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Memo-Appointment to Boards And Commissions . Office of the Mayor Memorandum To: From: Date: Subject: . Members of the City Council Eugene Maxwell, Mayor May 30, 2003 Appointment to Boards and Commissions It is my pleasure to recommend the following individual for appointment: Planning Commission: Jannina Aristy, 27 - 6th Ave S < . APPLICATION FOR COMMISSION, COMMITTEE, BOARD MEMBERSHIP COMMISSION(S), COMMITTEE{S), OR BOARD{S) WHICH YOU ARE INTERESTED IN: Charter Commission Park Board Chemical Health Committee Police Civil Service Commission HCA Operations Board 'I.. Zoning & Planning Commission Human Rights comrtion . Other ~ . Name: j q '1'(')\n~ l& '\'-1 1 , Address: J-T \2J.~ ~~ S v0 ~ City, State, Zip 6ode: '\{~~C)S ,VJ.rU ~-S-3~ Briefly describe your education and experience: ~~ ~ ~~L Please indicate why you want to serve on this committee, board, or commission: ~~ ~.~J The above information is public and may be disseminated to the general public. Phone Number: "\S-~-q 3..>....0 <t f--<- This information is private and will only be used by the City to contact you regarding this application. ~~.rf ~, ----- . D~?J ~-3 gnature PLEASE RETURN TO: City Manager City of Hopkins 1010 First Street South Hopkins, MN 55343 ---;.:~ 01101/1999 ~ . .' . Application for the Planning Commission City of Hopkins, Minnesota Jannina Aristy 27 6th Avenue South Hopkins, MN 55343 952.935.0482 Briefly describe your education and experience: Education: MA Degree in Psychology Experience with Boards, Committees and Councils: · State Advisory Council on Mental Health. State of Minnesota. Governor Appointment in process. 2003. · Member. Strategic Planning Board. Harley Hopkins ECFEP. Hopkins School District 270. 2003. · Member. Project Empowerment. Harley Hopkins Early Childhood Family Education Program. Hopkins School District 270. 2003. · Chair. National Advisory Committee on Cultural Competence. Cultural Competence Initiative for Children's Mental Health. Georgetown University. Center for Child Health and Mental Health Policy. Center for Mental Health Services. SAMHSA. 2001-2002. · Board Member. La Clinica. St. Paul, MN. 2000-2001. · State of Minnesota. Minnesota Department of Human Services. Children's Mental Health Cultural Competence Committee. Children's Mental Health Division. Chair/Member. 1998-2000. · State of Minnesota. Minnesota Department of Human Services. Children's Initiative Child Mortality Review Committee. Member.1998- 2000. · Minnesota Department of Human Services. Autism Task Force. Member. 1998. · Delegated Oversight Committee member for United Health Care and United Behavioral Health. Tampa, Florida. 1997. Please indicate why you want to serve on this committee, board or commission: As a committed and concerned resident, I would like to contribute to further developing the City of Hopkins in benefit of all its communities. I have historically supported organizational and strategic planning in a multiplicity of industries and roles, and would like the opportunity to learn and implement city planning and development efforts for our community. ;. J annina Aristy 27 6th A venue South . Hopkins . MN. 55343 (952) 935-0482 ..(612) 590-3776 . jaristy@mn.rr.com . PROFILE Professional experience in the health care and mental health fields, delivering direct patient care as well a~ design and administration of services for government, community based, private for profit organizations, managed care entitIes and programs within academic centers. Expertise in systems of care and capacity building for organizational and multIcultural leadership initiatives. Extensive experience teaching, training, facilitating, grant writing and managing complex Illultifaceted projects locally, nationally, and internationally. EXPERIENCE National Consultant. Present. Focus in mental health, health care, education and juvenile justice within the framework of integrated systems. Expertise in cultural and linguistic competence development and implementation in the areas of organizational leadership. strategic planning, policy, organizational and clinical assessments, community and youth development, family-provider partnerships. advocacy, human resource development, provider networks, evaluation protocols and resource/knowledge development. Grant writer for federal, state and foundation funding opportunities Georgetown University. Center for Child Health