Barbara Sheppard is a visionary public health leader with nearly 25 years of experience managing federally and state funded prevention programs. She has expertise developing innovative programs, building partnerships, and securing over $30 million in funding. Currently she is a Senior Director at Cabarrus Health Alliance in North Carolina where she oversees $2 million annually for programs addressing issues like obesity, substance abuse, and teen pregnancy prevention.

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B a r b a r a K . S h e p p a r d
31 Yorktown Street NW, Concord, NC 28025 • 704-743-8666 • Barbara.Sheppard@cabarrushealth.org
P R O F E S S I O N A L S U M M A R Y
A visionary public health leader with expertise in proposal writing, strategic planning, program
development, project management, and administration. Excels in building and maintaining strong
collaborative partnerships to drive evidence-based and innovative community action. Possesses vast
experience overseeing foundation, state, and federally funded prevention programs and has managed
annual grant funding ranging from $1.5 million to $2.6 million per year for nearly 14 years.
C O R E C O M P E T E N C I E S
 Program development & administration
 Community needs assessments
 Strategic action planning
 Stakeholder engagement
 Coalition building
 Facilitation
 Building funder relationships
 Proposal writing
 Budget development & management
 Measuring programmatic & community
progress
 Microsoft Office suite
P R O F E S S I O N A L E X P E R I E N C E
Cabarrus Health Alliance Kannapolis, NC
September 1994 – present
Senior Director, Health and Community Initiatives August 2002-present
 Serve on community and state-level executive boards and coalitions, including the Healthy
Cabarrus Executive Board, Triple P Positive Parenting-Chair, Cabarrus County HIV/AIDS
Coalition-Chair, Cabarrus Partnership for Children, Cabarrus County Child Protection Team,
Smart Start and, Regional HIV Consortium.
 Create and implement innovative and evidence-based prevention programs in direct response to
community needs, including HIV/AIDS,oral health, violence prevention, education, teen
pregnancy, youth development, tobacco, physical activity, and nutrition.
 Develop grant proposals and identify additional in-kind resources and financial support to
facilitate programmatic sustainability.
 Cultivate and sustain vital community partnerships with diverse stakeholders, including schools,
law enforcement, mental health agencies,hospitals, health centers,and faith-based community.
 Oversee the generaldirection and accountability of federal, state,and privately funded projects.
 Manage approximately $2 million annually in grant budgets to ensure fiscal accountability.
 Directly supervise 5 Program Managers and indirectly supervise 34 Program Coordinators and
support staff.
 Collaborate with external evaluators to develop appropriate evaluation plans, collect and monitor
data, review evaluation findings, and facilitate continuous quality improvement as needed.
 Develop and oversee nationally recognized programs, such as Healthy Lives, Healthy Futures
(winner of the 2012 Community Leadership Award from the President’s Council on Fitness,
Sports, and Nutrition).
Executive Director, Healthy Cabarrus August 2009-January 2015
 Coordinated collaborative efforts of over 75 key community partners to ensure collective impact.
 Worked collaboratively with the Executive Board to guide strategic vision and secure resources.
 Provided programmatic and financial accountability to Executive Board, Advisory Board, and

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funders through appropriate procedures and regular reporting mechanisms.
 Led comprehensive 2012 Community Needs Assessment and prioritization process, including
stakeholder engagement, data collection, analysis, and report writing.
 Guided strategic action planning and implementation to address priority health needs.
 Cultivated strong community partnerships and maintained a high level of partner engagement.
 Identified and implemented appropriate evidence and practice-based programs grounded in
community-based participatory action.
 Oversaw three Task Forces focused on Wellness/Obesity, Child Maltreatment, and Substance Use
and supervised Task Force Coordinators.
 Managed annual budget of $850,000 and identified additional in-kind and financial resources.
 Identified ways to embed programmatic efforts into existing systems to increase sustainability.
Director of Innovations August 2002-July 2006
 Identified innovative ways to increase agency sustainability while addressing community needs.
 Led agency-wide strategic action planning process.
 Developed Grantsmanship Program to increase grant writing capacity, resulting in an increase in
average grant funding from $400,000 per year to $1.9 million.
 Identified priority needs in the community that would benefit from a public health approach.
 Expanded Health Initiatives division to address nontraditional public health needs and social
determinants of health, including literacy, educational success,and family functioning.
Program Manager, Healthy Promotions and Pregnancy Prevention December 1999-July 2002
 Developed and implemented adolescent prevention programs focused on HIV awareness and
pregnancy prevention.
 Wrote grant proposals, resulting in over $2.5 million in federal, state,and foundation funding,
including one of only 26 federaldemonstration projects funded by the Office of Population
Affairs.
 Developed the long-running Teen Task Force model, a national program that trains 25 high
school students annually as peer mentors and public health leaders.
 Conducted Community Needs Assessments to identify priority needs and develop appropriate
program, policy, and systems-level solutions.
 Led Task Force of over 40 community partners to explore pregnancy prevention needs and
develop a comprehensive pregnancy initiative.
 Recruited, trained, and coordinated student representatives from all nine Cabarrus County high
schools as HIV peer educators.
 Coordinated extensive base of 25-30 volunteers for a variety of public health initiatives.
 Supervised seven Health Promotion staff and nine AmeriCorps volunteers.
Community Disease Control Specialist September 1994-December 1999
 Conducted personal interviews to identify and locate persons infected with HIV and their
contacts.
 Provided HIV prevention education to schools, churches,community organizations, and
business/industry.
 Explained legal requirements and disease-related information to schools and medical facilities.
 Referred patients to appropriate medical resources.
 Provided risk-reduction education and counseling to clients, families, and contacts.
 Employed the behavior modification model in an effort to reduce HIV infection.
 Served as the leading HIV/AIDS educational resource for the community and participated in
ongoing HIV training opportunities.

