Joel Ginsberg

Experience

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  United States Senate

  Apr 1990 - Dec 1990

  Fellow, Committee on Labor and Human Resources

  Worked on passage of the Ryan White CARE Act and the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA). Prepared analyses and wrote floor statements and talking points for the Committee Chair, Senator Edward Kennedy.

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  Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

  Dec 1990 - Dec 1994

  Attorney

  Handled insurance coverage defense litigation related to aircraft collisions. The DC branch office was known then as Katten Muchin Zavis & Dombroff.

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  U.S. House of Representatives

  Jan 1994 - Jan 1995

  Legislative Assistant, Office of Congresswoman Lynn Schenk

  Handled healthcare and other issues, oversaw legislative correspondence, and supervised interns.

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  United States Information Agency (USIA)

  Jan 1995 - Dec 1996

  Special Assistant for Congressional Liaison

  First of several positions as a Schedule C political appointee in the Administration of President Bill Clinton. Analyzed legislation and regulation for the federal agency responsible for advancing democratic values abroad through public diplomacy. Advocated for specific policies in Congress and within the Executive Branch. Wrote testimony for senior diplomats appearing before congressional committees. Created a database of agency activities linked to specific locations and generated reports to demonstrate the agency’s impact in specific states and congressional districts. The functions of USIA were transferred to the State Department in 1999. Show less

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  U.S. Department of Justice

  Jan 1996 - Jan 1997

  Special Assistant to the Commissioner, Immigration and Naturalization Service

  Served as the Commissioner’s speechwriter. Facilitated an interagency task force involving INS and the FBI which analyzed the integrity of a fingerprinting process and designed and recommended a new process to eliminate fraud. The functions of INS were transferred to the Department of Homeland Security in 2003.

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  Arthur Andersen Business Consulting

  Jan 1998 - Jan 2001

  Manager, Office of Government Services

  Led business process improvement teams for Medicare, the General Accounting Office, and the Department of Defense.

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  The White House

  Feb 1998 - Jul 1998

  Manager, Office of Presidential Personnel

  Conducted searches for and carried out political vetting of senior level appointees to the US Department of Justice and the US Department of Health and Human Services and to serve as US Attorneys and US Marshalls and in related positions.

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  Office of the Vice President of the United States

  Aug 1998 - Nov 1998

  Team Leader, Partnership for Reinventing Government

  Led team working to promote model after-school programs as part of an initiative to improve the federal government's efficiency and effectiveness through the implementation of Results Based Accountability, new technology, increased cross-agency coordination, and other methods.

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  CompassPoint Nonprofit Services

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2003

  Senior Staff Consultant

  Consulted to 30+ organizations providing services related to strategic and business planning, technology, collaboratives, board retreats, and more.

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  GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ+ Equality

  Jan 2003 - Jan 2009

  Executive Director

  Raised stature and impact of the leading organization in the United States working to promote equality in healthcare for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. Represented organization in national and local media. Led strategic planning process. Grew budget by 40%. Raised more than $4 million. Produced multi-day medical conferences. Implemented new association and website management systems and created new visual identity.

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  Joel Ginsberg Consulting

  Jan 2007 - Jan 2021

  Consultant

  Work with nonprofit and government agencies on collaborative policy changes related to older adults. Facilitated the San Francisco Task Force on Compulsive Hoarding and Cluttering and the Education and Prevention subcommittee of San Francisco’s Alzheimer’s/Dementia Expert Panel. Served as Interim Associate Director of the Mental Health Association of San Francisco. Worked with Exponent Partners to implement Salesforce.com for human services agencies and to create a case management app.

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  Alameda Health System

  Jul 2013 - Feb 2014

  Director of Legislative Affairs and Community Advocacy

  Managed community and government relations programs for safety net hospital system.

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  Alameda County Board of Supervisors

  Jan 2014 - Jan 2015

  Legislative Aide, Office of Supervisor Wilma Chan

  Advised Supervisor on policy matters including healthcare, social services, transportation, housing, and seniors.

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  Alameda County Health Care Services Agency

  Nov 2015 - Dec 2016

  Program Services Coordinator, Health Care for the Homeless

  Helped manage and coordinate the delivery of health care services for residents of Alameda County experiencing homelessness. Led effort to develop a new governing board compliant with federal regulations applicable to federally funded Health Care for the Homeless programs. Facilitated internal and external stakeholders to build consensus around the design and scope of the commission and wrote enabling legislation passed by the County Board. Helped design and launch Home Stretch, a new county-wide process to centralize the distribution of permanent supportive housing slots, assisting with the design of forms, workflows, policies, and procedures and writing MOUs with program partners. Created and implemented a communications plan, including creating a new website (www.achch.org) and a monthly newsletter. Oversaw a staff move to new offices, including designing and executing a change management strategy to address fears and concerns among some long-serving staff members. Assisted in the preparation of the County's Whole Person Care grant application, including conducting a needs assessment relating to medical respite. Show less

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  Alameda County Social Services Agency

  Jan 2017 - Jul 2019

  Management Analyst, Department of Adult and Aging Services

  Supported effort to create an age-friendly county, including helping to create and facilitate a public-private Age Friendly Council which came to be viewed as the key table on county aging policy. Designed and facilitated planning processes. Created new website (agefriendly.acgov.org). Tracked and coordinated legislative advocacy efforts related to older adults.Tracked departmental statistics and produced monthly dashboard. Represented agency at Sacramento trade association, participating in legislative processes and advocacy aimed at increasing funding for social welfare programs. Assisted with the development of the Area Plan for the Area Agency on Aging in accordance with funding regulations from the federal Administration on Aging. Worked on strategies to reduce silos among agencies and to promote alignment of programs serving older adults across the County. Promoted innovative community-based service models, such as a neighborhood-based program in the City of Fremont and Ashby Village in Berkeley. Represented the older adult perspective in a strategic planning process conducted by Alameda County's Public Health Department, Office of Dental Health. Show less

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  County of Santa Cruz Human Services Department

  Nov 2020 - Jul 2021

  Associate Analyst, Housing for Health Division

  Assisted with management of programs aiming to reduce the number of persons experiencing homelessness or unstably housed. Edited new County Framework for addressing homelessness. Revised guidance for persons seeking shelter. Designed new website.

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  County of Santa Cruz Health Services Agency

  Jul 2021 - now

  Senior Departmental Administrative Analyst, Public Health Division

  Managed agency's largest grant, worth $11 million. Conceptualized, won support for, and managed to completion a set of innovative projects, including a $1 million+ project creating a new Salesforce application to manage all of the agency's contracts, purchase orders, and grants. The application, which went live in March 2024, has 40 users who can create grant budgets and track expenses against those budgets, generate forms automatically, and launch integrated DocuSign approval processes. Improved internal controls by creating an on-demand dashboard in Salesforce to replace hundreds of Excel workbooks used to inform program staff about expenditures. The application integrates a wide range of data within an intuitive interface that supports some of the agency's most complex processes. Supervised internal business analyst and external software development firm. Presented Salesforce application at 2023 CHEAC conference. The application is available at no cost to other public entities. Proposed and led a $250k project utilizing the technology strategy firm Intrepid Ascent to inventory all of the agency's data repositories and build an analytics platform using Power BI in order to give program and executive staff insights into program operations and outcomes. Led multiple sole source and competitive vendor procurements. Served as Planning Section Chief for the County's COVID-19 response, which included facilitation of large general meetings, overseeing Action Plan documentation, and leading demobilization planning. Wrote Board memos and developed contracts, purchase orders, and MOUs. Served as reviewer of grant proposals as part of a collective impact initiative of a sister agency. Show less