and Mental Health Policy. National Technical Assistance Center fol' Children's Mental Health. Director, Cultural Competence Initiative for Children's Mental Health/FacuIty. August 20Ot-November 2002 .Strong national leadership role, directing a national initiative funded by the Center for Mental Health Service~. Child. Adolescent and Family Branch, SAMHSA. Overall design and oversight, coordination and implementation of broad and targeted technical assistance, resource dissemination and training strategies for a multiplicity of audiences. including familie~. youth, federal, state and local governmental agencies, federal program partners, community based not for profit organization~_ and advocacy groups. Extensive training and technical assistance targeting stakeholders. . Children's Mental Health Division. Minnesota Department of Human Services- Clinical Consultant/Senior Mental Health Program Consultant. Dec. 1997 - August 2001 Design, coordination and oversight of the statewide cultural competence agenda. Policy Analyst for ch i Idren' s menta I health. Design, coordination and implementation of Pilot Partnering Projects and a statewide training agenda targeting the local system of care. Specialty Provider Network Development Project Coordinator. Respite Care Grant Manager. Strong advocate for children and families, supporting the development of diverse family liaisons and networks. United HealthCare Corp.- Regional Network Development Specialist/Provider Relations Specialist. 1996-1997 Design and implementation of statewide network development plans. Oversight of UBH-Florida Provider Relalion~ Department and coordination of quarterly Provider Forums. Negotiated facility contracts, conducted QA audit~ and monitored partnering projects statewide. Site liaison between provider community and corporate office. Delegated Oversight Committee member for UHC and UBH. LasPalmas Mental Health Center- Bilingual PHP Psychotherapist. 1995-1996 Individual and group psychotherapy with geriatric psychiatric patients. Initial clinical assessment and psychosocial .. evaluations. Deering Hospital, Columbia HCA Healthcare Corp.. Partial Hospital Program Psychotherapist. 1995 Individual and group psychotherapy with adult high functioning chronic psychiatric patients. Professional Private Practice. Psychotherapist. 1991-1995 Adult, adolescent and family psychotherapy. Crisis Intervention within a collaborative approach. Diagnosis. Assessment and DifferentIal Instituto Tecnologico de Santo Domingo. Faculty/Assistant Program Coordinator. 1991-1995/1987-1988 Professor. Psychology Department. Oversight of clinical residency programs. Responsible for public/private ~ervlces contract~. Solicited private funding for scholarship programs and interfaced with the public educational and private busines~ sectors. Designed public relations strategies nationwide. . Hospital Centro Dr. Baquero- Staff Liaison OfficiaVPsychotherapist. 1992-1994 Liaison between hospital management staff and the professional community in Florida and the Caribbean. Lead tor international public relations campaign. Training and direct service delivery targeting adults and adolescents. Compania Dominicana de Telefonos, CODETEL- Human Resources Specialist. 1991-1992 Identified, assessed and recruited human resources for various areas of this GTE subsidiary. Developed and Implemented employee training and quality assurance projects. Hospital Metropolitano de Quito- Research AssociatelPsychotherapist. 1988-1989 Assessed and differentially diagnosed donors/receptors for kidney transplant research project in Ecuador. Obtained personality profiles prior to surgical procedures, assessing for outcome compatibility based on Axis I and Axis II disorders in accordance with DSMill-R and ICD-9 categories. Private Practice Dr. Vicente Liz Linares. Psychotherapist. 