Amanda B. Spickard
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
Work History
Associate Dean for Research Strategy and Strategic Advisor to Academic Dean
Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health
01.2017 - Current
- Led the School’s research development infrastructure, overseeing coordination across the Office of Research Strategy and Development, Office of Development and Alumni Relations, Communications, and Technology Development
- Synchronize and target investments across corporate and foundation relations, technology development, and sponsored programs functions
- Develop and execute the school’s research strategy, including investment strategies in the school’s research platforms, working in close collaboration with the Dean’s Office, Academic Department Chairs, Chief Financial Officer, the School’s Research Platforms Advisory Committee, and other faculty/administrative leadership
- Work with the Dean’s Office to determine institutional commitments for large-scale programs and initiatives
- Serve on the university's federal research leadership team, with the Vice Provost for Research, Harvard’s Chief Compliance Officer, Office of General Council, and Harvard’s Vice President for Finance to advance institutional priorities and respond to challenges in the school’s political, funding, and scientific ecosystems
- Provide leadership on Harvard’s corporate research policy committee, Harvard’s financial conflict of interest committee, the university’s Title IX Appellate Panel, and executive search committees
- Design and launch institutional policies, programs, and strategies to advance mission and support innovation
- Generated $1.1B+ in proposals, yielding $381M in awards to advance research, scholarship, and pedagogical innovation
- Secured large federal and foundation awards to create 15 centers of excellence in health inequities, structural racism, climate change, disease surveillance, microbiome research, data science, infectious and noncommunicable diseases, cancer prevention, community-based research, and large-scale longitudinal cohort studies
- Launched a program designed to prepare the School’s 1500+ scientists, staff and students engage in constructive disagreement, communicate science, and build bipartisan support for public health
- Worked with Harvard’s Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and HSPH’s Dean for Education to develop and implement financial, administrative, and programmatic strategies to strengthen the university’s largest graduate training program, the interdisciplinary Population Health Sciences PhD
Founding Director of Research Strategy
Harvard University School of Public Health
01.2010 - 01.2015
- Created Office of Research Strategy and Development to expand and diversify the School’s sponsored research portfolio and advance the School’s mission to improve public health through learning, discovery and communication
- Administered faculty development programming and lead coordination of large-scale, interdisciplinary grant proposals, generating over $70M to support research and training initiatives in the first five years
- Co-Chaired Harvard’s Research Development Coordinating Council with Assistant Vice Provost for Research; implemented strategies to strengthen collaborations, leverage sponsor relations, and increase federal and nonfederal funding university wide
Senior Leader, Government Development Group
Ohio University, Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs
01.2005 - 01.2010
- Led team of data analysts, economic development specialists, business consultants, faculty and students to conduct applied research and deliver technical assistance to public and private-sector clients, including nonprofits, public service agencies, local governments, and communities throughout the Appalachian region
- Delivered legislative briefings to state and federal legislators, political appointees, local elected officials and community leaders on key research, programs, and initiatives
- Conducted economic impact analysis and qualitative evaluation of Ohio Benefit Bank, a program administered by the Ohio Governor’s Office designed to increase access to social service programs
- Presented findings to Governor’s Office, state legislators, Ohio Benefit Bank board, community and faith-based organizations, and private sector representatives
- Assisted in design of social marketing curriculum and 88 county-customized data analysis tools designed to enhance outreach and utilization of Ohio’s social service and public health programs
- Recognized by the federal government as an innovative best practice, the tools were adopted by the State, resulting in millions of dollars of cost savings
- Coordinated development and delivery of regional economic recovery forum in partnership with University of Michigan, drawing community leaders, local elected officials and over 35 federal and state agency representatives and state and US legislators
