AMELIA JOHNSON, MPH
CAREER SUMMARY
• Research Administrator • Faculty Service Focused • Project Management ● Proposal development Pre-award responsibilities in both a centralized and organized research units, working with all schools and a range of federal, state and industry sponsors. ● Passionate about supporting faculty Eight years of experience with faculty supporting their research and educational goals, while ensuring compliance with campus guidelines and policies. ● Strong organzational and interpersonal skills Applying project management skills to track stakeholders, deadlines, internal documentation, proposal components and sponsor requirements.
Amelia continues to be a valuable contributor to the success of HSRI. She has proven that she is able to turn her attention to quite different projects and demands as they arise. She is a conscientious professional and a thoughtful responsible colleague.” ---HSRI Executive Director, Trevor Hirst, April 2019
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
▪ Budget development
▪ Microsoft Office
▪ Cayuse
▪ Adobe
▪ Meeting Facilitation
▪ Email Marketing
▪ Social Media
▪ Event Coordination
▪ Google Analytics
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
University of California, San Francisco January 2022 –Present High volume and deadline driven research administrator at the NIH’ s most highly funded public institution in the United States.
Grants Specialist, Office of Sponsored Research
Portfolio assignment serves faculty of the School of Medicine’s Cardiology department and Cardiovascular Research Institute.
● Responsibilities include all aspects of federal and non-profit grants administration including proposals, budget development, reporting and closeouts. ● Professional service includes serving as the co-chair of the OSR/OCTA Staff Council University of California, Merced, Merced, CA December 2015 – December 2021 Agile individual contributor to the research mission of the UC’ s newest campus Research Administrator III, Sponsored Projects Office (Oct 2020-Dec 2021) Primarily assigned to Engineering and Social Science faculty pre-award support, independently working with PIs to ensure proposals meet deadlines, sponsor and institutional requirements. ● Successfully submitted proposals have included gradudate student fellowships, private industry contracts, subawards, UCOP projects, NSF CAREER and collaborative proposals. ● Professional trainings included 6 CITI research courses Projects Manager, Health Sciences Research Institute (HSRI) (Dec 2015-Oct 2020) Support all aspects of the research unit mission, pivoting from pre-award faculty support, to social media and website communications to event planning including yearly Research Week activities, staff retreats, member workshops and public events including the UC V alley Fever Summit.
● Pre-award responsibilities included focus on graduate student fellowship applications, as well as multi PI awards and subawards involving various types of funders. Project coordinator on large NIH U54 Health Disparities Center and U-RISE proposals.
● Engaging campus faculty to deliver public events, outreach efforts and proposal related services.
Served as operations manager for Blum Center. Ran faculty seed grant calls for Blum and HSRI members.
Livingston Community Health, Livingston, CA April 2014 – Sept 2015 Federally Qualified Health Center with a mission to provide “Care for All” Director of Programs and Development
Oversaw community engagement in addition to prenatal and teen health education efforts, including a federal services grant delivered with local partners. Utilized survey data to establish transportation services program.
Graduated from the National Association of Community Health Center’s Advocacy Program. ● Partnered with clinic stakeholders ranging from elected officials and local government, education, public health and community leaders to accomplish various initiatives and programming ● Organized over 300 screenings provided at three major health fairs by coordinating with medical staff, community partners, and local donors. Managed community outreach and promotion to patients.
Alameda County Social Services Agency, Oakland, CA June 2007 – Sept 2012 Member of a major public sector agency dedicated to promoting the health and wellbeing of the community Eligibility Worker
Administered public assistance benefits for up to 500 assigned CalWorks, SNAP (food stamp) and MediCal cases. Honed customer service, cultural competence and public sector administrative skills. ● Selected to participate into two statewide eligibility worker conferences further growing customer service and other professional skills.
● Interpreted complex regulations and utilized language services to deliver case management, often responding to client emergencies and changing rules or processes.
EDUCA TION
Masters in Public Health, Community Health Sciences
University of California, Los Angeles
Co-President of Public Health Student Association. Completed field studies in an environmental health program at St.
John’ s Well Child and Family Center . Student Employee in UCLA Marketing and Special Events.
Bachelors of Arts, Women’s Studies and Art History
University of California, Davis
Participated in the UC DC program and interned in the education department of the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Received an Outstanding Senior Award. Employee of ASUCD Coffee House for four years.
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Daniel J. Spielman Jr.
Objective
Fill the available vacancy on Tax Transparency Commission (Measure C & Measure Y) for District 3 Education
ASSOCIATES DEGREE | MAY 1970 | MERCED COLLEGE
Major: General Business
Minor: Physical Education
Related coursework: General business classes and accounting emphasis Certification
PLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS LOCAL 442 | OCTOBER 1977 | TRADESCHOOL Major: Plumbing & Pipefitting
Related coursework: General budget management and supervision Skills & Abilities
MANAGEMENT
Spent over 15 years in supervisory and management capacity overseeing teams of up to 30 people.
