Medical Reserve Corps Massachusetts, USA
Hopkinton, Massachusetts, US
Type: 1
Main focus: Subtype: 1
Other areas of focus: Public Health
Contact: LiisaJackson@comcast.net
Phone: 7742780059
Address: 8 Cross Street
Medical Reserve Corps Coordinator/Director
· Coordinator/Director of 7 MRC units in the state of MA
· Received the Mentor Award from the Surgeon General’s office and the National Medical Reserve Corps Program Office
· Coordinated the Shelter management and staffing for the June 2011 Tornado response
· Built the MA Region 4A Medical Reserve Corps organization from the ground up to almost 5,000 volunteers
· 2010 Received the top driller award from Safe America and USA Today
· Coordinated shelter staffing during the 2010 spring floods in Massachusetts in partnership with the American Red Cross
· Coordinated staffing for the water distribution centers during the MWRA water contamination
· Helped coordinated H1N1 clinics across Region dispensing over 100,000 vaccines to the at-risk populations
· Coordinated the 2008 Ice storm Medical Reserve Corps deployment to staff Special needs shelters
· Serving on the Surgeon General’s Focus group
· Serving on the Surgeon General’s Medical Reserve Corps committee
· Chair of the State Wide MRC committee and the State Training committee
· Partnering with the Boston Marathon to staff the Medical Sweep teams at the finish line
· Presentations at the State Best practices conference and the National leadership conferences
· MRC unit chosen to be one of 8 pilot Core Competencies sites in the country
· Serving on the National MRC Advisory Group and the Focus groups for NACCHO
· Presented at 10 National Leadership conferences sponsored by the Surgeon Generals HHS
· Developed Leadership training that was taught at the Integrated Training summit in Texas in 2011
Visiting Nurses
· 14 years working in long term care and hospice care
· Received the Excellence in Caring Award
· Member of the Quality Improvement Committee