Alyson Silk

Provide administrative support to program staff across multiple teams and themes Coordinate internal and external meetings, on and off-site events, conference calls, web and video conferences; maintain daily calendars; arrange travel and process expense reports; track project and grantee follow-up items for program staff; generate reports and reminders on grant deadlines and deliverables; take meeting notes; monitor Chatter activity, theme digests and other relevant sources to advise staff about upcoming events and information; proofread and copyedit correspondence, précis and presentations; design PowerPoint presentations; provide back-up assistance to colleagues Opportunity Fund, conversation analysis of RWJF staff’s communication about a Culture of Health Collaborate with Oktawia Wójcik on opportunity fund project; actively participate during monthly grantee calls; identify sources for analysis; take notes and track agenda items; coordinated Lunch & Learn session on project findings and recommendations Human Capital team, design phase for next generation of programs Provided direct support to the Human Capital team and team directors for the implementation of the initial phase of their plan to develop and launch four new Human Capital programs Pioneer speaker series, What’s Next Health Assisted with managing and coordinating all aspects of the speaker talks and events for this Foundation-wide series Coordinated promotional activities, including developing materials with an external communications firm, and populating and maintaining the What’s Next Health intranet pages Other projects of note Selected to interview multiple PAA candidates Nominated to participate in the RWJF Culture of Health Prize Reviews Served as co-lead on the PAA President’s Staff Grant Serve as core member of PAA project to promote collaboration and learning Toastmasters member and Speechcraft graduate Member of the Band of 40 learning subgroup and worked on developing the framework for a Foundation-wide mentoring program Attended and helped coordinate the first Pioneer Pitch Day in New York City during which eight teams presented their pioneering vision to change the world of health and health care

• Developmental Differences in Beliefs About How Alcohol and Cocaine Affect Behavior, Sigelman, C.K., Silk, A., Goldberg, F., Davies, E.P., Dwyer, K.M., Leach, D., Mack, K., Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 20, 4, 12/01/99, 597-614
• Age Differences in Alcohol and Cocaine Expectancies and Attitudes, Sigelman, C.K., Weir, C., Davies, E., Silk, A., Journal of Drug Education, 32, 1, 01/01/02, 81-93

• Event Committee Member, Millhill Child and Family Development, Trenton, NJ
• Community Service Coordinator, Adopt-a-School Program, Washington, DC
• Community Service Coordinator, AIDS Walk, Washington, DC
• Crisis Hotline Responder, D.C. Hotline, Washington, DC
• Tutor, Holy Name Elementary School, Washington, DC