E. P. Stephenson Estephenson1@student.gsu.

.edu EDUCATION Georgia State University MA in Gerontology - Expected graduation date: December 2015 Georgia State University B in !ublic !olicy and "erti#icate in Gerontology May 201$ At anta !etropo itan Co ege A in Bu%ine%% Admini%tration Augu%t 2010 INTE"NS#IP E$PE"IENCE STATE O% GEO"GIA DI&ISION O% AGING SE"&ICES Co''unity Care Servi(es Progra' Intern &01'201$ ( 05'201$) *or+ed a% an intern ,it- t-e "" ! .ederally #unded ,ai/er ba%ed program er/ed a% a member o# t-e 0egi%lati/e re/ie, team by pro/iding impact %tatement% regarding policy introduced during t-e 201$ Georgia legi%lati/e %e%%ion and potential e##ect% on Di/i%ion o# Aging er/ice% and t-e "" ! program "ontributed input t-at ,a% ultimately u%ed in e%tabli%-ing ne, policy in creating mea%ure% to en%ure better 1uali#ied %er/ice pro/ider% "reated a t,o pager on t-e "M .inal 2ule #or 3"B 1415&c) and t-e impact% on "" ! %er/ice% "onducted exten%i/e policy re/ie, o# t-e Alternati/e 0i/ing er/ice% .amily and Group model% %ection% o# t-e Department o# "ommunity 3ealt- &GA) manual to -elp en%ure better 1uality o# care #or "" ! client% .acilitated an Alternati/e 0i/ing er/ice% policy re/ie, team o# 10 A0 %er/ice pro/ider% and 5 "" ! care coordinator% #rom /ariou% Georgia AAA6% to gain input on policy i%%ue% t-at negati/ely impact t-eir ability to pro/ide 1uality %er/ice to "" ! client% Attended "" ! and 7nterdepartmental meeting% to gain better in%ig-t on t-e "" ! program8 ot-er agency department% and community partner% STATE O% GEO"GIA DI&ISION O% AGING SE"&ICES "otationa Intern &05'2015 ( 09'2015) *or+ed a% a rotational intern %upporting t-e Georgia "ouncil on Aging a% ,ell a% Di/i%ion o# Aging er/ice% 0i/able "ommunitie% 2e/ie,ed all :,o !ager% #or t-e /oting !roce%% &";-AGE Meeting) i%%ue% to be put #or,ard in t-e <anuary legi%lati/e %e%%ion 2e%earc-ed in#ormation on Emergency !lacement 0icen%ure .unding and 7ncrea%ing !er%onal =eed% Allo,ance Brie#ed on "reating a "-art #or >Aging er/ice% lo%t due to tate .unding 2eduction%6 and >Aging er/ice% Budget% .? 2004-20116 & peci#ically #C)S ( 3ome and "ommunity Ba%ed er/ice% @ CCSP "ommunity "are er/ice% !rogram) 2e-,rote %ection% o# t,o pager% to better re#lect t-e i%%ue% and to mention ,-at >;t-er %tate% are doing6 Attended 3"B &3ome and "ommunity Ba%ed er/ice%) meeting%8 created and pre%ented "-art% #or >Aging er/ice% lo%t due to tate .unding 2eduction%6 and >Aging er/ice% Budget% .? 2004-20116 "onducted !o%t- ur/ey% on a 0i/ing *ell *or+%-op t-at ,a% conducted by t-e a/anna- "entral 2i/er 2egion &AAA)A Ac-ie/ed ultimate re%ult% o# %ur/ey participation o# 50 B &O*UNTEE" E$PE"IENCE E&E"CA"E #OSPICE + At anta, GA &C'2012- 5'2015) Di%ited ,it- older adult client% in -ome8 adult li/ing communitie% and nur%ing -ome %etting -O". E$PE"IENCE /!rior to 2010) Cotton States Insuran(e 0 )er1shire Sett e'ents !olicy !roce%%or &7n%urance and 0i#e ettlement) ( 2 year%6 experience -a(hovia 0 2P!organ 3 !ayment !roce%%or &Ban+ing) ( 2 year%6 experience "a(etra( Corporate O44i(e - Data Entry A%%ociate &!etroleum @ ;il) ( 1 year experience SO%T-A"E S.I**S M *ord'Excel'Acce%% and Adobe Acrobat