Jan 2023 – Oct 2023 · 9 mos · New York, New York, United States · Hybrid

• Research, test, and evaluate software apps and procedures to improve efficiency of departmental processes.
• Code macros and design templates to apply advanced application features and edit/format documents efficiently.
• Perform at an expert level in Office 365 and Adobe Suite designing, retouching, and editing documents, spreadsheets, SEC forms, financial statements, presentations, illustrations, marketing materials, brochures, flow charts, graphs, timelines, etc.
• Train staff one-on-one in applications to further develop the Department’s overall skillset.
• Enhance skill set across current and new applications, share best practices, assist co-workers, and troubleshoot problematic files.
• Create multimedia, data, and other visualizations via MS Office 365, Adobe CC Suite, and other third-party apps incorporating complicated financial charts, tables, graphics, images, slides, and multimedia content including audio and video.
• As needed, oversee intake/workflow as needed to ensure accurate billing via time management and project management tools.
• Author software instructions, build the department’s trouble-shooting library, and Instruct clients on how to perform tasks.
• Type and word process accurately at 80-90 wpm.
• NOTEWORTHY ACHIEVEMENTS
• Code JavaScript to program custom add-ins such as interactive legal stamps for court filings.
• Overhaul Best Practices and create training videos for various applications.

Oct 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 7 mos · New York · Remote

• As needed and on a pro-bono basis and from 2005-2008 and again from 2022 to the present day:
• Evaluate healthcare proposal writing, healthcare research submitted to the American Journal of Public Health.
• Analyze and report public health data to inform about pertinent research on prevention and treatment strategies pertaining to infectious and/or communicable diseases and, more broadly, issues impacting public health in the United States.
• Review, critique, and rate, abstract proposals submitted to the American Public Health Association.
• Critique public health and healthcare scientific study design, methods, execution, and conclusions submitted by peers to the American Journal of Public Health

Sep 2006 – Dec 2022 · 16 yrs 3 mos · New York, New York

• Design, edit, store, manage, analyze, spreadsheets, graphs, charts, timelines, agreements, presentations, schedules, forms, brochures, marketing materials, illustrations, and financial statements via Adobe suite and Office 365 suite.
• Create multimedia, data, and other visualizations via MS Office 365, Adobe CC Suite, and other third-party apps incorporating complicated financial charts, tables, graphics, images, slides, and multimedia content including audio and video.
• Analyze, diagnose, and repair corrupt legal documents and solve problems in real time via remote-control software and thereby resolve problems in a timely manner for all staff.
• Adopt supervisory role as needed to help triage, assign, and monitor all staff tasks and projects.
• As directed, draft and edit special writing projects.
• Type and word process accurately at 80-90 wpm.
• NOTEWORTHY ACHIEVEMENTS
• Research, write, and edit the first draft of Debevoise’s Transgender Anti-Discrimination Policy.
• Selected for elite document services, tech, and admin team serving annual Debevoise Partner retreat.

Sep 2004 – Jan 2006 · 1 yr 4 mos · New York, New York + Sacramento, California · On-site

• NYC HEALTH & HOSPITALS CORPORATION - New York, NY
• Senior Management Consultant, Corporate Planning Department
• Consult regarding HIV healthcare policy and planning, healthcare proposal writing, HIV surveillance, healthcare program management at NYC public hospitals, hospital information systems, data integrity, and quality assurance with the agency focusing on people living with HIV/AIDS, many with current or past alcohol use, substance use, and mental health comorbidities.
• Analyze and report public health data to inform local residents about latest research on treatment options and and prevention strategies regarding HIV/AIDS (as well as other prevalent infectious and/or communicable diseases) impacting not only myriad communities but also their access to public health.
• ETR (EDUCATION-TRAINING-RESEARCH) ASSOCIATES - Sacramento, CA
• Consultant Research Associate II
• Advise California Office of AIDS on study design and evaluating healthcare proposal writings, surveillance, information systems management, and public policy at an agency focusing on people living with HIV/AIDS, many with current or past healthcare challenges including alcohol, substance use, and mental health comorbidities.