1987-1988 Individual psychotherapy with adolescent populations. Psychological assessments with emphasis on personality testing with psychometric tools and intelligence testing based on Wechsler scales. CONFERENCES AND EVENTS Leadership Institutes 2003. Specialty Providers Network Development Project. Closing Plenary. "Building Leadership Organizations in Uncertain Times: A Local and National Perspective of Current and Future Trends". St. Paul. Minnesota. February 2003. Training Institutes 2002. Developing Local Systems of Care for Children and Adolescents with Emotional Disturbances and their Families. Family Involvement and Cultural Competence. Lead Institute Faculty. Center for Child Health and Mental Health Policy. Georgetown University. July 2002.Washington, D.C. National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASHPD). National Technical Assistance Center. National Experts Meeting on Cultural Competence. June 2002. Alexandria, V A. National Advisory Committee Meeting Cultural Competence Initiative for Children's Mental Health. Plenary Session. Georgetown University and Child Adolescent and Family Services Branch, Center for Mental Health Services. SAMHSA. May, 2002. Washington, D.C. Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and their Families Program. Technical Assistance Workshops. Child, Adolescent and Family Services Branch. Center for Mental Health Services, SAMHSA. March 2002. Denver, CO, Tysons Corner, VA. First Program Partners Strategic Planning Process for Cultural Competence. Comprehensive Community Mental Health Sel'l for Children and Their Families Program. Plenary Speaker. Lead Coordinator in partnership with the National Indian Child Welfare Association.. February 2002. Portland, OR. We Can Do This! Ending Homelessness for People with Mental Illnesses and/or Substance Use Disorders. A National Training Conference. Lead Faculty. December 2001. Washington, D.C. 2001 Policy Academy. Developing Systems of Care for Children with Mental Health Needs and their Families. Georgetown University. Center for Mental Health Services, Child, Adolescent and Family Branch, SAMHSA. Lead Technical Assistance Coordinator for the State of Alaska Delegation. Faculty. November 2001. Annapolis, M.D. Council for Coordination and Collaboration. Child, Adolescent and Family Services Branch. Center for Mental Health. Services. SAMHSA. Mid Course Review. November 2001. Landsdowne, VA. Department of Mental Health. Washington, District of Columbia. Two day Training. November 2001.Washington, D.C. .' Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families Program Fall Grantee Meeting. American Institutes for Research/Center for Mental Health Services. Workshop in conjunction with ORC Macro International. October 2001. Stamford, CT. "'- National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors, National Technical Assistance Center for State Mental . Health Planning. National Meeting of State Mental Health Agency Multicultural and Deaf Services Coordinators. Plenary Session. June 2001, Washington D.C. Spring 2001 Community Grantee Meeting. Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and their Families Program. Center for Mental Health Services Child Adolescent and Family Branch. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Multiple Roles. May 200 I. Rio Grande, Puerto Rico. COMMITTEES: National Technical Assistance Center for Children's Mental Health. Georgetown University. Center for Child Health and Mental Health Policy. Cultural Competence National Advisory Committee. Chair. 2001-2002. Washington. D.C. ORC Macro. National Advisory Committee. National Evaluation Protocol for the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and their Families Program. Member. 2002. Bethesda, MD. Training Institutes 2002. Developing Local Systems of Care for Children and Adolescents with Emotional Disturbances and their Families. Family Involvement and Cultural Competence. Georgetown University. Conference Planning Committee Member. October 2001. Washington, D.C. National Technical Assistance Center for Children's Mental Health. Georgetown University. Center for Child Health and Mental Health Policy. Policy Academy Review Committee. Member. July 2001. Washington D.C. . National Technical Assistance Center for Children's Mental Health. Georgetown University. Center for Child Health and Mental Health Policy. National Advisory Committee Member. July 2001. Washington D.C. EDUCATION Medical School. 1991-1994. Universidad Tecnologica de Santiago, Dominican Republic. Master of Arts, Psychology. 1990. The American University, Washington D.C. Fulbright-Laspau Scholar. sponsored by Harvard University. Bachelor of Science, Psychology. 