Julia Zeuli

jzeuli@gmail.com

• Develop and implement health education workshops themes such as healthy eating habits, community gardens and basic hygiene for schools and community groups
• Produced a nutrition/gardening training manual that illustrates how rural communities can improve their diets and increase food diversity through home gardens and lower malnutrition rates
• Coordinate sexual awareness trainings for children, youth and adults on topics that include, reproductive health, sexuality, gender issues and HIV/AIDS prevention
• Coordinated needs assessment and developed action plan for a local community based on their priorities
• Assisted local community in identifying both internal and external resources needed to build a school and water system

• Managed McKinney SHP federal homeless grants totaling over $11 million annually for the City and County of San Francisco including supervising subcontractors to ensure project compliance, performing annual programmatic site-visits, reviewing annual and quarterly reports, providing technical assistance to project sponsors, monitoring budget modifications and administration of expiring SHP homeless grants
• Coordinated a city-wide collaborative made up of non-governmental agencies, community leaders and local and federal government agencies to develop and implement the housing application process
• Coordinated bidders’ conference, organized disability and cultural competency training, recruited a review panel and coordinated priority-ranking meetings
• Served as liaison to external auditors by providing programmatic and financial data pertaining to McKinney SHP grants and assisted in the implementation of recommended findings
  

Social Service Coordinator
American Red Cross, San Francisco, CA 1999-2001 Member of the International Response Team that provided emergency relief and damage assessments to disaster affected areas.

• Assessed family reunification (tracing) capacity/programs of other national societies including the Panamanian Red Cross and the Mexican Red Cross as a member of Family Linking On-Call Team
• Supervised and supported six county/eight member Bay Area Tracing Team
• Developed and coordinated chapter response protocol to international disasters
• Developed and managed the International Candidate program that provided training and support to paid and volunteers staff interested in international assignments
• Taught courses in International Humanitarian Law and International Disaster Relief
• Fiscal agent to Homeless Prevention Funds Consortium comprised of 70 community and government based organizations with a budget of US$660,000

Occupational Health & Safety Coordinator
Jail Psychiatric Services – Forensic Services, San Francisco, CA 1998-1999

• Coordinated Occupational Health and Safety (OSH) program for 200+ employees
• Performed Safety Inspections of San Francisco County Jail medical facilities
• Trained new employees on Worker’s Compensation and ergonomics
• Assistant Trip Leader
• Global Exchange, San Francisco, CA 1999
• Co-led/coordinated a Kellogg’s Fellowship group on a 2-week educational tour of post-Apartheid South Africa.

Program Coordinator
Hamilton Family Center, San Francisco, CA 1996-1998

• Designed, developed and implemented an aftercare program for homeless families making the transition from shelter to independent living
• Provided case management, advocacy, translation, and information and referrals to homeless families
• Supervised a staff of case managers who were responsible for assisting families’ transition into permanent housing
• Designed and organized workshops and enrichment activities for adult residents

Assessment Counselor
Connecting Point, San Francisco, CA 1995-1996

Implemented a centralized intake mechanism for all of the family shelters in San Francisco County. Provided case management, advocacy, translation, and information and referrals to homeless families.

Case Manager
The Salvation Army, San Francisco, CA 1994-1995

Provided case management, advocacy, translation, and education to the Latino client population. Managed an annual budget of $240, 000 that was used to provide emergency assistance to people who were in danger of having their PG&E disconnected.

Community Educator
Planned Parenthood, San Francisco, CA 1992-1995

Conducted bilingual workshops on sexually transmitted infections and contraception. Assisted in the development of a culturally sensitive Spanish bilingual workshop on sexually transmitted infections and contraception.

DEGREE

Bachelor of Science, Health Education
San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA

TRAININGS

• Certified in Injury and Illness Prevention Requirements, American Management Association
• American Red Cross Disaster Services Human Resources, American Red Cross Bay Area Chapter
• Certified In Sphere Project, Humanitarian Charter & Minimum Standards in Disaster Response, American Red Cross Bay Area Chapter
• Certified International Services Instructor, American Red Cross National Headquarters
• Certified Solution Focused Brief Family Therapy, San Francisco Department of Public Health
• Certified Spanish Bilingual Educator, Planned Parenthood
• CPR and First Aid, University California, San Francisco

LANGUAGE

Spanish/English Bilingual: Read, Write, Speak, Translate and Interpret