Jun 2004 – Aug 2006 · 2 yrs 2 mos · New York, New York, United States · Remote

• Evaluate healthcare proposal writing and healthcare research. Critique public health and healthcare scientific study design, methods, execution, and conclusions submitted by peers to the American Journal of Public Health. Analyze and report public health data to inform audience about latest research on HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis C, HIV preventive healthcare, and effective treatment strategies for HIV/AIDS and other infection diseases impacting myriad communities access public health in the United States.

Sep 2002 – Jun 2004 · 1 yr 9 mos · Greater New York City Area · On-site

• Perform statistical analyses; code SPSS, SAS & SUDAAN; and assure dataset integrity for 11 professors and post-doctoral candidates.
• Run multivariate regression analyses on research subjects testing and adjusting accounting for co-factors/confounding variables related to healthcare access, PTSD diagnosis, and socioeconomic factors such as race, gender, and socioeconomic status—as well as alcohol use, substance use, mental health and other comorbidities—and report outcomes via complicated tables, graphics, and charts.
• Type and word process accurately at 80-90 wpm.
• NOTEWORTHY ACHIEVEMENTS
• Re-write code and manage large-scale datasets (1 million+ data points) that improved regression analysis and reportage.

Sep 2001 – Nov 2023 · 22 yrs 2 mos · New York, New York, United States · Hybrid

• As Founding Member, establish community choir after 9-11 tragedies to promote healing, diversity, community bonding, and mutual understanding through music.
• As Steering Committee Co-Chair, manage major fundraising campaigns, recruit and retain members, and represent organization before media.
• As Webmaster/Social Media Editor/AV Producer manage website and social media accounts as well as record, edit, and produce audio and video of concerts.
• Create multimedia, data, and other visualizations via MS Office 365, Adobe CC Suite, and other third-party apps incorporating complicated financial charts, tables, graphics, images, slides, and multimedia content including audio and video.
• NOTEWORTHY ACHIEVEMENTS
• Self-taught mastery of web design and social media marketing.
• Record, edit, and produce more than 40 videos, which together have garnered more than 100,000 views on YouTube.
• Design, co-write, and edit professional-grade "playbills" .
• Raise over $20,000 to help fund choir.

Jan 1996 – Jan 2001 · 5 yrs · Greater New York City Area

• While acquiring MPH and MFA degrees, design, create, word process, and format documents via the Microsoft Office Suite for Fortune 500 companies (Goldman Sachs, UBS Warburg, RJR|Nabisco, Tyco|Earth Tech) and top-tier law firms (Proskauer Rose, Paul Weiss, Greenberg Traurig).
• Type and word process accurately at 80-90 wpm.

Nov 1992 – Oct 1995 · 2 yrs 11 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Co-write and administer healthcare proposals ($1.2 M awarded) plus budgeted and developed healthcare programs helping clients better manage HIV/AIDS diagnosis.
• Design 2-year IRB-approved human research study with UCSF’s Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (USCSF CAPS) to assess community prevention efforts and healthcare advocacy efforts with the agency focused on serving people living with HIV/AIDS with healthcare challenges including current or past alcohol use, substance use, mental health and other comorbidities.
• Completed UCSF CAPS Human Behavioral Research, IRB Protocol, Survey Design Technical Training (with certificate)
• Hire, train, and supervise 12 staff members who provide public health services, including healthcare treatment advocacy, HIV/AIDS disease prevention.
• Conduct survey research, and evaluate healthcare treatment and prevention process and outcome measures
• Analyze and report public health data to inform audience about latest research on treatment options and and prevention strategies regarding HIV/AIDS (as well as other infectious and/or communicable diseases) impacting not only Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color communities but also their access to prevention and treatment options.
• NOTEWORTHY ACHIEVEMENTS
• Increased staff productivity by 33% via grants boosting agency funds by 50%.
• Design and oversee 2 year Human Research Behavior study.
• Garner multiple international and national film and video awards for interactive prevention video.