1988. Instituto Tecnologico de Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. SKILLS Leadership, management, supervisory and interpersonal skills. Bicultural and bilingual, fluent in English-Spanish. and Spanish-English. Translator and interpreter in the English-Spanish and Spanish-English languages. Conversational Portuguese. International exposure to a diversity of cultures and culturally specific programs. Computer literate in Microsoft Windows, Word, Powerpoint, Excel, Lotus, WordPerfect. ADDENDUM J annina Aristy Recent Contributions to the Field: · Developed current cultural and linguistic competence language specifications in the 2002 Guidance 1'01 ApplIcant~ (GFA). for the multimillion dollar cooperative agreement of the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Servlce~ f(\r Children and their Families Program, Child, Adolescent and Family Branch, Center for Mental Health Services. SAHMSA. · Edited the landmark publication "Building Systems of Care. A Primer" (Pires, S.: Human Services Collaborative. 2002) for inclusion of multicultural and linguistic competence values and principles, funded by the Center for Mental Health Services, SAMHSA. · Developed jointly with the National Indian Child Welfare Association, a cutting edge strategic planmng curnculum and process for the federal partners of the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and Their Familie~ Program, including major national academic research centers, the national evaluator, and the national technical assistance centers. · Contributed to the improvement of the National Evaluation Protocol "Systemness Measure" Cultural Competence Assessment, for the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and their Families Program. Ccnter for Mental Health Services, SAMHSA. · Developed and implemented the first "Leadership Institutes" and "Mentoring Program" targeting ethnically and racially diverse mental health providers, and families through "Partners in Advocacy", serving as a best practice model lor othcr states and for national leadership initiatives in systems of care. · Developed and implemented the best practice model "Specialty Providers Network Development Project" for the State of Minnesota and secured federal block grant dollars to support this statewide initiative. · Developed the nationally recognized comprehensive cultural competence agenda for the Minnesota Department of Human Services, Children's Mental Health Division. Additional Management Experience: · Instituto Tecnologico de Santo Domingo (INTEC). Non-profit, higher education Institution with a trime~ter ,y,lem. Title: Professor, Faculty of Psychology/Coordinator of Undergraduate Clinical Programs. Professor of P,ychopathology I and II, and Personality Psychology. Coordinated and supervised clinical psychology internships ancl rotation, In various psychiatric facilities in the metropolitan area. Part-time employment. 21 months. full time equi valent (March 1991-March 1995). · Instituto Tecnologico de Santo Domingo (INTEC). Tittle: Assistant Coordinator National Scholarship Project "Intec con los Estudiantes Sobresalientes". Participated in the design and implementation, while interfacing WIth the pnvate ancl public educational sectors, identifying and securing funding streams. Conducted nationwide site visits to publIc and private schools while promoting the university's national search for exceptional high school students basecl on academic performance. Participated in the grantee selection process by administering and scoring a battery of psychological tests. Supervised temporary staff. Attended interviews with the media as part of the program's public relations effor[, II months 0987-1988). · Hospital Centro Dr. Baquero (HOCEBA). Private, for profit, psychiatric facility serving the local Domlllic<1n population as well as the Caribbean islands and South Florida. Title: Staff Liaison Official, Coordinator of ClInical Services. Organized and coordinated clinical programs. Trained and supervised hospital nursing and mental health staff (+26 FrE's) on proper case management, clinical best practices and documentation in accordance with QA requirements. 34 months 0992-1994). Community Work and Research Experience: · Instituto de Estudios Dominicanos (lED). Outreach Social Services Counselor. 1987. Community Psychology. Seminar speaker on mental health topics and prevention to elementary and high school teachers from the public educational sector for a total of twelve three hour sessions. · Hospital Dr. Francisco E. Moscoso Puello. Department of Psychiatry. Department of Public Health. 