Spitzer's Transition

Really? That's very intriguing, given Spitzer's claims about eschewing patronage. They'll probably hire a couple people via the website as a PR move, though. It'll be interesting to see who is in power come January.

I would be interested in being interviewed for a position in the Spitzer Adminstration. I am President of the Albany School Board, a 25 yeqar employee of the NYS Dept of Health and a long time Democract. First campaigned for Bobby Kennedy fo the US Senate form NYS. Also well known by Percy Suttton, Charlie Rangek and Carl McCall. My cell phone is 518-859-6432. Below please find my resume:

Edward H. Brown, Jr.
33 Garland Court
Albany, New York 12202-1005
Home: (518) 472-8085,
Work: (518) 402-5701 or Cell: (518) 859-6432
E-mails: ehb01@health.state.ny.us or edbrown4schoolbd@aol.com website: www.Re-ElectEdBrown2006.com

OBJECTIVE
A creative opportunity that will permit me to use my leadership, management, facilitation and executive skills to complete meaningful, diverse & complex projects.
EMPLOYMENT
President, Board of Education January 2003 to January 2007
Albany City School District Albany, New York

Elected, in a highly competitive citywide election, to a four-year term on the Board of Education of the Capital City of New York State. Unanimously elected Vice-President of the Board in January 2005 and ascended to the presidency when the position was vacated by a sudden resignation. Elected to a full term as President in January 2006. As the Board’s Chief Executive Officer, I directly oversee the Superintendent in managing a staff of more than 1,650 employees, inclusive of 900 teachers and 60 administrators, located in an urban educational system of 19 schools inclusive of 12 elementary schools, 3 middle schools, 2 high schools and several innovative alternative educational programs. In addition, As the School District’s Chief Fiscal Officer, I review & provide final sign-off on critical documents related to the district’s day-to-day operations and financial well-being. Duties also include speaking for the Board, setting the Board agenda, presiding over meetings and exercising leadership of the Board in performing its responsibilities that include, but are not limited to, establishing standards and goals for educational delivery; hiring and supervising a District Superintendent; determining the content of and managing a voter approved budget of 168 million dollars; overseeing a facilities construction plan funded by a 185+ million dollar bond issue; determining the annual homestead & business tax levy; and overseeing the implementation of an academic curriculum for the educational uplifting of a diversified population of approximately ten-thousand students, in a safe learning environment.

Contract Manager December 2005 to Present
New York State Department of Health Albany, New York
Division of HIV Prevention
Bureau of Community Based Services

Manages a variety of HIV prevention and support services contracts. Serves as the Department’s point person for all interactions with contractors. Negotiates terms of contracts and performs all related programmatic, fiscal and administrative responsibilities. Assists contractors in providing services that are culturally and linguistically appropriate to the target audiences, in accordance with Department of Health standards, in a manner that ensures fiscal viability. Monitors contractors to ensure programs are maintaining quality services in accordance with their contractual obligations and funding requirements. Prepares written reports to support contract management and to assist Bureau in carrying out its goals and objectives. Conducts site visits and prepares reports detailing findings, observations and recommending corrective actions. Maintains regular contact with contractors to keep updated on their concerns and issues as well as those of the communities being served.

Patient Safety Investigator April 2002 to November 2005
New York State Department of Health Delmar, New York
Office of Health System Management (OHSM)
Patient Safety Demonstration Project

Designed a comparative study to assess methodological differences and similarities found in implementing evidenced-based processes of care to reduce the frequency of adverse occurrences in patient safety demonstration projects for three different codes in the New York Patient Occurrence Reporting & Tracking System (NYPORTS). This study was done in conjunction with the Department of Health's AHRQ funded Patient Safety Demonstration Project grant. The specific NYPORTS codes studied were: 401/402- New Acute Pulmonary Embolism (PE) / New Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT); 604- Acute Myocardial Infarction; and 808- Post-operative Wound Infection requiring drainage or hospital admission within 30 days.

Participated in Patient Safety Conferences for the NYS Hospital industry sponsored by AHRQ and/or NYSDOH & developed a comprehensive evaluation tool thereof; participated in meetings of Demonstration Project Oversight Panels and conference calls related to the progress of each demonstration project; participated in field trips to hospitals to help identify the "best practices" and develop milestones for good NYPORTS reporters; and conducted literature searches related to the study area of each demonstration project and to changing organizational culture and other related issues for the comparative study.

Developed tools to collect comparative data and log barriers, similarities and differences across the three projects in specific areas including: the roles, behaviors and performances of Oversight Panels; interactions of primary players in demonstration project hospital groups; reporting processes; baseline establishment and verification; hiring and education/training of grant staff; protocol development; introduction and implementation of intervention/prophylaxis; and data collection, analysis and evaluation. Prepared a Final Report for the federal government’s Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

Management Fellow January 1998 to April 2002
New York State Department of Health Troy, New York
Division of Health Facility Planning, OHSM

Executive level leadership, management and policy development experience though shadowing senior management and regular participation in departmental leadership meetings of the same. Crafted and published revisions to the Article 28 CON application generated by the Public Health Council’s Character & Competence Workgroup which was chaired by the Director
of Office of Health Systems Management (OHSM); related CON application revisions became effective on January 1. 1999.

