ClaudiaClement

EDUCATION

• B.A. in English – University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 2000

• Hassiniya (Arabic dialect) language advanced proficiency, Mauritania 2002

• Capacity Building Workshop, Hawaii Community Foundation, Honolulu, HI 2006

• Basic Supervision and The New Supervisor, Hawaii Employer’s Council, Honolulu, HI 2005

• Indoor Air Hawaii, State of Hawaii Department of Health, Honolulu, HI 2005

• Annual American Lung Association Class Conference, Scottsdale, AZ 2005

• NOT on Tobacco (NOT) Train the Trainer, Scottsdale, AZ 2005

• Tobacco Prevention Training, American Lung Association of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 2004

• Suicide Intervention Training (A.S.I.S.T.), GU 2003

• 8th International Conference Against Domestic Violence, San Diego, CA 2003

• Family Violence Conference, GU 2003 (Presenter)

• Sexual Assault Conference, GU 2003

• Technical Health Training, Mauritania, West Africa 2000

• Cross-Cultural Training, Mauritania, West Africa 2000

WORK HISTORY

AMERICAN LUNGASSOCIATION OF HAWAII

FEBRUARY 2004 – APRIL 2007

Director of Lung Health

Word of Mouth Youth Tobacco Prevention Program

• Teach & facilitate program statewide

• Public speaking, health presentations

• Develop necessary organizational and volunteer support

• Recruit, train, place and maintain qualified program facilitators

• Conduct and compile Outcomes Evaluations

• Submit monthly status reports to Director of Tobacco Control and the Chief Executive Officer

Annual Hawaii Thoracic Society / American Lung Association ofHawaii Symposium

• Solicit funds from pharmaceutical companies

• Coordinate registration, hotel logistics and distribution of invitations

• Create conference binder

• Manage budget

Lung Health and Environmental Health

• Manage Better Breathers’ Club

• Coordinate Safe Haven activities

Hawaii Thoracic Society

• Organize Continuing Medical Education dinner

• Track membership

• Compose monthly bulletin

VICTIM ADVOCATES REACHING OUT (VARO)

GUAM, MARCH - DECEMBER 2003

Crisis Services Supervisor

• Provided support services to victims of domestic violence and traumatic events

• Coordinated and dispatched volunteers for crisis calls

• Answered and responded to crisis calls

• Maintained client contact sheets and compiled statistics

• Conducted outreach activities, meetings, trainings, presentations and events

UNITED STATES PEACE CORPS MAURITANIA, WEST AFRICA,

SEPTEMBER 2000 -AUGUST 2002

Health Volunteer

• Participated in national campaign to eradicate polio

• Conducted “Stop AIDS” seminar/concerts in rural villages and regional capital

• Conducted routine vaccinations and assessments of village health

• Managed a feeding center in a village serving 80 malnourished children

• Worked with World Vision’s Child Sponsorship program assisting in Canadian sponsorship

• Facilitated women’s health group meetings

• Researched, planned, and produced a women’s health booklet, Arabic & French translation

PUBLICATIONS & CREATIVE DESIGN WORK

• Managed revision of American Lung Association of Hawaii website, Honolulu, HI 2005

• Illustrated educational visual aids for AIDS project, Peace Corps, Mauritania 2000-2002

• Designed brochures, posters & multilingual t-shirts for VARO, GU 2003

• Partial Athletic Scholarship, University of Massachusetts, MA, 2000

• All American US Water Polo– Honorable Mention, University of Massachusetts, MA 2000

• Co-captain, Varsity Women’s Division I water polo, University of Massachusetts, MA 1997-2000

• Academic Honors, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 1997

COMPUTER SKILLS

• Microsoft Word , Excel, Publisher, PowerPoint, Outlook & Internet Explorer