Monica Trigg DrPH, MPH, PMP

Experience

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  Various Companies

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2020

  Previous Work History

  ➤ Senior Associate Director of Programs Emory University – Atlanta, GA – 01/2019 to 05/2020➤ Associate Director of Programs Emory University – Atlanta, GA – 01/2015 to 12/2018➤ Senior Public Health Program Associate Emory University – Atlanta, GA – 04/2013 to 12/2014➤ Immunization Program Consultant – Georgia Department of Community Health, Augusta, GA – 10/2004 to 10/2006➤ Community Development Extension Agent (Peace Corps Response) – US Peace Corps, Federated States of Micronesia, Chuuk State – 09/2003 to 03/2004➤ Volunteer Leader – US Peace Corps, Federated States of Micronesia, Chuuk State – 07/2001 to 11/2001➤ Health Technical Trainer – US Peace Corps, Federated States of Micronesia, Chuuk State – 05/2001 to 08/2001➤ Public Health Extension Agent – US Peace Corps, Federated States of Micronesia, Chuuk State – 05/1999 to 05/2001 Show less

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  Georgia Department of Human Resources

  Oct 2006 - Jan 2010

  Vaccine Manager, Immunization Program

  ➤ Managed Vaccines for Children (VFC) program at the state level, including $150M CDC-appropriated budget as well as managed vaccine procurement, supply chain, and distribution at a state level to over 1,300 immunization providers.➤ Served as technical lead on for distribution, administration, and patient recall efforts as well as served on state-level emergency preparedness team as vaccine/immunization lead.➤ Provided leadership on creation and implementation of policies and regulations on cold chain management, vaccine storage and handling requirements, documentation and reporting.➤ Led state-level quantitative data collection of vaccine distribution and use, performed data analysis and reported to federal and local stakeholders; submitted grant applications and authored annual reports to donors and other agencies.➤ Co-led state vaccine response to the 2009 H1N1 influenza outbreak to include developing a system for rapid onboarding of new providers, vaccine management and distribution, and dosage reporting system. Served as primary contact for media communications.➤ Mentored and managed eight professional and administrative staff. Responsible for hiring, setting responsibilities, rating performance, and advancement or administrative correction.➤ Served as State liaison to CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD.) Show less

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  CARE

  Feb 2010 - Aug 2011

  ➤ Led collaborative effort involving representatives from other CARE lead and country office-level staff to increase a Gender Equity and Diversity (GED) focus across operations, human resources, programming, and stakeholder engagement.➤ Provided technical assistance on issues related to Gender Equity and Diversity (GED), including recruitment, and talent management and development.➤ Effectively provided data collection and analysis, GED strategy development, action planning and monitoring, gap analysis and other forms of GED-related research and investigation.➤ Successfully advanced collective and country-specific ways to increase female representation in leadership roles and synthesized strategic objectives across stakeholders from over a dozen lead and country offices.➤ Facilitated learning across regional and country offices via an institutional working group with a focus on organizational priorities, global learning and exchange, and capacity building. Show less ➤ Oversaw contracts, budget management, and technical direction for 2 grants: a CDC-funded multi-year initiative to reduce the spread and impact of Avian Influenza H5N1 implemented in 11 countries, and a multi-year collaborative Community Development initiative implemented in Ghana. ➤ Partnered with Ministries of Health to create policy and educational initiatives that would include as stakeholders household and small-business chicken farmers to implement protective measures against avian influenza. ➤ Collaborated with villages and schools in rural Ghana to implement a national multi-aim healthy living campaign and provided technical and grant management oversight to country office staff in 9 countries.➤ Engaged and carried out CARE's poverty-reduction goals by working directly with communities and alongside country office staff to empower women and girls through health system strengthening.➤ Built and strengthened relationships between local and elected leaders and partnering organizations as well as monitored programmatic efforts, including field visits to support key indicators and grant compliance.➤ Wrote and edited reports on program activities and milestones for internal and external stakeholders as well as wrote and co-wrote grant proposals submitted by CARE USA and country offices. Show less

  • Senior Advisor for Gender Equity and Diversity

    May 2011 - Aug 2011

  • Senior Program Officer, Health Unit

    Feb 2010 - Jun 2011
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  The Carter Center

  Sept 2011 - Mar 2012

  Technical Advisor

  ➤ Served as a liaison to the South Sudan Ministry of Health to develop and implement its national control and eradication response to Trachoma, a neglected tropical disease that causes blindness. ➤ Led a team of public health professionals and logistical support staff in canvassing remote and conflict-torn sections of the country to implement the World Health Organization-led SAFE strategy.➤ Led coordination of strategic, technical, and logistical management and coordination with The Carter Center leadership and staff, South Sudan government agencies.➤ Oversaw $2.3M annual budget funded by DFID and public and private funders as well as managed national procurement, supply chain, and distribution of pharmaceutical and other commodities.➤ Managed a 6-member team of South Sudanese and Ugandan public health professionals while building and strengthening relationships between local and elected leaders as well as collaborating organizations working in South Sudan.➤ Built capacity of health systems at national, state, tribal, and village levels and created activity plans and budgets to maximize resources and impact on target population.➤ Provided verbal and written updates on strategic objectives and benchmarks to internal and external stakeholders as well as oversaw marketing and communication efforts.➤ Authored an 8-year national Strategic Plan that detailed program policies, strategies, and goals. The plan was reviewed and accepted by senior officials at the Ministry of Health. Show less

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  Emory University

  Apr 2013 - now

  Director of Programs

  ➤ Serving as the Project Director for a multi-year CDC-funded cooperative agreement funded to create models to improve public health decision-making at the national, state, and local levels.➤ Leading efforts to develop or improve statistical, epidemic simulation, and economic models to uncover new disease patterns and inform prevention policies along with resource allocations in HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, and STIs.➤ Overseeing RFA submissions and administrative management of cooperative agreements, implementations, meeting deliverables, reporting, and award closeout to ensure all agreement parameters were sufficiently met/attained.➤ Serving as the program lead for donor communications with grant and technical leads at the CDC including driving stakeholder engagement, project deliverables, and timeline attainment while identifying and addressing gaps.➤ Managing a $9M project budget via collaboration with CDC grant officer and technical representatives while overseeing coordination of strategic and technical collaboration among academic and donor partners.➤ Maintaining and grow operational structure involving donor subject matter experts, 6 collaborating academic institutions, and 2 advisory groups holding leadership roles at public health organizations and academic institutions.➤ Supervising 3 professional staff to support execution of the CDC-funded cooperative agreement to identify strategies to increase HIV testing and deliver ongoing project reporting and status updates to stakeholders.➤ Forming and growing relationships with collaborators, stakeholders, and teams from differing backgrounds and perspectives including multilateral engagement, senior leadership, external stakeholders, or public health specialists. Show less