Shawn Dougherty

Current

Assistant Program Director at Comunilife

Past

Executive Director at Project Response, Inc.
Assistant Editor at Medical Publications Corp./Intl. Assoc. of Physicians in AIDS Care

Education

University of Central Florida
Northwestern University
American Conservatory of Music

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Shawn Dougherty’s Summary

I have 15 years of comprehensive leadership experience in healthcare-related organizations.

Programmatically, I have designed patient education and adherence programs. I have been a passionate advocate for populations experiencing intergenerational poverty, disparities in health outcomes, and disparities in access to care.

While at the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care, I had the opportunity to write feature articles on national and international meetings focusing on access-to-care issues for an international audience of researchers, pharmaceutical company leaders, and policy makers. This was at a crucial time when the first HIV antiretrovirals were passing out of Phase III trials and becoming approved by the FDA.

My broad-based management experience, gained as Executive Director of a regional healthcare-related nonprofit, includes supervision of finance, business development, marketing, HR, and administrative functions. I have extensive experience in contract administration, proposal writing, budgeting, cost allocation, program development, and quality improvement. Additionally I was responsible for establishing my organization’s brand through website content, op-ed articles, proposal writing, speeches, and programmatic and fiscal reports to funders.

Having obtained my MBA degree last year, I am now seeking to use my previous healthcare-related experience and skills in marketing, finance, and strategic innovation to shift my career towards healthcare communications and global healthcare.

Shawn Dougherty’s Specialties:

Disparities in access to health care and health outcomes.

Shawn Dougherty’s Experience

Assistant Program Director

Comunilife

(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

September 2009 — Present (1 year 1 month)
Executive Director

Project Response, Inc.

(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

June 1998 — November 2007 (9 years 6 months)

Function as Chief Executive Officer for social services agency that services over 1,400 clients across 5-county area. Administer $2 million annual budget, monitoring expenses and establishing accounting/purchasing policies. Write RFPs, negotiate terms of govt. contracts, and manage $1.5 million+ in Florida Department of Health grants, ensuring adherence to contract deliverables. Oversee development of cost allocation plan and agency financial statements. Supervise, mentor, and evaluate performance for staff of 46, directing all staff training and development programs. Create and implement promotional campaigns to build community awareness of organization’s mission and activities.
Assistant Editor

Medical Publications Corp./Intl. Assoc. of Physicians in AIDS Care

(Publishing industry)

July 1995 — December 1997 (2 years 6 months)

Served as Assistant Editor for monthly medical journal distributed to physicians and other subscribers across 40 countries. Wrote feature articles on social issues and national conferences; copyedited articles for publication. Maintained editorial schedule, assigned clinical articles, gathered photographs and graphics, and incorporated advertisements into overall layout.

Shawn Dougherty’s Education

University of Central Florida

MBA , Business Administration , 2007 — 2009

Activities and Societies:

Nine-Day International Residency in St. Petersburg and Moscow, Russian Federation
Northwestern University

M. Music , Music History , 1987 — 1988
American Conservatory of Music

B. Music , 1983 — 1986