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Overview
Work History
Education
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Cynthia Seale

Raleigh,NC

Summary

Public Health Educator with 20+ years of combined experience and education successfully managed and directed maternal-child health programs, coached and mentored program participants, and provided peer support. Additionally, honed administrative and fiscal management skills with the proven ability to write successful grant applications. Collaborated with non-profit agencies, government organizations, community members, stakeholders and medical providers to assess community needs, develop strategic plans, and implement programs.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience
3
3
Certification

Work History

Owner

Success Through Coaching With Cynthia, LLC
08.2020 - Current
  • Provide individual life coaching, peer support, and education to women with or without mental health challenges with 100% satisfaction rate.
  • Implement evidence-based strategies to facilitate change.
  • Utilize proprietary tools and processes to assist clients to achieve their goals.
  • Manage and perform day-to-day business operations.

Wellness Leave and Professional Development

Career Break
08.2014 - 08.2020
  • Treated and fully recovered from a health issue.
  • Assisted my son with learning differences and mental health challenges.
  • Pursued and acquired NC Peer Support Specialist Certification.

Program Consultant II

NC Division Of Public Health
10.2010 - 08.2014
  • Provided fiscal monitoring for up to 30 programs with up to $2M of State and Federal funds
  • Approved monthly expenditure reports and ensured timely submission by funded agencies.
  • Provided guidance and oversight for up to thirty program directors and coordinators in implementing evidence-based curricula to meet program goals and objectives in community-based organizations, local health departments and school systems.
  • Provided programmatic monitoring, consultation and technical assistance for programs which includes innovative strategies around participant recruitment & retention and program sustainability, monitoring outcome objectives.
  • Co-chaired Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Project to increase Branch's Return on Investment.
  • Worked closely with program evaluator gathering data needed to evaluate both primary and secondary pregnancy prevention programs.
  • Designed, organized, and implemented meetings, workshops, and conferences.

Program Manager

YWCA Of The Greater Triangle
03.2009 - 10.2010
  • Recruited, trained, supervised, and evaluated program staff and volunteers.
  • Recruited stakeholders to be members of Community Action Council to discuss successes, challenges, and brainstormed ideas to improve outcomes.
  • Researched and collaboratively wrote government-based grant application; successfully secured $225K in government funding.
  • Created, implemented, and evaluated program services that met needs of participants.
  • Collaborated with mental health providers to assess participants and provide appropriate services.
  • Monitored and evaluated program strategies for their effectiveness at reaching program goals and objectives.
  • Worked collaboratively with county, state, and private agencies to create referral network to meet program participants' needs.
  • Identified participants' barriers to care and worked collaboratively with county, state, and private agencies to create effective solutions.
  • Recruited stakeholders to be members of Community Action Council to discuss successes, challenges, and brainstormed ideas to improve outcomes.
  • Marketed program in public and private sectors.
  • Created all documents and tools used to track client data and measure outcomes used for evaluation and reporting.
  • Planned and implemented community-based events to recruit participants and celebrate participant milestones.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Community Health Education And Promotion

CUNY - Herbert Lehman College
New York, NY
01.2000

Associate of Arts - Liberal Arts

CUNY - Borough of Manhattan Community College
New York, NY
06.1998

Skills

  • Community relationship building
  • Strategic planning
  • Successful grant writing
  • Staff and volunteer management
  • Fiscal management
  • Effective communication
  • Conflict resolution
  • Effective program planning, management and evaluation
  • Compassionate and unbiased thinking
  • Successful quality improvement management
  • Marketing
  • Public speaking

Certification

Nurturing Parenting Program Facilitator, 2023 – Family Education and Development Services

NC Certified Peer Support Specialist, 2020 – NC Department of Health & Human Services and UNC Chapel Hill, School of Social Work

Certified Continuous Quality Improvement Facilitator, 2013 – NC Department of Public Health

What are people saying?

"You are one of the kindest and most selfless people I know. You are a powerhouse. Your words, wisdom, and advice, stick with me and change me for the better." Em

Timeline

Owner

Success Through Coaching With Cynthia, LLC
08.2020 - Current

Wellness Leave and Professional Development

Career Break
08.2014 - 08.2020

Program Consultant II

NC Division Of Public Health
10.2010 - 08.2014

Program Manager

YWCA Of The Greater Triangle
03.2009 - 10.2010

Bachelor of Science - Community Health Education And Promotion

CUNY - Herbert Lehman College

Associate of Arts - Liberal Arts

CUNY - Borough of Manhattan Community College

Nurturing Parenting Program Facilitator, 2023 – Family Education and Development Services

NC Certified Peer Support Specialist, 2020 – NC Department of Health & Human Services and UNC Chapel Hill, School of Social Work

Certified Continuous Quality Improvement Facilitator, 2013 – NC Department of Public Health

Cynthia Seale