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P U B L I C A T I O N S & P R E S E N T A T I O N S
Messer LC,Shoe E, Canady M, Sheppard BK,Vincus A. Reported adolescent sexual norms and the
development of a social marketing campaign to correct youth misperceptions. Journal of Children and
Poverty. 2011; 17(1): 45-63.
Janken JK, Sheppard BK,Minnich M, Canady M. TRAIL: An abstinence-based adolescent pregnancy
prevention program: Evaluating Abstinence Education Programs, Improving Implementation, and
Assessing Impact. “Strengthening Abstinence Education through Scientific Evaluation.” 2005; 118-119.
Aldridge WA, Prinz RJ, Sheppard BK,Henderson C, Hofert GG, Murray DW, Redmond PH.
“Evaluating Capacity and Infrastructure for Large Scale Social Impact: An Implementation Evaluation of
the Triple P System in Two North Carolina Counties, USA.” Presented at the Global Implementation
Conference. Dublin, Ireland. May 26-28, 2015.
Sheppard BK,van Driel S. “Implementing a Population-Level Approach to Child Maltreatment
Prevention by Mobilizing Public Health, Primary Care,and Nontraditional Partners.” Presented at the
National Network of Public Health Institutes Annual Conference. New Orleans,LA. May 19-21, 2014.
Messer LC, Sheppard BK,Shoe E, Canady M. “Taking Responsible Actions in Life (TRAIL) Pilot
Project and Baseline Data.” Poster presented at the Office of Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Annual
Conference. Alexandria, VA. December 1-3, 2009.
T R A I N I N G S & C O N S U L T A T I O N S
Triple P Positive Parenting Program Implementation Specialist,North Carolina Department of
Health and Human Services, 2012-present: Provide statewide and national trainings on behalf of NC
DHHS,focused on the development of a public health approach to child maltreatment and best practices
for sustainable, systems-level change.
HIV/AIDS Testing and Counseling Consultation,North Carolina Department of Health and Human
Services, 1996 -99: Trained public health professionals in best practices for HIV testing and counseling.
Provided trainings across the state of North Carolina.
S E L E C T A W A R D E D G R A N T S
Students Taking a Right Stand (STARS), Minority Youth Violence Prevention (2014 -17)
Program: A school-based violence prevention program targeting minority males featuring physical
activity, case management, prevention education, and mentorship by law enforcement and fire officials at
four middle and high schools in Cabarrus County, North Carolina.
Funding: U.S.Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health, $1,160,546, one of
nine funded projects in the nation.
Role: Program Administrator
Triple P Positive Parenting Program (2012-16)
Program: A community-based, sustainable, systems-level approach to preventing child maltreatment,
whereby 100 community providers are being trained to administer an international, evidence-based
Positive Parenting Program with their clients.
Funding: North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health,
$1,300,000, one of three funded projects in North Carolina.
Role: State Collaborative Representative and Program Administrator

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Smart Girls Know (2013-15)
Program: An after-schoolteen pregnancy prevention program implemented in seven middle schools that
innovatively combines the Smart Girls health education curriculum with physical activity, service
learning, and parental engagement.
Funding: North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health,
$487,376, one of 10 funded projects in the nation.
Role: Program Administrator
SouthEastern Diabetes Initiative (2012-15)
Program: A multi-tiered approach to diabetes care that encompasses prevention education, community
awareness,self-management classes,and intensive clinically coordinated case management that aims to
improve diabetes care,reduce healthcare costs,and create a healthier community.
Funding: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (in partnership with Duke University), $1,805,372,
one of four community sites selected in the Southeast.
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Healthy Lives,Healthy Futures (2007-14)
Program: An innovative and sustainable approach to obesity and chronic disease prevention, in which
community health workers at 36 low-income churches across three counties were trained to lead free
physical activity classes in their communities. Winner of the 2012 Community Leadership Award from
the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition.
Funding: Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust, $1,259,327
Role: Program Administrator
Taking Responsible Actions in Life (TRAIL) (2008-10)
Program: A comprehensive approach to teen pregnancy that addressed root causes of teen pregnancy.
TRAIL utilized a school-wide saturation model to shift social norms and attitudes toward sexual behavior,
increase opportunities for positive youth development, and increase future orientation among high school
students.
Funding: U.S.Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Population Affairs, $2,000,000, one
of 26 funded projects in the nation.
Role: Program Director and Co-Principal Investigator
E D U C A T I O N & A W A R D S
Management for Public Health, Graduated with Honors 2007
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC
Bachelor of Science, Summa Cum Laude (Social Work) 1992
Longwood College Farmville, VA
 Phi Kappa Phi, International Honor Society
 Alpha Delta Mu, National Honor Society in Social Work (Two terms as President)
 Academic Dean’s List (4 years)
Community Service Award for Programs Making a Difference,Cabarrus County Youth Council,
October 2004.
Youth Appreciation Award for HIVAwareness and Program Implementation, The Regional
HIV/AIDS Consortium, May 1999.