Cynthia (Cindy) Trubisky

Experience

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  Lakeside Health System

  Jan 1995 - Jan 1998

  Wellness Center Program Coordinator

  While attending graduate school for my MS Ed in Health Education and public health, I worked part time at the Wellness Center of Lakeside Hospital (now URMC West) to conduct community outreach for health education programs including CPR, First Aid, Driver Safety, Stress Management, Injury prevention & Diabetes Education. I was the grant coordinator for a NYS DOH Healthy Heart Worksite Wellness program, which included program development and evaluation, volunteer management, grant writing, grant budget management and public health outreach to targeted in-need communities in the Brockport, NY area. Show less

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  American Heart Association

  Jan 1998 - Jan 2004

  Youth Market Director

  During my tenure at the AHA, I worked on the American Heart Walk and other part time needs while completing my graduate degree in Community Health Education & Public Health from SUNY Brockport. As the Regional Youth Market Director, this full time position provided educational fundraising outreach to local schools for healthy heart and exercise messages. The Jump Rope for Heart & Hoops for Heart programs were conducted across the Finger Lakes 9 county region and with over 150 events, realized more than a $300,000 campaign annually. I was fortunate enough to also manage and cultivate the # 1 fundraising school in the nation for Jump Rope for Heart- French Road Elementary School in Brighton, NY. Under my care and attention they grew their event from $45,000 to over $75,000 annually! This program eventually breached $100,000 in one year. The mission of AHA continues to be close to me personally as I still have many people in my life that are affected by this disease and mission work. Show less

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  American Lung Association

  Feb 2004 - Sept 2009

  Asthma Coalition Director: Regional Community Asthma Network

  In this role, I was responsible for leading and coordinating the local asthma coalition, the Regional Community Asthma Network of the Finger Lakes (RCAN). This coalition was a grant funded project administered by the American Lung Association, which I joined in 2004. I hold a BS and MS Ed in Community Health Education and have completed the Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) and the Asthma Educator Certification (AE-C). I have extensive background in grants, schools, and program management with previous positions at the Lakeside Family Wellness Center and American Heart Association. As the Asthma Coalition Director for the the Regional Community Asthma Network of the Finger Lakes (RCAN), I managed and supervised all involvement with staff, membership, volunteers, activities, goals/ objectives, evaluation, and budgets, grant funding for the Asthma Coalition. This included community outreach, professional health care education, Quality Improvement, school & care coordination projects to reduce the burden of asthma. I now continue to supervise NYS coalition staff, multiple grants and an annual budget of approximately $750,000. I serve as a NICHQ Quality Improvement Adviser and Coach while providing leadership, guidance, and technical assistance for local and statewide asthma improvement partnerships. Show less

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  Monroe Community College

  Sept 2011 - Sept 2015

  Adjunct Professor: Department of Health & Physical Education

  Part time Adjunct Professor for the MCC Department of Health & Physical Education. I taught on a rotating schedule, a course titled Issues in Child Health Development (HED 116). This is an introductory course on Child Health issues, which includes Child Abuse and Project SAVE training, and is a required course for Health Studies, Nursing, and Education programs.

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  American Lung Association

  Apr 2012 - now

  In the NSD role, (starting in 2018) I am honored to continue contributing to the American Lung Association’s health promotion & educational programs in the area of asthma. As a member of the senior management team for the health promotions department of the mission division, this position supports a team approach to provide nationwide leadership for the ALA signature programs, reports and events to the field staff and stakeholders/ partner organizations. Technical assistance and training are provided to staff, volunteers to advance the scope, reach and quality of the evidence based asthma programming. The National Asthma Team leads grant funding, corporate contributions and donations in order to address current program and emerging trends needs of the American public, patients & caregivers, healthcare providers and industry. Using needs assessment methods and population-based health approaches, the ALAs health promotion & educational organizational strategic imperative “to reduce the impact of lung diseases on patients & caregivers” is pursued to fulfill the mission and successes of the suite of asthma programs in the areas activation through awareness, education, self-management, behavior change, health systems change and quality improvement methods. Show less This position provided ALA Mission specific health education initiatives across the Upstate NY regions (Rochester, Buffalo, Syracuse) and managed/ supported a team of statewide asthma educators as part of the NYSDOH Regional Asthma Coalition grant funded program to reduce the burden of asthma across NYS. I was honored to hold the position of co-chair for the Asthma Partnership of New York with the NYS DOH, Bureau of Chronic Disease and Prevention. APNY is a state-wide asthma coalition of stakeholders tasked with supporting asthma care needs across NYS by supporting and translating evidence and guidelines based care into practice. This includes advocacy efforts for funding needs, business case development to support reimbursement for asthma care, workforce and self management needs. Local initiatives that I coordinated in this position included Asthma Basics, Open Airways for Schools, Asthma Friendly Schools Initiatives, Asthma Friendly Child Care Initiatives; and Asthma Educator Institutes for healthcare professionals. Since 2015, I have had the opportunity to expand my scope to support the LUNGFORCE initiative by hosting healthcare professional education events on Lung Cancer awareness, early detection screening guidelines, and innovations in treatment/survivorship. These programs called "The New Hope in the Fight against Lung Cancer", resulted in 300+ educated healthcare professionals in the Rochester & Buffalo areas as well as strong partnerships with Roswell Park Cancer and UR Wilot Cancer Institutes. Strong partnership management, evidence-based, population health and public health management were key components of this position. This position provided oversight, support, guidance and leadership for the ALA's 4 NYS DOH Regional Asthma Coalitions (Buffalo, Hudson Valley, Queens and Long Island); grant contracts, staff and community partners and projects. Show less

  • National Senior Director, Health Promotion for Asthma

    May 2018 - now

  • Senior Director, Health Education

    Apr 2012 - May 2018