Greg Grass

Background

About Greg Grass

Twenty-five years experience in public health, community organizing, project management and providing technical assistance and training to grant recipients. Peace Corps detail 2016 - 2017 (10 months) to develop alcohol and drug policies and prevention education programing for all PC volunteers. Detailed to Centers for Disease Control; served in Guinea on the Emergency Ebola response team (March - May 2015), SAHMSA agency lead for the Drug Free Communities Program two-day New Grantee Training with 450 participants in 2013 and 2014; built the team that implemented the 2015 event. As a Project Officer for three different HHS programs, I have valuable skills including grantee support, planning and technical assistance; liaison with contractors to provide targeted training, analysis of performance and grantee data, and in-depth site visit and reviews experience. Served as acting team leader on a number of occasions, and managed staff. Worked on the development of Electronic Health Records systems at HRSA and also in SAMHSA/CSAT for collection of Statewide Block Grant reporting requirements. In previous positions I worked in community development, social services delivery, mental health counseling with both youth and adults, and developed a youth mentoring program. I earned a MSW degree after working in the field for a number of years. I have clinical and group counseling skills, and am an active leader in a peer counseling organization for the past 24 years. I have excellent communication and coordination skills, facilitating work with grantees, technical assistance staff and partners in collaborating agencies to support grantee success. I engage my skills in leadership, teambuilding, and facilitation in agency workgroups, and policy development to implement best or promising practices.