Conceptualized, created, lead, managed and chaired the CON Application Revision Workgroup (CARW), consisting of
representatives from ten (10) bureaus and five (5) divisions of the NYS Department of Health, OMH, OASAS and more than fifty (50) executives and health professionals from trade organizations and facilities of the State’s health industry, to wholly revise, update and automate a more comprehensive “user friendly” CON application. This new automated application replaced a multiplicity of antiquated paper applications that had been in use since the mid 1980s for health facilities governed by Articles 28, 36 & 40 of Public Health Law and Article 7 of Social Service Law. Designed and implemented a pilot test for the revised CON document. Completion of this work product achieved the Long Term Strategic Goal # 4 of the OHSM (electronic submission of CON applications and the full automation of CON process). The new form, developed by CARW with the consensus of the healthcare industry, became mandatory on January 1, 2004. In the year 2004 alone, 350 hospitals, health centers, nursing homes and other health care facilities, licensed by the Public Health Council and/or the State Hospital Review & Planning Council, used the new application for the establishment of new facilities or the construction of enhancements to improve in New York State’s healthcare infrastructure totaling “2 billion” dollars. For direct hyperlink to automated work product see: http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/cons/cons_application/page_00_intro_to_con_process.htm

Regional Director &
Federal Shortage Designation Specialist January 1993 to December 1997
Health Research Inc. Albany, New York
Robert Wood Johnson (RWJ) Foundation

Directed regional activities of a HRI Robert Wood Johnson “Practice Sights” Project. This included research and analysis of the health care systems resources of Orange, Green, Delaware, Essex, Hamilton, Franklin and Schenectady counties to determine the current level of health services allocation and existing processes on care. Prepared assessments of the County Plans developed by the County Health Departments; reviewed allocations made by the Office of Public Health, County Commissioner of Social Services and major health providers in each county. Crafted strategic plans for primary care development for Orange, Greene, Delaware, Essex, Hamilton, Franklin and Schenectady counties. Efforts directly resulted in the formation of healthcare networks, the consolidation of resources and state grants to support health care development in Delaware, Greene and Orange counties.

Lead, managed and coordinated statewide analysis of local primary health resources to determine which communities were eligible for federal and state health personnel enhancement programs. Work in this area resulted in applications from more than 35 medically underserved rural and inner city communities being submitted to the federal Office of Shortage Designation for Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) designation. Developed a new methodology for the allocation of the State’s Health personnel resources. This methodology became state policy upon its adoption by the State Board of Regents in 1996.

Statewide Manager, National Health Service Corps January 1984 to December 1992
New York State Department of Health Albany, New York
Division of Planning, Policy and Resource Development

Managed activities of the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) in New York State under a 16-year Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Public Health Service before and after the passage of its 1990 NHSC Revitalization Act. Trained and oversaw the professional activities of program staff. Determined priorities for statewide health resource allocation based on analysis of health care needs and usage patterns. Presented the Department of Health viewpoint to other players in the health planning process e.g., the Health Systems Planning Agencies, local governments and worked with them to assure that regional needs were considered in the planning process. Managed the federal and state processes for the placement of more than 800 primary care physicians in medically indigent, rural and inner-city, communities in New York State. Oversaw the monitoring of more than 300 medical practices and investigated more than 50 "practice failures" and made appropriate management recommendations to the federal government for action.

Federal Project Officer March 1980 to May 1981
Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW now HHS) New York City
United States Public Health Service, Region II

Directed and managed activities of Executive Directors of Community Health Centers in the states of New York and New Jersey that received more than 50 million dollars in, federal funds, under Section 330 of the U.S. Public Health Law to deliver primary health care services to medically underserved and uninsured populations.

Executive Director January 1975 to March 1980
Queens Hospital Center/Long Island Jewish Hospital Queens, New York
Education, Screening & Counseling Clinic

Executive responsibilities for a federally funded Education, Screening and Genetic Counseling Clinic located in Queens Hospital, including full management of clinic with a professional staff of twelve (12) people. Duties included hiring and firing employees, staff supervision, determining the scope of work, evaluating employees, overseeing CDC lab inspection process, preparation of quarterly and annual reports to the federal government, development of the protocols for and implementing the delivery of the educational component to the general public and elementary & secondary schools and colleges in the five boroughs of New York City. Outreach efforts, which focused on health prevention education, reached more than 500,000 people over a five- year period. Also delivered program related testimony at public hearings including the New York State Senate and the President’s Domestic Council and prepared and managed analytical data related to health education, prevention, screening and counseling.

