BERNADETTE MOSS

Charlotte, North Carolina · 980-250-0953

bernadette.moss@alumni.lr.edu · LinkedIn Profile · Portfolio

My mission is to help advance health equity through policy, advocacy, and community engagement.

Experience
JUNE, 2O23 – CURRENT
HEALTH ANALYST, CVS HEALTH/AETNA
 Lead project coordinator for the multicultural initiative in Mecklenburg County, NC
 Promote wellness and teach healthier life decisions among community members
 Create written material as requested for education on health care topics
 Provide group and individual level education on chronic health issues
 Create public and private partnerships in Mecklenburg County to increase access to
resources

SEPTEMBER, 2020 – MAY, 2023

LINKAGE TO CARE SPECIALIST, MECKLENBURG COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT
 Helped newly diagnosed HIV positive patients get linked to medical care
 Established community partnerships
 Implemented evidence-based health programs to increase retention in care
 Used basic Spanish language skills to assist Spanish-speaking clients

OCTOBER, 2018 – FEBRUARY, 2020

PREVENTION PROGRAM COORDINATOR, CAROLINAS CARE PARTNERSHIP
 Promoted prevention of HIV/AIDS, syphilis, and Hepatitis-C through education and
testing
 Presented HIV 101 to a variety of community stakeholders
 Assisted and collaborated with Centers for Prevention Services to distribute clean
needles
 Planned organized testing event, including Charlotte Pride
 Tested and educated more than 1500 community members

MAY, 2017 – OCTOBER, 2018

COMMUNITY OUTREACH COORDINATOR, ALFA
 Promoted prevention of HIV/AIDS, syphilis, and Hepatitis-C through education and
testing
 Educated more than 1,000 people in target populations about HIV, syphilis and Hepatitis
C prevention in a variety of settings (schools, domestic violence shelters, homeless
shelters)
 Performed more than 1,000 rapid tests for HIV, syphilis and Hepatitis C
 Condom Distribution Program Manager
 Assisted in developing the policies, procedures, and implementation of the F.A.R.M.
(Foothills Area Harm Reduction Mission), a syringe access program and delivered
 supplies in non-traditional settings

EDUCATION
DECEMBER 2023
MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL
Leadership in Practice

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE, APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY

Health Promotion

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE, LENOIR-RHYNE UNIVERSITY

Professional Organizational Development, summa cum laude

ACHIEVEMENTS
 Guest speaker for GED graduation ceremony at  Reel Out Charlotte panelist, the local LGBTQ
Catawba Valley Community College film festival
 Guest panelist at Catawba Valley Community  Assisted with emergency Syphilis protocol
College business symposium implementation and patient contact for
 Carolinas CARE Partnership Committee chair for Mecklenburg County
language and resource policy improvement
 Co-presenter on staff wellness for the 2019
Building Power Across the Spectrum: NC HIV
Advocacy Conference

CERTIFCATIONS AND TRAININGS:

 Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES)
 Member of the North Carolina Public Health Association
 Certified by the American Heart Association in Basic Life Support
 Whetstone Consultations Counseling Testing and Referral Training, required to give positive HIV
results
 Completed Anti-Retroviral Treatment and Access to Services (ARTAS) training for facilitators
 Completed Domestic Violence 101 training
 Completed Blood borne pathogen training
 State sponsored phlebotomy skills training
 Mental Health in First Aid training
 Packaging training for the packaging and transport of infectious material
 American Cancer Society FreshStart Facilitator (smoking cessation)
 50 successful phlebotomy sticks
 FEMA Introduction to Incident Command System Certification (Level 100)

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 FEMA Basic Incident Command System for Initial Response Certification (Level 200)
 FEMA Introduction to the National Incident Management System Certification (Level 700)
 FEMA Introduction to the National Response Framework Certification (Level 800)