36 hour, a month for a total of three months (July-September of 1987). Mandatory rotation required by Psychiatry e()ur~e Emphasi, on interviewing, therapeutic techniques and psychopharmacology. " . Instituto Tecnologico de Santo Domingo. Faculties of Medicine and Psychology. Three times a weck. and wcckcnds every other weekend. Total of 128 hours a month for 3 months (October-December of 1987). Rural community internship integrating medicine and psychology disciplines in the communities of Bani and Yaguarizo, San Cristobal, Domllllcan Republic. Provided psychological services (both on-site at the Health Center and in-home) to local low socio-eeonomic target populations. . Instituto Tecnologico de Santo Domingo. Faculty of Psychology. Volunteer Thesis Research Project. Psychological Effects of Marginality, Quality of Life and Malnutrition in Children from birth to three years of age. Total of forty hours a month for 12 months (January 1987-January 1988). Representative sample of 300 families. Designed and implcmented a psychosocial and quality oflife assessment tool, in conjunction with weight and height measurements, as well a~ existing malnutrition and psychological assessment scales based on the Gomez Method. Volunteer and Unpaid Work Experience: . Georgetown Public Hospital. Psychiatry Unit. Georgetown, Guyana. Clinical Intake Coordinator. Ei!lhtv hours a month for two months (July-August 1985). Volunteered with the Cuban Association of Physicians contracted hy the Guyanese Government to deliver mental health services for metropolitan and rural populations. . Outpatient Mental Health Services Unit. Intec-Fia Project. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Coordlllator of Outpatient Unit. Fortv hours a month for two months (June-August 1987). Organized the outpatient mental health services unit providing integrated mental health and primary health care to the university's adjacent communities. Emphasized different levels of intervention modalities. Established referral channels through the psychiatric public health sector. Assessed, recruited and supervised undergraduate students and government appointed center stafr on cross-system and multidisciplinary interventions, interviewing techniques, diagnosis and triage. . Hospital Dr. E. Moscoso Puello. Psychology and Psychiatry Units. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic~ Psychotherapist. Seventy-six hours a month for twelve months (May 1987-May 1988). Individual, group and family therapy with mental health and dual diagnosed populations (SNCD), as well as co-occurring medical condIlions. Epidemiology research in mental health. . Hospital Dr. Dario Contreras. Public Health Administration. ERlOR Units. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Medical Assistant. Fifty-six hours a month for four months (September 1994-January 1995). Asslstcd medical rcsidents in the emergency room and operating room units. Emphasis on differential diagnosis of cross-cultural psychiatric syndromes and co-occurring conditions. Assisted surgeon specialists in the OR, with special emphasis on neurological trauma victims. Followed specific cases throughout the recovery process conducting neuropsychological and personality testing. Provided individual and family therapy. . BIO-INTEC. Research Symposium in the Biological and Allied Health Fields. Coordinator. Ei!lhtv hours a month for two months. Summer 1994. Designed and supervised a community mental health research project funded by Lilly Pharmaceuticals on the "Epidemiology of Female Depression in an Underserved Low Socio-economic Group". Conducted a comparative study between the Zung Depression scale and the Becker Depression Scale. Dcsigncd and supervised appropriate follow-up programs and supervised undergraduate medical and psychology students Additional Training: · Teaching Training Workshop. New York University at Buffalo. Three weeks for a total of approximatcly 120 hours. Fullbright-Laspau Program. Summer 1989. · URAC Guidelines In-service Training. United Behavioral Health. Miami, Florida. November 1996. Eight hours. · OSHA Guidelines In-service Training. United Behavioral Health. Miami, Florida. April 1996. One hour. · Contracting Mental Health Services and Providers. Compliance with NCQA Guidelines. United Behavioral Health. Corporate Office. Minnetonka, MN. May 1996. Sixteen hours. Additional NationallLocal Conferences, Events and Committees: . · Annual Conference Minnesota Association for Children's Mental Health. Conference Speaker. 