Agenda - 09-10-20; Item12 - Board of Health – Appointment Discussion

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Page 4 of 4 Shawnee Seese Other Comments: This application was current on:1/10/2020 11:07:50 AM Date Printed:1/13/2020 Boards/Commissions appointments: Board of Health Background, education and experience relevant to this board: 7 Reasons for wanting to serve on this board: I have over 25 years experience working with communities and special population groups domestically and internationally. My career highlights include increasing awareness and reducing alcohol and substance abuse, teen pregnancy, school dropout, and violence. I ve assisted nongovernmental organizations and governments in strategic planning to address critical needs in mental health services expansion, substance abuse services expansion, suicide prevention, improving law enforcement response and even community policing relations, as well as other social issues that contribute to public health. I ve served with the Health Resources and Services Administration since 2010, providing consult work in reviewing major grants addressing vital health and human needs. I have a keen understanding of financial trends within government agencies and how it effects community strategies. I worked with the President s Task Force on 21st Century Policing in the Obama Administration and contributed through conducting topic research and synthesized and analyzed thousands of data from verbal and written testimony, contributing to the President s Report. My education includes a Bachelors degree in management and organizational development, MBA in Finance, and currently a PhD Candidate in Public Policy and Administration scheduled to graduate in Spring of 2020. Conflict of Interest: I bring with me 25 years of diverse experience in working with underserved and marginalized population groups in the United States as well as internationally, bringing about awareness and putting forth solutions that address various public health issues. I have also worked within depressed regions with people who are underrepresented and have little resources. i.e. people with disabilities, gender-based violence, alcohol and substance abuse prevention among youth, community policing. Contribution to the diversity of viewpoints on this board: I want to serve because I have a responsibility as a member of this community to further the work of ensuring quality of life through public health and prevention. My career has deeply embedded roots in public health issues, such as alcohol and substance abuse prevention, gender-based violence prevention, homelessness, poverty eradication, and even waste management and sanitation to name a few. I often have used epidemiological prevention models to increase awareness to a problem and moving communities toward being more active in collaborative problem solving. 27