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20 <br /> Page 3 of 4 Shawnee Seese <br /> Board of Health <br /> Background, education and experience relevant to this board: <br /> I have over 25 years experience working with communities and special population groups <br /> domestically and internationally. My career highlights include increasing awareness and <br /> reducing alcohol and substance abuse, teen pregnancy, school dropout, and violence. I ve <br /> assisted nongovernmental organizations and governments in strategic planning to address <br /> critical needs in mental health services expansion, substance abuse services expansion, suicide <br /> prevention, improving law enforcement response and even community policing relations, as well <br /> as other social issues that contribute to public health. <br /> I ve served with the Health Resources and Services Administration since 2010, providing consult <br /> work in reviewing major grants addressing vital health and human needs. I have a keen <br /> understanding of financial trends within government agencies and how it effects community <br /> strategies. <br /> I worked with the President s Task Force on 21st Century Policing in the Obama Administration <br /> and contributed through conducting topic research and synthesized and analyzed thousands of <br /> data from verbal and written testimony, contributing to the Presidents Report. <br /> My education includes a Bachelors degree in management and organizational development, <br /> MBA in Finance, and currently a PhD Candidate in Public Policy and Administration scheduled to <br /> graduate in Spring of 2020. <br /> Reasons for wanting to serve on this board: <br /> I want to serve because I have a responsibility as a member of this community to further the <br /> work of ensuring quality of life through public health and prevention. My career has deeply <br /> embedded roots in public health issues, such as alcohol and substance abuse prevention, <br /> gender-based violence prevention, homelessness, poverty eradication, and even waste <br /> management and sanitation to name a few. I often have used epidemiological prevention <br /> models to increase awareness to a problem and moving communities toward being more active <br /> in collaborative problem solving. <br /> Contribution to the diversity of viewpoints on this board: <br /> I bring with me 25 years of diverse experience in working with underserved and marginalized <br /> population groups in the United States as well as internationally, bringing about awareness and <br /> putting forth solutions that address various public health issues. I have also worked within <br /> depressed regions with people who are underrepresented and have little resources. i.e. people <br /> with disabilities, gender-based violence, alcohol and substance abuse prevention among youth, <br /> community policing. <br /> Conflict of Interest: <br /> Boards/Commissions appointments: <br /> Human Relations Commission <br /> Application Date: 1/10/2020 <br /> Background, education and experience relevant to this board: <br /> I have over 25 years experience working with communities and special population groups <br /> domestically and internationally. My career highlights include increasing awareness and <br /> reducing alcohol and substance abuse, teen pregnancy, school dropout, and viole <br /> Reasons for wanting to serve on this board: <br /> I want to serve because I have a responsibility to further the work of human relations, as a <br /> member of this community. I believe in empowering people and community groups to make a <br /> difference and to ensure that opportunities for personal growth can be ac <br />