- Designed political communications tool to assist state and national leaders in promoting new social service program
Research & Policy Associate
Ohio University, Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs
01.2003 - 01.2005
- Worked with a diverse team of faculty and professional consultants to provide applied research and technical assistance services to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services to help the agency improve delivery of social welfare and public health programs
- Designed and delivered statewide teen pregnancy prevention curriculum to over 80 public and private service agencies in Ohio
- Curriculum integrated youth development and teen pregnancy prevention research, county-specific quantitative data analyses and Geographical Information Systems tools to help local service providers target and deliver teen pregnancy prevention efforts
- Program was adopted as part of the Ohio agency’s statewide program improvement initiative
- Assisted in the development of a statewide performance management system implemented by the Ohio Department of Job and Family services, designed to help leaders use performance data to inform decision making and manage policy and program impacts
Federal Policy Analyst
U.S. Department of Labor
Washington
07.2001 - 08.2003
- Conducted national research and demonstration projects focusing on workforce development and employment & training approaches for special populations
- Oversaw project officers in the coordination of a $35.5 million national employment-based community reentry project for youth offenders
- Assisted in the development of workforce development legislation, policy briefs and analysis
- Disseminated research findings nationally to policy makers, administrators and practitioners through publications and presentations
- Selected by Deputy Assistant Secretary & head of legislative task force to compose white paper on Department’s reauthorization of the United State’s largest workforce development program
- Developed published guide and accompanying training module to assist communities, local government entities & nonprofits in developing and administering local youth offender reentry initiatives
- Co-authored analysis of active & passive labor market policies in the United States
- The analysis was presented at an international conference in Moscow and later published by the Russian Federation Fund in a volume on international labor market policies
Research Assistant, Center for Civil Society Studies
Johns Hopkins University
01.1999 - 01.2001
- Edited 'Global Civil Society: Dimensions of the Nonprofit Sector' (1999), an international analysis of the nonprofit sector
- The volume has been used by policy makers internationally as the authoritative source of information about scale and structure of 'civil society.'
- Served on international team to conduct qualitative analysis of international nonprofit law in 22 countries published international nonprofit law guide
Education
Master of Arts - Public Policy
Johns Hopkins University
05-2001
Bachelor of Arts - Philosophy
Earlham College
05-1998
Skills
- Executive Leadership
- Strategy Development
- Management
- Fundraising
- Partnership Development
- Applied Research
Professional References
Furnished upon request.
Awards
- U.S. Employment and Training Administration Recognition Award, 09/01/06
- U.S. Department of Labor Secretary’s Honor Award, 09/01/06
- Departmental Honors by Earlham College Philosophy Department, 05/01/98
Publications
- Monroe and Noble Counties Community Profile, 09/01/10
- The Ohio Benefit Bank Statewide Report, 09/01/09
Training
- Harvard Foundations of Leadership Program, 09/01/13
- Quality Management – Performance Management Training, 09/01/06
Externships And Special Projects
- Johns Hopkins University, Co-author and Editor of Urban Policy Study, 09/01/00
- International Youth Foundation, Graduate Policy Fellow, 09/01/00
- Women Against Abuse Legal Center, Court Advocate, 09/01/97
Presentations
- Harnessing Team Science: Diversifying Research Funding and Advancing Humanity’s Needed Breakthroughs, 10/01/19
- The Impact of the Microbiome in Public Health, 05/01/19
Timeline
Associate Dean for Research Strategy and Strategic Advisor to Academic Dean
Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health
01.2017 - Current
Founding Director of Research Strategy
Harvard University School of Public Health
01.2010 - 01.2015
Senior Leader, Government Development Group
Ohio University, Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs
01.2005 - 01.2010
Research & Policy Associate
Ohio University, Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs
01.2003 - 01.2005
Federal Policy Analyst
U.S. Department of Labor
07.2001 - 08.2003
Research Assistant, Center for Civil Society Studies
Johns Hopkins University
01.1999 - 01.2001
Master of Arts - Public Policy
Johns Hopkins University
Bachelor of Arts - Philosophy
Earlham College
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