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Provided technical assistance and consultation focused on staff and system development to a variety of private and public agencies nationwide. Administrative areas of expertise include staff development/configuration, advocacy and information system development, and privatization and resource development. Areas of clinical consultation include clinical case management, crisis prevention and intervention techniques. Experienced at making logistical arrangements, preparation of original written work and compilation of relevant materials for training

Experienced in all facets of operations oversight and management: employee recruitment, supervision and performance evaluation; program planning, budget formulation and monitoring; implementation and evaluation; information management and reporting; publicity, fundraising and public education; and Board development, training and participation. Senior administrative positions held in not-for-profit mental health, employment, and community organizing agencies.

Performed initial diagnostic and problem assessments, provided short-term crisis intervention services; evaluation, stabilization and monitoring of mental health emergencies. Performed grassroots and clinical outreach services for purposes of engagement and psycho-education. Employed both broker and clinical case management techniques with diverse service populations ranging from low-income ethnic and linguistic minority families to seriously mentally ill adults and adolescents. Engaged in referral and follow-up activities.

Transformation, Report of the United States Surgeon General, In Press

The Hard Questions, The NAMI Advocate, Newsletter of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, October/November 1998.

The Consumer as Provider Initiative, Journal of the National Association of Mental Health Administration, Spring, 1992, with Christian Stephens, MS, FAMHA.

From Dualism to Integration: The Consolidation of Services for Persons With Dual Diagnoses, Psychosocial Rehabilitation Journal, October, 1991, with Barbara Inderlin, CISW.

Workplace Democracy: Effecting Social Change Through Management Practice, Resources - Newsletter of the Human Resource Association of the Northeast, Fall, 1991.

Current: Independent Advocate

Owner: MadGrrls, feminist e-mail forum for women who have mood swings, fears, voices and visions, hosted at PeopleWho.net. Founder: NAMI-RI Citizen, a state wide, consumer-friendly affiliate. Teacher: NAMI Family-to-Family Provider Education Pilot. Presenter: NAMI national (1997, 1998), regional (1998) and statewide (1996, 1997, 1998) conferences, National Mental Health Statistics Annual Conference (1997). NAMI Consumer Council Representative (1998, 1999). Chair: NAMI-RI Consumer/Family Monitoring Committee. Vice-president, MDDA-RI. Co-founder: The Person First Program, 1998. Founder of several e-mail forums for NAMI consumer members, including: The KnowHow List for general support and information sharing; and maintain the consumer section of the NAMI website.

1983 - 1996: Northern RI Community Mental Health Center
P.O. Box 1700, Woonsocket, RI 02895
Title: Various

Hired in 1983 as the Center's first full-time Independent Living Advocate; performed in a variety of clinical capacities with the Center's Psychosocial Rehabilitation, Casework, and Emergency teams for six years. Developed and expanded data collection capacity in Intake/Emergency department; native curiosity led to position in 1989 as MIS Assistant. Promoted to Administrative assistant to Executive Director in 1990; assumed responsibility for directing the activities of Center's associated housing, employment, and transportation corporations in addition to assisting with overall Center management. Statewide budget constraints necessitated consolidation of administrative departments; in 1991 assumed responsibility for Center's MIS department in addition to Associated Corporations.

Baccalaureate Degree - Behavioral Science
Lesley College, Cambridge MA, 1989

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