NEGOTIATION
As a longtime member of a collective bargaining unit, I have developed negotiation skills that allow me to consider multiple viewpoints to make recommendations to best serve the greatest good.
DECISION MAKING
Serving in a supervisory capacity and volunteering at various organizations has given me opportunities to consider various points of view which result in confident decisions, including time management, project management, and budgetary concerns.
FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP
Supervisory and management roles as well as being responsible for multiple personal households on limited income, I know how to stretch a budget and make long term decisions and recommendations for the future.
Experience
PLUMBER/PIPEFITTER | PLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS LOCAL 442| OCTOBER 1977 – PRESENT I’ve worked on various local projects including, but not limited to City Hall, Golden Valley High School, University of California Merced, Merced Mercy Medical Center as well as many others. Working on these projects has provided a unique and up front view as to how tax revenues are currently allocated.
I declare under penalty of disqualification or termination that all statements in this application are true and complete to the best of my knowledege.
MJH
Michael J Harris
Sabrina Abong
EDUCATION:
Los Banos High School Los Banos, CA High School diploma obtained 2013-2015 Willow Glen High School San Jose, CA 2011-2013
Atwater High School Atwater, CA 2011-2011
Merced College Merced, CA Associate's degree with transfer in psychology May 2018 Experience:
Quality Parenting Initiative conference-panelist
September 2018
● Be a panelist and share my experiences as a former foster youth to improve resource parents to create stability for foster youth and to be nurtured and to have a long lasting home.
Foster youth support coordinating program-participant
July 2018-Current
● Improve services for current foster youth in the public educational system to improve their experiences while being in public schools from kindergarten to senior year in high school.
CASA( court appointed special advocate)-mentor
April 2018-current
● Advocate for a current foster child in merced county for whatever he or she may need and write court reports and recommend the court whatever needs he or she may have.
Rural Justice Summit-participant
March 2018
● Attend a conference on how to better organize, solve issues from grassroots, the importance of emerging, the importance of why young people should vote and observe what other communities have done and use their model to make Merced Community better.
Golden Valley High School opportunity conference-panelist speaker.
February 2018
● Communicate to foster parents, probation officers, social workers, teachers, CASA workers about the benefits of coping in foster youth and understanding what he or she is going through or what he or she has gone through.
The positives and negative of AB 12 and SB 12-participant February 2018
● Attend a round table on how to better implement these bills to better serve the foster care population.
Youth Connect committee-participant
February 2018-present
● Attend a monthly meeting about how to better serve the displaced youth or homeless youth of Merced county and how to partner him or her with resources in the community to make him or her a better productive individual of society.
San Diego futures foundation-participant
December 2017
● Disseminate refurbished computers to foster parents who had foster children in San Diego county.
Foster Parent Focus Group-Trainer
September 2017-Current
● Facilitated training to foster parents on how to improve a foster youth mental health and how to build a relationship built on trust and respect.
Merced College Guardian Scholar
September 2017-May 2018
● Provided foster youth attending Merced College resourced for them to be successful in college.
Big Bear Retreat-Facilitator
August 2017
● Facilitated training and workshops to develop a guardian scholar club at Merced college.
Continuum Care Reform- Speaker
July 2017
● Disseminate and provide vital feedback on the “healthy kids” survey to be presented to Foster Youth in group homes to measure level of happiness. ● Provide them with steps that can be taken to positively create relationships with youth that are in care.
PBS SoCal- Participant
July 2017
● Provide input about foster care and how to best support foster youth through the use of documentaries.
Merced City School District LCAP Meeting-Participant
May 2017
● Participated in district talks as an impacted youth and provided ways to use the money meant for foster youth to ensure more youth become successful.
Merced City School District Board Meeting- Participant
Feb 2017- July 2017
● Attended School Council Meetings and provided a “best practices” approach in how to help the district's foster youth and ensure their success.
California Youth Connection – Merced Chapter
May 2016- Current
● Spoke with legislators and provided them personal experiences and information as to why certain legislation will be beneficial for foster youth if passed such as Senate Bill 1060 which aims to keep siblings connected after adoption.
● Met with my Local Assembly member and informed them of what Foster care is and how their support can secure a better future for the nation’s Foster Youth.
Tay Member of Alameda Behavioral Health- Panelist
February 2020- Current
● Attend monthly meetings on behalf of TAY( Transitional Age Youth) and as a TAY to better help the TAY youth from 16-24.
Nytd Reviewer
March-current
● Attend virtual training biweekly to review the NYTD survey and the findings that have been found from administering the survey to youth in foster care on a federal level from every state.
Boards commission and leadership Institute
August-current
● Attend bi-monthly training on how to publicly speak on a board and be on different boards how to efficiently speak publicly.
HeartMath Training
May-August
● Attend a weekly virtual training to breathe efficiently through stressful times and better calm down.