Dallas Maternal Health and Family Planning - Advisory Board, Past Chairperson

• Panhandle Professional Writers Association - As Chairperson of 2001 Annual Writers’ Conference,

expanded scope of conference not only by featuring Michael Cunningham, Pulitzer Prize winning novelist of “The Hours,” as Keynote speaker and Nancy Taylor Rosenberg, New York Times best-selling author, as banquet speaker, but also by increasing the length and breadth of the conference to 1 days; Board of Directors 2000- 2001.

Awards

• Received Jurisprudence Awards for highest grade in Legal Research and Writing and in Constitutional Law

• Received an award presented by the United States Conference of Mayors in 1989 for the implementation of the City of Dallas substance abuse treatment program and facility for adolescents

• Received the City of Dallas Commitment to Excellence Award in 1987 and again in 1988 for “achieving the highest standards of professionalism and performance in serving the citizens of Dallas.”

• Received a City of Dallas City Manager’s Award of Excellence (1988) for exceptional performance by City of Dallas Executives for the development and management of the Homeless Health Care Program.

• Received the American Heart Association’s Award of Merit for 1986.

• Received Texas Public Health Association’s 1982 Newcomer Award which honors the person who has worked in the public health field less than five years and has done especially commendable work.

• Served as a member of the twelve-person scientific advisory board for the National Cancer Institute, Washington, D.C.

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