Jan 1990 – Present · 36 yrs 4 mos · New York, New York, United States · Hybrid

• 2023-Pres. | OUT-FM on WBAI 99.5 | Founding Producer, Journalist, Social Media Manager, Co-Host | online at www.outfm.org
• 1989-2005 | OUT-FM on WBAI 99.5 | Founding Producer, Journalist, Social Media Manager, Co-Host | online at www.outfm.org
• 1996–2004 | Public Affairs Journalist and Op-Ed Contributor | LGNY (today known as Gay City News)
• 1996-1997 | POZ Magazine | Contributing Journalist | Profile people living with HIV/AIDS..
• 1993 | Sojourner: Black Gay Voices in the Age of AIDS | Contributing Writer | Published by Other Countries.
• 1990–1993 | Men of All Colors Together/NY, Inc. | Managing Editor, Celebrating Diversity, a journal of poetry, essays, and photography.
• NOTEWORTHY ACHIEVEMENTS
• Interview/profile for LGNY, 1997 NYC mayoral candidates Al Sharpton and Ruth Messinger.
• Profile for POZ Magazine, Marlene Diaz, a leading healthcare advocate for mothers and children living with HIV.
• Curate and edit “Celebrating Diversity” featuring, among others, distinguished portraitist Bob Giard and noted authors Cheryl Clarke, Jewelle Gomez, Sapphire, and Pamela Sneed.
• Track and observe media analytics in radio broadcast via Nielsen/Arbitron to gather information to assure listenership and WBAI 99.5FM membership donations remain steady.
• Analyze and report public health data to inform about pertinent research on prevention and treatment strategies for HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases impacting various LGBTQ communities.
• Plan, produce, and co-host scores of membership fundraising drives including live Pride Day coverage to maintain radio listenership as well as a solid count among donor members/subscribers to WBAI 99.5FM.
• Create multimedia, data, and other visualizations via MS Office 365, Adobe CC Suite, and other third-party apps incorporating complicated financial charts, tables, graphics, images, slides, and multimedia content including audio and video.
• Type and word process accurately at 80-90 wpm.

Oct 1987 – Dec 1990 · 3 yrs 2 mos · New York, New York, United States · Hybrid

• As part of the AIDS Litigation Team of the Law Enforcement Bureau:
• Draft and file complaints, conduct hearings, and investigate HIV/AIDS discrimination claims in employment, housing and public accommodation.
• Write and edit legal determinations; submit court filings; draft settlements; and intervene, mediate, and/or resolve discrimination conflicts.
• Train government and private agencies on issues of human rights, discrimination law, and diversity, equity and inclusion.
• Type and word process accurately at 80-90 wpm.
• NOTEWORTHY ACHIEVEMENT
• Co-write/edit the first-of-its-kind investigatory report by a human rights agency in the United States regarding HIV/AIDS Discrimination.

Jan 1987 – Jan 1992 · 5 yrs · Greater New York City Area

• Budget/develop/direct projects to meet civil rights mission.
• Write/administer grants to fund civil rights programs.
• Write/administer healthcare proposal to fund HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment advocacy services.
• Analyze and report public health data to inform membership and clients about latest research on HIV/AIDS, HIV preventive healthcare, and effective treatment strategies for HIV/AIDS and other infection diseases impacting the group's membership and their access to prevention and treatment options.
• Train CBOs on diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Curate and edit “Celebrating Diversity,” a journal featuring Jewelle Gomez, Sapphire, Pamela Sneed; portraitist photographer Bob Giard; and others.
• Type and word process accurately at 80-90 wpm.
• NOTEWORTHY ACHIEVEMENTS
• Garnered $150K in grants for HIV prevention, community building, and civil rights programs.
• One of the first gay-focused minority-run agencies funded by NYC to provide HIV prevention services.

Jun 1985 – Dec 1987 · 2 yrs 6 mos · New York, New York, United States · On-site

• Analyze and troubleshoot all aspects of firm’s Market Data network, including hardware and software infrastructure.
• Manage in-house and vendor engineers to repair, maintain, move, and expand systems worldwide.