Jamie Gaston McNease, PMP, MSW

Experience

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  YWCA Early Head Start

  Aug 2009 - Jul 2010

  Family Advocacy Coordinator

  Served as an advocate and case manager for several at-risk teen parents and their children. Conducted observations and worked with a multi-disciplinary team to design interventions for children with social, emotional, or behavioral issues. Co-facilitated a parenting education group to teach effective parenting techniques. Helped the program prepare for and participated in the program’s federal review process. Testified before the federal review board on the program’s behalf. Performed policy analysis of bills impacting Head Start and Early Head Start programs to present to state legislators.Key Accomplishments:• Participated in program policy formation, writing a policy on postpartum depression that was implemented organization-wide.• Wrote a mini-grant for $1,500 to purchase culturally appropriate children’s books. Show less

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  Heritage Ranch Christian Children's Home

  Aug 2010 - Jun 2011

  Program Development/ Marketing Coordinator

  Served as a program development and marketing coordinator responsible for management and oversight of marketing efforts, fundraising, and volunteer coordination. Planned and facilitated fundraising events, including the annual gala, an open house, and a community-wide furniture drive. Designed and produced a donor calendar, the Annual Report, and a monthly newsletter. Participated in and facilitated community outreach and awareness presentations.Key Accomplishments:• Instituted a paperless volunteer management system and designed a volunteer network website to enhance volunteer and staff communications. • Implemented an email marketing system to increase efficiency and effectiveness of promotions, resulting in over 100 new contacts in less than five months.• Participated in capital campaign fundraising efforts, raising more than $1.2 million. Show less

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  Miller County Probate Magistrate Court

  Sept 2011 - Sept 2012

  Deputy Clerk

  Primary responsibilities included maintaining the budget for both courts, which totaled more than $10,000 each month, preparing civil and criminal suits for review by the judge and handling all correspondence with litigants, maintaining the court calendar and scheduling appointments for both courts, and ensuring the Miller County Law Library was consistently updated and publicly available. Other responsibilities included: serving as liaison to the Vital Records Branch of the Georgia Department of Health to perform detailed records searches, and preparing marriage licenses, birth and death certificates, and firearms licenses.Key Accomplishments:• Developed and designed a website for the court, giving the public access to important court information and the ability to download court forms.• Converted all court forms from paper to electronic, which saved the court money previously spent on printing costs. Show less

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  Florida Health

  Oct 2012 - Oct 2016

  Served as a strategy manager and project manager responsible for developing and implementing the Division of Medical Quality Assurance’s strategic plan, and facilitating all strategic planning and implementation activities statewide. Provided management and oversight of major communications efforts and technology-related projects for the division and 22 healthcare boards. Led legislative implementation of healthcare regulation for the state of Florida. Other responsibilities included: providing management with data-driven solutions for quality and process improvement, managing the division’s social media accounts, and serving as liaison to the Office of Communications by responding to media requests and preparing press releases.Key Accomplishments:• Developed communications management plan for an upgraded licensing and renewal system, resulting in an increase in health care practitioner account registration by nearly 40% in three months. • Served as project manager for more than 15 major communications/technology projects. • Streamlined social media management of 22 board Twitter accounts through developing a social media tactical plan and acquiring Hootsuite. Show less Managed and directed a team of regulatory specialists and program coordinators responsible for regulation of over 500 office surgery facilities and 300 pain management clinics, and license renewals of more than 80,000 medical doctors, physician assistants, and anesthesiologist assistants in Florida. Supervised contracted office surgery facility inspectors and served as contract manager over the three-year Office Surgery State Inspector contract. Presented at Florida universities and colleges on the licensing and renewal process for physician assistants and medical doctors. Managed and maintained the yearly Office Surgery Program budget of over $400,000.Key Accomplishments:• Promoted to supervisor within two years because of demonstrated work ethic and leadership ability. • Wrote a Request for Proposals (RFP), resulting in a contract with qualified office surgery facility inspectors at an estimated cost savings of over $200,000 per year. • Developed practice standards for registered office surgery facilities in Florida, which were approved and adopted into Florida Administrative Code in April 2015. Show less

  • Strategy Manager

    Mar 2015 - Oct 2016

  • Regulatory Supervisor/ Consultant

    Oct 2012 - Mar 2015
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  Florida Department of Economic Opportunity

  Oct 2016 - Jul 2020

  Provide compliance management of and technical assistance to the programs and staff responsible for managing approximately $2 billion in Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds allocated to the state of Florida for long-term disaster recovery and mitigation efforts. Manage the Office of Disaster Recovery (ODR) Compliance and Reporting Unit. Manage all compliance and monitoring activities within the ODR. Develop overall monitoring and compliance strategies for all programs. Assist in the design and development efforts of long-term disaster recovery programs in the areas of housing recovery, infrastructure and mitigation, and economic revitalization for Florida. Key Accomplishment:- Successfully procured a $2.3 million contract and a $59 million contract to provide program and contract administration services for the $117 million in funds allocated for Hurricanes Hermine and Matthew programs and the $773 million in funds allocated for Hurricane Irma programs. Show less Provide management and oversight of the programs and staff responsible for managing approximately $1.5 billion in Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds allocated to the state of Florida for long-term disaster recovery efforts. Responsible for leading all design and development efforts of Florida’s long-term disaster recovery programs in the areas of housing recovery, infrastructure, and economic revitalization for Hurricane Irma and all future disasters.Key Accomplishment:• Received a formal commendation from Governor Rick Scott for completing an unmet needs assessment and successfully requesting additional funding from the federal government for Hurricane Irma disaster recovery efforts in Florida. Show less Serve as a resource for executive leadership and the Department to guide and direct the development of the agency long range program, strategic and business plans. Facilitate agency-wide, cross-agency and statewide planning efforts and ensure the agency meets all performance reporting mandates. Develop and monitor performance metrics, benchmarks, and reporting procedures for the annual report and long range program and strategic plans. Provide data-driven recommendations to agency leadership on performance measures and evaluations, ensuring alignment with the agency's mission and the state's economic vision. Guide the development and implementation of the Florida Strategic Plan for Economic Development and the long range program plan. Work with executive leadership and DEO staff to enhance and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the Department’s strategic and business plans, policies, processes and procedures. Lead major performance and process improvement projects using the Four Disciplines of Execution model. Develop innovative methods of data collection, analysis, visualization, and reporting.Key Accomplishments:• Critically analyzed the five-year statewide implementation performance of the Florida Strategic Plan for Economic Development and produced a final report to guide the plan update per Florida Statutes. • Created an agency-wide monthly reporting template to ensure that executive leadership consistently receives timely and pertinent information from each division. • Implemented a centralized data reporting system using SharePoint to efficiently collect required quarterly long range program plan and program activity data. Show less

  • Compliance and Reporting Manager

    Nov 2018 - Jul 2020

  • Deputy Chief of Community Disaster Recovery

    Dec 2017 - Nov 2018

  • Strategic Analytics Consultant

    Oct 2016 - Dec 2017
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  Hagerty Consulting

  Jul 2020 - Aug 2022

  Senior Managing Associate, Recovery Division
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  HORNE

  Aug 2022 - now

  Manager