B2. Rock Your Flock Micro-mentoring Session: How to Market Yourself in the Current Environment

Skye McDonald is a doctoral candidate at the University of Cincinnati. She received an M.S. in Health Education with an emphasis on Teacher Education as well as a B.S. in Health Education from Texas A&M University. Skye's research interests revolve around providing health education, specifically sexual health education, to individuals with disabilities, and the role caregivers play in decision-making for individuals with disabilities. She is CHES certified and has presented at numerous state, national, and international conferences. Skye currently teaches at The TALL Institute, a day program for individuals with disabilities, in Cincinnati, Ohio and is working towards becoming a Certified Sex Educator through AASECT.

Dr. Ashley S. Love, an experienced public health professional with over 20 years of expertise, is committed to addressing social determinants of health. Trained at Columbia University and Nova Southeastern University and having lived in Europe, Asia, and North America, she brings a multicultural perspective to her work. As the former State Epidemiologist of Delaware/Bureau Chief of Epidemiology, Dr. Love was crucial in effectively managing the H1N1 pandemic in 2009. Her interdisciplinary and interfaith approach, coupled with her experience working with diverse age and racial/minority groups, enriches her work. Dr. Love’s areas of expertise include public health, healthcare education, telehealth, nutrition, and gerontology. She has taught numerous community college and university courses, employing innovative approaches. She has been an award-winning educator, certified online instructor, and an active-duty military spouse for over two decades. She is an associate professor and director of graduate studies at the University of Incarnate Word’s Dreeben School of Education.

Lisa Lieberman, MA, PhD, CHES, has her master’s degree from Kent State University in Health Education, and PhD from the University of Michigan in Health Behavior and Health Education.  Currently, she is Professor and Chair, Department of Public Health at Montclair State University, in NJ.  She helped create and grow the department’s CEPH- accredited MPH program, and her work teaching and mentoring MPH students has been the highlight of her career.  Prior to coming to MSU, Lisa spent more than 20 years conducting program planning and evaluation work for a wide range of community and government organizations, with experiences ranging from tobacco control in a countrywide initiative, sex education in NYC and other public school systems, pregnancy and parenting among young women in the foster care system, comprehensive school health programs, and systems approaches to improving health in a variety of settings.  She has served on the editorial boards of SOPHE’s Health Education and Behavior, and on the Guttmacher Institute’s Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health.  She was recently elected as SOPHE’s Trustee for Publications. 

Associate Professor & MPH Program Director, California Baptist University, Department of Public Health Sciences. Dr. Parks is an experienced educator and health administrator with a background in post-acute care and inpatient rehabilitation hospital quality and risk management. Dr. Parks currently works as an Associate Professor and the MPH Program Director in Public Health Sciences at California Baptist University (CBU) and as a healthcare quality consultant. Dr. Parks serves as the SOPHE Trustee for Professional Preparation. Prior to her current role, Dr. Parks worked previously as a Director of Managed Care at the AIDS Healthcare Foundation and a Research Associate for the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.