2001. Sl. Cloud CIVIC Center, MN. . · Minnesota Department of Human Services. Health Plans Committee Meeting. Presentation on Cultural Competence in Medicaid Managed Care Systems. June 2001. St. Paul, MN. · Training Institutes 2000. Developing Local Systems of Care for Children and Adolescents with Emotional Disturbances and their Families. Improving Policy and Practice. National Technical Assistance Center for ChIldrcn'~ Mental Health, Center for Child Health and Mental Health Policy, Georgetown University in partners.hip with the Center for Mental Health Service, SAMHSA, and the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Faculty. Training InstItute in conjunction with the state of California and South Carolina. Cultural Competence Strategic Planning. June 2000, New Orleans. LO. · 2000 Policy Academy. Developing Local Systems of Care for Children and Adolescents with Emotional Disturbances and their Families. Facilitator for the State of Minnesota Delegation. Mental Health and Juvenile Justice Initiative. 2000. · Pre-Institute 2000- Building Community Capacity for Cultural Competence. Faculty. Policy Cro~~-SY~lem~. Coordinator of Minnesota's Delegation on Cultural Competence. June 2000. New Orleans, LO. Planl1lng Committee Member. March 2000. Washington, DC. · Annual National Conference Council on Family Relations. Conference Speaker. November 2000. Minncapolt~. MN. · Citizens League of Minnesota. Towards Better Mental Health Project. Translating Policy II1to Practice: Improving Minnesota's Children's Mental Health System through a Comprehensive Division Strategic Planmng Proces~ for Cultural Competence. Winter 2000. Minneapolis, MN. · Annual Community Mental Health Conference. Conference Speaker. 1999,2000. Brainerd. Minnesota. · Annual State of Minnesota Children's Mental Health Conference on Systems of Care. Conference Speakel. 199R, 1999,2000. State of Minnesota. · Midwest Chicano-Latino Mental Health Conference. Conference Speaker. Summer 2000. St. Paul. MN. · Training Institutes 2000. Developing Local Systems of Care for Children and Adolescents with Emotional Disturbances and their Families. Improving Policy and Practice. June 2000, New Orleans. Georgetown Univcr~lty. November 1999. Conference Planning Committee Member. Reston, Virginia. · Midwest Chicano-Latino Mental Health Conference. Planning Committee Member. Summer 2000. · La Clinica. St. Paul, MN. Board Member. 2000. · State of Minnesota. Minnesota Department of Human Services. Combined Adult and Children's Mental Health Case Management Training. Presentation on Cultural Competence in Systems of Care: Translating Policy Inlo Practice. 2000, 2001. St. Cloud, MN. · National Cultural Competence Resource Committee. National Technical Assistance Center for Children's Mental Health. Georgetown University. Center for Child Health and Mental Health Policy. Member. 1999-2000. · National System of Care Conference Call Series. National Technical Assistance Center for Children'~ Mental Health. Georgetown University. Center for Child Health and Mental Health Policy. State of Minnesota: Children' s MenIal Health and Cultural Competence. March 1999. National Teleconference. · 1999 Policy Academy. Developing Systems of Care for Children with Mental Health Needs and theit" Families. Georgetown University. Center for Child Health and Mental Health Policy, in conjunction with the Center for Mental Health Services, Child, Adolescent and Family Branch, SAMHSA. Faculty. Minnesota's Statewide Cultural ComDetence Strategic Agenda for Children's Mental Health. Overview of Peer to Peer Match Process. Joint presentation with the Baltimore Mental Health Institute. December 1999. Annapolis, MD. · State of Minnesota. Minnesota Department of Human Services. Children's Mental Health Cultural Competence Committee. Children's Mental Health Division. Chair/Member. 1998-2000. · State of Minnesota. Minnesota Department of Human Services. Children's Initiative Child Mortality Review Committee. Member. 1998-2000. · Minnesota Department of Human Services. Autism Task Force. Member. 1998. A WARDS: · Fulbright-Laspau Scholar, sponsored by Harvard University. The American University. Washington, D.C. · B.S. Cum Laude. Instituto Tecnologico de Santo Domingo. Dominican Republic. · Awarded Gold Medal. National Spanish Contest. George Washington University, Washington. D.C. · Awarded Gold Medal. Children's Pan American Games. Olympic Gymnastics. Dominican Republic.