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Walter Randolph Adams

Austin,TX

Summary

Multidisciplinary systems-oriented executive leader combining 20+ years of expertise in public health and administration, with deep experience designing and overseeing behavioral health and wellness programs for complex and marginalized populations, with specific focus on alcohol abuse and domestic violence. Proven ability to translate policy into effective in-person community-based advocacy and case management. Extensive experience supervising large teams and managing multi-site operations, budgets, and compliance (including complex reporting for international and governmental agencies). Highly adept in the local Austin area and fully bilingual (English/Spanish), ready to drive the mission of a survivor-focused organization. Pursuing full-time role that presents professional challenges and leverages interpersonal skills, effective time management, and problem-solving expertise.

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience

Work History

Lyft
01.2023 - 01.2025
  • Demonstrated exceptional local navigational expertise and maintained a 5-star customer service rating across 6000+ interactions in the Austin metro area, proving consistent high-quality, in-person member engagement

President & Founder

ADDINA - Asociación Diana Dreyfus Ix Noj Acupuntura
01.2016 - 01.2022
  • Served as a direct community-level care advocate, guiding and supporting members through complex treatment referral and access processes at community clinics including patient intake, case management and managed care.
  • Established and directed a nonprofit organization focused on community health promotion, and health education.
  • Secured funding, managed programs, and coordinated partnerships with local and international public health agencies.

General Manager

Flama de Oro, S.A.
01.2001 - 01.2023
  • Oversaw program development and strategic planning, budgeting, and daily operations for a multi-site enterprise, ensuring efficiency and regulatory compliance for a team of 34 FTE and 600+ PTE, increasing efficiency by 75% and regulatory compliance by 95%.
  • Managed grants
  • Managed administrative initiatives while leading workplace and community managed care and behavioral health outreach programs to proactively improve well-being.
  • Utilized robust data monitoring systems to track program efficiency, ensuring compliance with complex reporting and documentation requirements for international and governmental agencies.
  • Represented the organization to external stakeholders and the public.
  • Submitted required reports and documentation by assigned deadlines.
  • Coached and supervised management-level team members to support their professional growth

Adjunct Professor

Brigham Young University (formally and informally), Universidad Maya Kaqchikel & Universidad del Valle
01.2000 - 01.2024
  • Taught public health, research methods, and community development courses emphasizing intercultural and evidence-based approaches.
  • 10-year experience in grant management
  • Dual diagnosis experience
  • Identified biological link between alcohol abuse and domestic violence
  • Designed and implemented policy and intervention program in a community mental health setting that reduced alcohol abuse and domestic violence by 44% in 12 weeks.
  • Identified the role of powerlessness in alcohol abuse and anomie that contributes to domestic violence
  • Supervised student research and supported curriculum design to strengthen academic and community linkages.
  • Guided students in course planning, registration and progress monitoring
  • Problem solved student concerns
  • Maintained high program outcomes and upheld professional standards demonstrated by the publication of 5 peer-reviewed volumes, including one focusing on healthcare.
  • Member of UMK Executive Board, leading member for their strategic plan

Public Health Consultant

Multiple International Agencies
01.2000 - 01.2007
  • Provided technical assistance, policy analysis and evaluation for multiple alcohol abuse programs dealing with minority prison populations and drug courts.
  • Provided technical assistance, policy analysis, and evaluation for World Bank, USAID, and NGO health initiatives in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Paraguay.
  • Designed and implemented managed care programs addressing primary health care, food security, and other public health concerns for marginalized populations.

Education

MPH - Public Health

Concordia University
Austin, TX

Fellow - Center for Alcohol and Addition Studies

Brown University
Providence, RI

Ph.D. - Anthropology

Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI

M.S. - Anthropology

University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

M.A. - Anthropology

State University of New York
Albany, NY

B.A. - History and Anthropology - Double Major

Beloit College
Beloit, WI

Skills

  • Bilingual: English / Spanish
  • Program & Policy Management
  • Public Health Research & Evaluation
  • Cross-Cultural Leadership
  • Symbolically adopted into 3 Amerindian populations
  • Grant & Budget Management
  • Community Engagement

Accomplishments

  • Documented and resolved poor use of public health facilities which led to better use of those facilities by 100%.
  • Collaborated with team of 12 in the protection of the volunteer health promoter program in Guatemala throughout the country
  • Documented and resolved the biological nexus of alcohol abuse and binge drinking which led to a 44% reduction in both the level of alcohol abuse and severity of domestic violence.
  • Achieved reduction in recidivism by 75% among Native American and Hispanic alcohol treatment programs through effectively helping with improving cultural relativity of treatment programs.
  • Achieved reduction of workplace injuries by 95% through effectively helping with improved workplace safety.

Skills and Accomplishments

Selected Awards, Universidad Maya Kaqchikel Award (2020) – Recognized for advancing indigenous knowledge and public health., Co-awarded Knudson Latin American Prize (2013) for publication on governance and community health.

Languages

English

Timeline

Lyft
01.2023 - 01.2025

President & Founder

ADDINA - Asociación Diana Dreyfus Ix Noj Acupuntura
01.2016 - 01.2022

General Manager

Flama de Oro, S.A.
01.2001 - 01.2023

Adjunct Professor

Brigham Young University (formally and informally), Universidad Maya Kaqchikel & Universidad del Valle
01.2000 - 01.2024

Public Health Consultant

Multiple International Agencies
01.2000 - 01.2007

MPH - Public Health

Concordia University

Fellow - Center for Alcohol and Addition Studies

Brown University

Ph.D. - Anthropology

Michigan State University

M.S. - Anthropology

University of Pennsylvania

M.A. - Anthropology

State University of New York

B.A. - History and Anthropology - Double Major

Beloit College
Walter Randolph Adams