Interview with Alison Kukla, MPH
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Highlights from this episode:
- Building the organizing skillset going from a Field Organizer to a Campaign Manager
- Working at the various roles at the White House leading her to realize her work resonated most with the Office of Public Engagement
- How she uses her story of Epilepsy to help others and drive forward her professional role
- Getting a grief recovery certificate to better support families in bereavement or suffering from grie
Episode 187 of Public Health Careers
Alison is the Senior Manager for Programs and Partnerships at the Epilepsy Foundation of America.
She is a result-oriented and accomplished manager with demonstrated success in managing projects, teams, events, building and maintaining relationships, and interacting with executives, leaders, and external partners.
She conferred a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, in Public Health at Youngstown State University. A Master of Public Health in Prevention Science at Emory University.
During her undergraduate studies, Alison was a Field Organizer for Obama for America, Intern for Congressman Tim Ryan, Intern at Mahoning Valley Organizing Collaborative, and a Campaign Manager at Joe Schiavoni for State Senate.
She also had a variety of assistant roles at the White House such as Staff Assistant, Office of the White House Counsel, Confidential Assistant, Office of Management and Budget, and Special Assistant, Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs.
Links from show
Anderson Cooper All there is Podcast
Connect with Guest
Alison Kukla, MPH on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alison-kukla-mph/
