HEIDI S. PARKER, MA Whether working with Head Start families, victims of partner violence, business development, college students or Nevadans needing immunizations, I am dedicated to affecting positive outcomes and addressing community needsthrough my extensive background in nonprofit program management, building collaborative partnerships and marketing for social change. I believe everyone deserves to live in a healthy and vibrant community.

PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERIENCE

IMMUNIZE NEVADA Executive Director (NV), 2012 - present NORTHERN NEVADA IMMUNIZATION COALITION (NNIC) Executive Director (Reno, NV), 2009-2012 NEVADA IMMUNIZATION COALITION Statewide Project Manager (Reno, NV), 2007-2009

• Oversaw and engaged a diverse coalition of staff, volunteers, funders, public health and corporate stakeholders passionate about vaccines and access to preventive health care across Nevada's rural, urban and frontier communities.

• Developed a long-standing regional coalition into a statewide 501 c3 nonprofit. • Built organizational capacity by increasing financial support and expanding staff

positions by 200%. • Successfully planned and implemented new projects including a pilot text4baby

immunization module, school-located vaccination clinic billing, HPV education, lnFLUence Others influenza outreach, and Vaccinate Nevada week.

• In 2012, guided an organizational merger that achieved substantial growth and reduced duplication between NNIC and Immunize Nevada, and in 2014, executed consolidation with the Southern Nevada Immunization and Health Coalition (SNIHC) .

• Tracked, invoiced and reported results on multiple state and federal project grants, private foundation and other funding totaling close to $1,000,000 annually.

UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA,RENO: SCHOOL OF COMMUNITY HEALTH SCIENCES Lecturer, CHS 310: Health Communication, 2011-2013 Internship Preceptor, 2012-present

• Instructed, engaged and evaluated undergraduate students on topics such as health literacy, social marketing, patient interviewing, social determinants of health, health campaign planning and evaluation, etc.

• Supervised Field Study undergraduate and MPH candidate graduate students.

CENTER FOR HOPE AND SAFETY Youth Services Coordinator (Salem, OR), 1997-2000

• Guided support services for teens and children living in emergency shelter. • Facilitated a community-wide adopt a family holiday program. • Trained community members, colleagues and volunteers on the issues of violence

against women. • Served on the Marion County Child Abuse Review Team.

VIOLENCE PREVENTION CENTER OF SOUTHWESTERN IL Children's Program Manager (Belleville/East St. Louis, IL), 1994-1996

• Supervised children's program team, art therapy intern, part-time shelter staff and program volunteers.

• Answered crisis hotline and provided problem solving advice, information and referrals.

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OTHER EXPERIENCE UNIVERSITY STUDIES ABROAD CONSORTIUM (USAC)

Assistant Director Marketing and University Relations, 2001-2007 • Cultivated collaborative partnerships with 32 consortium universities, staff and students. • Facilitated marketing. public relations and campus outreach activities.

THE CHAMBER: RENO, SPARKS, NORTHERN NEVADA Marketing and Research Director. 2000-2001

• Coordinated marketing, public relations and community outreach for northern Nevada's largest business organization.

EDUCATION EXECUTIVE CERTIFICATE IN NONPROFIT LEADERSHIPDuke University (Raleigh, NC), 2013

MASTER OF ARTS, ART THERAPY Southern Illinois University (Edwardsville, IL), 1995

• Graduate assistant at Head Start of Madison County • Published Thesis "The NAMES Project Aids Memorial Quilt: A Collective Response of Art to

the Grieving Process of AIDS" • Passed Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) exam

BACHELOR OF ARTS, ART DePaul University (Chicago, IL), 1993

• Dual program with School of the Art Institute of Chicago • Taught at K-8 school serving Cabrini Green Housing Project and surrounding

neighborhoods • Grant assistant at The Chicago Cenacle

LEADERSHIP

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AWARDS

• Human Services Network Administrator of the Year, 2013 • CDC Childhood Immunization Champion, 2013 • The Chamber Healthcare Committee, 2012-present • Sun Valley General Improvement District Community Service Award, 2012 • Nevada Network Against Domestic Violence Healthcare Leadership Standards Team,

2011-present • Reno-Gazette Journal Twenty under 40 recipient, 2008 • GIVE Committee Co-Chair, Reno-Tahoe Young Professionals Network, 2007-2009 • Co-Chair, Committee on the Status of Women, University of Nevada Reno, 2006-07 • Salem Multicultural Institute Volunteer of the Year, 1999 • City of Salem Distinguished Service, 1999

PRESENTATIONS • "You're the Key [to Stopping HPV]" TedXUNR, Reno, NV, 2015

• "What's New in 2014-15 for Influenza Vaccination" Immunization Action Coalition, webinar, 2014

• "Bringing Influenza Vaccine to the Community" National Conference on Immunization and Health Coalitions, Seattle, WA, 2014

• "Using Mobile Technology to Connect Underserved Women and Children with Free, Critical Health and Safety Information" Association of Maternal Child Health Professionals Annual Conference , Washington D.C., 2014

• "Best Practices for Communicating Flu and Tdap Vaccinations" National Cocooning Summit, Las Vegas, NV, 2012

• "lnFLUencing Others to Get Vaccinated: A Mixed Media Influenza Outreach Campaign" National Conference on Health Communication, Marketing and Media, Atlanta, GA, 2011

• "How to Succeed at Social Media (without having to become a ninja!)" National Immunization Conference, Washington D.C., 2011

• "Social Media for Immunization Coalitions" PK/Os Communications Made Easy, webinar, 2011

• "Social Media Ninja" Immunization Action Coalition Social Media Summit, Philadelphia, PA, 2010

• "Planning an NIIW Event" Immunization Technical Assistance Network, webinar, 2008

• "Connecting Young Professionals and Giving" Reno-Tahoe Young Professionals Network Summit, Reno, NV, 2007

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