Cassandra O'Neill

Experience

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  Douglass College

  Sept 1987 - Jun 1989

  Coordinator of Public Leadership Education Network

  ✓LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM created for women interested in public policy.✓SECURED FUNDING and recruited for an internship program with high level state officials, managed and mentored interns to assist in the success of their nternships.✓PUBLICATION:- National Governors’ Association: researched and wrote Issue Brief entitled: Healthy Babies: Efforts to Improve Birth Outcomes and Reduce High Risk Births, excerpted in “Health Promotion Practice, Volume 6, Issue 1, January 2005.

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  California Managed Risk Medical Insurance Program

  Aug 1990 - Jul 1991

  Executive Fellow

  ✓PROVIDED LEADERSHIP for a state funded health insurance program ✓CRAFTED regulations NEGOTIATED contracts with Health Insurance Companies. ✓PUBLICATIONS: - California’s Perinatal Substance Abuse Project Published, State of California, 1991 - Budget Problems in New Jersey and California: A Case Study published in the California Executive Fellows Journal, Volume 1, November 1991

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  Association of State and Territorial Health Officials

  Aug 1991 - May 1992

  Program Coordinator

  ✓PROVIDED LEADERSHIP to the Ryan White Program a federally funded program resulting in increased capacity to provide services for HIV/AIDS recipients.

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  National Governors' Association

  Jun 1992 - Oct 1994

  Program Manager

  ✓PROVIDED LEADERSHIP for a start-up funded the State Health Recruitment Center, funded by the Kaiser Family Foundation. ✓RECRUITED high level government officials for an advisory board. ✓PERFORMED executive searches for 12 senior government positions in multiple states.✓DEVELOPED job descriptions, recruited candidates, conducted interviews and references. ✓AUTHORED: Meeting the Challenges of Reform: - Recruiting and Retaining Public and Mental Health Department Directors and Resources: - Recruiting and Retaining Public and Mental Health Department Directors Show less

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  NJ Department of Human Services

  Nov 1994 - Jun 1998

  Policy Analyst

  ✓CONDUCTED SUCCESSFUL SEARCHES for high level professionals ✓INCREASED REVENUE through successful grants. ✓NEGOTIATED PARTNERSHIPS with university and federal government stakeholders, policy experts, and foundations. ✓SECURED a grant to improve utilization for personal care assistance funds and reduced department expenses resulting in higher quality care for Medicaid recipients ✓DEVELOPED an evaluation plan that resulted in state funds to be allocated for a Temporary Assistance to Needy Families Program Show less

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  VisionQuest

  Jun 1998 - Jul 2003

  Director of Marketing

  ✓INCREASED REVENUE through improving customer base, contracts and customer service ✓PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT for service, staff mentoring ✓ PROMOTED BRAND through marketing, customer communication and the creation of effective marketing materials.

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  Leadership Alchemy LLC

  Jan 2000 - now

  CEO

  EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR CLIENTS:Experienced with 200+ businesses, government, foundations, non profits, universities, schools, public & private partnerships & coalitions. ✓FOUNDATIONS: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust, community & family ✓GOVERNMENT: federal, state & local ✓NON-PROFITS: Reduce poverty, increase literacy & community well being✓BUSINESSES: Human & Social Services, Media, Customer Service organizationsPERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM PROGRAM✓Tools for Success Measurement, Resource Allocation, Decision Making & Implementation to increase capacity of organizations in the non profit sector.PROFESSIONAL COACH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM✓Statewide early childhood education Quality Improvement System in Arizona resulted in increased financial resources & enrollment.CREATED FLEXIBLE ACTION PLANNING FORM used by coaches resulting in improved quality measured by the Quality Rating System. ✓Customized flexible action planning form became the most downloaded resources in 2013 on the IDEAENCORE website.DEVELOPED RESOURCES: The Collective Impact Toolkit designed to help launch & sustain the Collective Impact Initiative published by Results Leadership Group.RAISED $60 million+ in funding from grants and contracts from state agencies, foundations, and federal funding sources.BUSINESS CAMPAIGN LAUNCH RAISED REVENUES AND RESOURCES:✓Raised $30,000 in 30 days✓Actively recruited donors ✓Secured matching grant.BUILT CAPACITY FOR MEETING LONG TERM BENCHMARKS for collaborations & Collective Impact Initiatives✓Access to affordable, healthy food in Ajo, Arizona✓Increased quality & effectiveness of senior services TRAINING PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT ✓Train the Trainer: Early Childhood Quality Improvement Coaching for work with early childhood professionals.✓ Implemented a foundation board transition from Founder led to the NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERSHIP through facilitation and technical assistance. Show less

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  Arizona Evaluation Network

  Jan 2009 - Jan 2013

  Board Member and President

  ✓ INCREASED ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS and strategic learning skills among Association members through thought leader conferences including Peter York from Algorythm, Julia Coffman & Tanya Beer from the Center for Evaluation Innovation. ✓ ACQUIREDd funding and grants from stakeholders resulting in INCREASED MEMBERSHIP and BROADENED PARTNERSHIP DIVERSITY