Director September 1971 to January 1975
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) New York City
Political Affairs Department

Directed and coordinated the political activities of 200 chapters of a National Civil Rights agency with a membership exceeding 200,000. Prepared testimonies and policy statements for conventions of national political parties, Congress and other national organizations. Wrote reports and prepared analysis of specific issues and problems concerning the quality of health care, educational equity and the economic well-being & the achievement of full human rights for at-risk minorities and indigent populations. Facilitated summit meetings with the CEOs of other National Civil Rights organizations. Assisted in the preparation of federal and state legislation and in crafting amicus curiae briefs for school desegregation cases that came before the United States Supreme Court. Facilitated meetings with officials at the highest level of the executive & legislative branches in the federal and state governments. Established Consultative NGO status for the agency with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations; facilitated meeting with the UN Secretary General; and attended the annual meeting of African heads of state in the Organization of African Unity (OAU). Replied on major national television networks (CBS, NBC & ABC) to editorial statements regarding critical issues of concern to the agency.

EDUCATION
Health Policy & Management Certificate December 1991
HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH Boston, Massachusetts

Masters of Public Administration (MPA) July 1970- June 1971
MAXWELL SCHOOL OF CITIZENSHIP AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS Syracuse, New York

BA- Political Science/History September 1965-June 1969
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY Syracuse, New York

SKILLS
 Well seasoned/highly developed skills in project & process management and all skills necessary for
Executive leadership & management;
 Versed in critical computer skills, e.g., WordPerfect, WORD, Excel, Access, PowerPoint and MapInfo.

Significant Presentations/Publications:

Brown Jr., Edward H. Testimony before the New York State Assembly Sub-Committee on Health Care regarding the Importance of Education and the Scientific Drawbacks of Prenatal Screening for Sickle Cell Anemia. Albany, New York, September 29, 1977.

Brown Jr., Edward H. and Dowdy, H. Rosner, F. The Effectiveness of Sickle Cell Education in New York City Public Elementary Schools. Presented at the National Conference of Screening & Education Clinics and Comprehensive Sickle Cell Centers, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 9-12, 1977 and. later published in the Journal of the National Medical Association (JNMA) Vol. 70, November 8, 1978.

Brown Jr., Edward H. and Avakian, C. M. Efforts to Recruit Physicians for High Need Populations in New York State During the 1980’s. Presented at the 118th Meeting of the American Public Health Association (APHA), New York City, October 3, 1990.

Brown Jr., Edward H. and Williams, D.C., Schreiber, S. A Comparative Study of Methodologies Used for the Allocation of Primary Health Care Resources to the Medically Underserved Populations in New York State. Presented at the 122nd Meeting of the American Public Health Association (APHA), Washington D.C., November 2, 1994.

Brown Jr., Edward H. Budget Approval Raises the Bar for Students. An analytical commentary that successfully advocated for voter approval of a revised school budget for the 2004-05. Published in the June 16, 2004 edition of the Times Union and then cited by the paper in their Sunday, June 20, 2004 editorial that endorsed the adoption of the revised Albany School District budget for the 2004-05 academic year. The revised budget received voter approval.

Brown Jr., Edward H. and Flink, E., Chevalier, L. Patient Safety Comparative Report. New York State Safety Improvement Demonstration Project. Department of Health/ Health Research Inc. Submitted to the US Dept. of Health & Human Services, Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality. August 31, 2005.

Brown Jr., Edward H. Revised School Budget Deserves Public Approval. An analytical presidential letter to the editor that successfully advocated for voter approval of a revised school budget for the 2006-07 academic year. Published in the June 13, 2006 edition of the Times Union. TU endorsed the revised budget the following Saturday (6/17/06). The revised budget won voter approval, by 492 votes, on June 20, 2006.

18 Recent Public Speeches:

• First Inaugural Address as a Newly Elected Member of the Board of Education of the City of Albany- January 3, 2003.
• First School Based Health Center Resolution presented to and adopted by the Albany School Board- December 2, 2003.
• Second Annual Address to Albany School Board- January 4, 2004.
• Testimony Before New York State Commission on Educational Reform- January 13, 2004.
• Second School Based Health Center Resolution presented to and adopted by the Albany School Board- June 15, 2004.
• Testimony Before the Common Council of the City of Albany on the Charter School Question- November 15, 2004.
• Keynote Address at the Fifth Annual Dinner of the Ghana Association of the Capital District- March 5, 2005.
• Visionary Remarks Before the Black Child Development Institute’s Awards Ceremony- April 12, 2005.
• Vice-Presidential Address to the African-American Day Festival on Empire State Plaza- August 6, 2005.
• Presidential Remarks at the Grand Opening of the new Steven and Harriet Myers Middle School- August 25, 2005.
• Presidential Remarks at the Grand Opening of the new Montessori Magnet Academy- August 31, 2005.
• Presidential Remarks at the Grand Opening of the new North Albany Academy- September 6, 2005.
• Presidential Remarks at the Grand Opening of the new Eagle Point Elementary School- December 15, 2005.
• Fourth Annual Address to Albany School Board- January 3, 2006.
• Graduation Address to TOAST Elementary School- June 16, 2006.
• Address to last graduating class of Harriet Gibbons High School-June 22, 2006.
• Address to the first graduating class of the new Steven & Harriet Myers Middle School- June 23, 2006.
• Presidential Remarks to Returning District Staff at the Beginning of the School Year -September 5, 2006

Webpage:
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