Medical Reserve Corps Coordinator/Director

· Coordinator/Director of 7 MRC units in the state of MA

· Received the Mentor Award from the Surgeon General’s office and the National Medical Reserve Corps Program Office

· Coordinated the Shelter management and staffing for the June 2011 Tornado response

· Built the MA Region 4A Medical Reserve Corps organization from the ground up to almost 5,000 volunteers

· 2010 Received the top driller award from Safe America and USA Today

· Coordinated shelter staffing during the 2010 spring floods in Massachusetts in partnership with the American Red Cross

· Coordinated staffing for the water distribution centers during the MWRA water contamination

· Helped coordinated H1N1 clinics across Region dispensing over 100,000 vaccines to the at-risk populations

· Coordinated the 2008 Ice storm Medical Reserve Corps deployment to staff Special needs shelters

· Serving on the Surgeon General’s Focus group

· Serving on the Surgeon General’s Medical Reserve Corps committee

· Chair of the State Wide MRC committee and the State Training committee

· Partnering with the Boston Marathon to staff the Medical Sweep teams at the finish line

· Presentations at the State Best practices conference and the National leadership conferences

· MRC unit chosen to be one of 8 pilot Core Competencies sites in the country

· Serving on the National MRC Advisory Group and the Focus groups for NACCHO

· Presented at 10 National Leadership conferences sponsored by the Surgeon Generals HHS

· Developed Leadership training that was taught at the Integrated Training summit in Texas in 2011

Visiting Nurses

· 14 years working in long term care and hospice care

· Received the Excellence in Caring Award

· Member of the Quality Improvement Committee

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