Shadia Garrison

Experience

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  American Red Cross - Monroe County Chapter

  Jun 1995 - Aug 1997

  Director of Health and Safety

  • Chapter level duties included communicating with and supervising 250 CPR, First Aid, HIV/AIDS, and Youth Program instructors, teaching courses, and providing technical assistance to others in five-county zone • Served on the ARC State HIV/AIDS Committee, developed and edited state health and safety newsletter, and organized first state ARC health and safety conference

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  American Medical Student Association/Foundation

  Jan 1998 - Jan 2007

  Program Director

  Managed federal DHHS contracts and foundation programs; programs focused on disparities, interdisciplinary health teams, behavior change education, and public health issues such as tobacco use, physical activity, sexual health, and poverty. Accomplishments included: • Researching, implementing and evaluating project-level communications efforts: fact sheets, press materials, website, phone calls, newsletters, reports, and presentations • Serving as program officer to 30+ university and community organization grantees• Writing RFPs, directing selection of grantees, conducting grantee site visits, providing technical assistance, assisting with grantee program evaluation and overall evaluations• Supervising project staff, including project associates, academic partners, evaluation consultants, and advisory committees• Organizing workshops and trainings for grantees, developing abstracts and presenting at professional meetings Show less

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  National Physicians Alliance

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2006

  Chief Operating Officer

  A temporary position through AMSA, where helped establish the organization, managed all Board and committee needs; directing strategic planning efforts, monitoring communications strategies, among other duties.

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  The Endocrine Society

  Jun 2007 - Sept 2008

  Associate Director, THF

  Led programmatic efforts, including research, proposal development, evaluation, task force/committee liaison, and communications. Accomplishments included:• Conducting research and gap analysis on current patient programs and needs• Managing and promoting video project, “Living Your Best Life: Diabetes and Insulin”• Conceiving of and implementing multi-million dollar online patient community project• Managing online project that increased unique visitors by over 50% in three months Show less

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  Health Care for America Now

  Oct 2008 - Nov 2014

  As member of senior staff, worked with executive, field, communications, and research departments on long and short range plans and tasks for the overall organization and individual campaigns at the national and state levels. • Led materials development in conjunction with strategic communications plans, including website, memos, Congressional reports, press outreach, e-blasts, public relations, and community outreach pieces.• Built coalitions; developed and managed internal and external relationships, including press, advocacy partner organizations, HHS, contractors, foundations.• Distilled complicated issues such as medical-loss ratio into easy to understand points for the public, Congress, the press, activists, and advocates.• Managed organizational and project-level budgets up to $3 million, monitoring/evaluating programs, making strategic decisions on funding and programming, and identifying and communicating budgetary needs.• Led fundraising efforts by identifying and meeting with donor groups and individuals, writing proposals, and conducting follow-up activities such as evaluation, reports, and meetings. • Led operational functions for the organization, including human resources, facilities, technology, and equipment.• Served as liaison to Steering Committee: planned/implemented meetings, led communications to the group, developed organizational goals and annual plans. Show less

  • Director of Development and Administration

    Apr 2010 - Nov 2014

  • Foundations Development Manager

    Oct 2008 - Apr 2010
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  Center for Substance Abuse Prevention/SAMHSA

  Dec 2014 - Mar 2020

  Serve as a senior policy, program, and communications adviser to the Director. Responsible for analyzing, evaluating and administering a variety of complex administrative (e.g., budget, fiscal, personnel, and other management functions) and technical activities affecting behavioral health programs and projects of the Office of the Director and the general administration of the Center.Participate in the development and documentation of long and short-range planning efforts to accommodate newly enacted behavioral health legislation that directly impacts the Center's programs.Make recommendations to CSAP senior management on planning efforts that can be undertaken within existing resource levels and advises on the impact of efforts that require additional resources.Lead, conduct, or participate in complex management studies and projects, including those with wide or significant effect upon the Center's organizational structure, policy, processes, operations, fiscal control and economy.Identify and collect the necessary data, including legislative and program data, interviews with senior management; assemble and assess information gathered, formulate findings, conclusions, and recommendations.Develop and manage administrative workflow, assigning and coordinating tasks to achieve administrative objectives, and charting productivity and task assignments related to the management and implementation of various behavioral health programs.Serve as CSAP representative on agency-wide Legislative and Regulatory Action Team.Lead evidence-based review work for Center, including role on Evidence-Based Review Committee, and task lead for two evidence-based guidebooks.Serve as communications lead (internal and external) for all Center initiatives; review, edit, and approve all public-facing documents, videos, webinars, educational resources, slides, etc.; Lead speechwriter for Center Director, Deputy Director, and other SAMHSA leaders as needed. Show less Lead, manage, and participate in agency-wide and cross-center work groups, committees, and projects; collaborate with senior leadership on high-level initiatives; direct national campaigns. • COR Level III on two contracts totaling $15+ million: manage contract teams, budgets, tasks, deliverables, reporting, and evaluation. • Center lead on SAMHSA’s Finance and Integration Team: task lead on nationwide opioid technical expert panel, opioid research and white paper project, policy review, and cost benefit publication. Supervise center Federal regulations review team.• Center publications lead: lead strategic planning, review for content and policy, facilitate external review, serve as liaison to Office of Communications and other divisions, shepherd publications through multiple levels of clearance, track contract deliverables, ensure adherence to timelines, and manage overall production schedule.• Co-lead for National Prevention Week: develop and hold webinars and other high-level communications for federal partners, press, and the public; plan and implement kick-off event, marketing strategy, social media, and national partnership development.• Co-lead for Center speechwriting, writing speeches and developing slides for 30+ Center Director and Deputy Center Director presentations per year.• Go-to staffer for quick turnaround and high-level special projects: writer for White House Heroin Task Force report; SAMHSA representative for CDC community guide task force liaison group; writer for HHS Secretary 1,200-page prevention programming compilation and overview; collaborator on Office of Behavioral Health Equity public education publication; coordinator of Center Director-led expert panel on primary care integration; reviewer/editor on Senate Judiciary and HELP Committee documents; lead on Center Director performance evaluation report.• Co-Chair for Learning Communities (2015-2017). Show less

  • Special Assistant

    Mar 2018 - Mar 2020

  • Public Health Analyst

    Dec 2014 - Mar 2018
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  Center for Tobacco Products, Food and Drug Administration

  Mar 2020 - now

  Associate Director for Program Coordination, Office of the Center Director

  • As member of Senior Leadership Team within the Office of the Center Director, assists, coordinates and collaborates with the Center Director, Deputy Director, and Senior staff on all activities that affect CTP programs, projects, and initiatives.• On behalf of the Center Director’s office, monitors activities throughout the Center for consistency of approach and provides leadership in resolving problems that cut across organizational lines.• Oversees CTP's Executive Secretariat and congressional staff, which includes oversight of controlled correspondence, Congressional work, and GAO/OIG studies.• Serves as a major point of contact between CTP offices and the Office of the Center Director ensuring communication of policy and program decisions to all organizational components.• Oversees preparation of talking points and briefing materials for meetings with the Commissioner, the Secretary, Congress, and other government agencies.• Ensures the timely and effective completion of high priority program administrative initiatives.• Maintains knowledge and awareness of the Center Director's objectives and exercises analytical judgement to anticipate potential problems and sensitive issues that may arise. Show less