Jeanne Blackburn has over 15 years of experience in public health policy, strategic planning, program development and evaluation, grant writing, and substance abuse prevention. She has worked for the Arizona Governor's Office for Children, Youth and Families managing substance abuse prevention programs and epidemiology workgroups. Her experience also includes consulting, teaching, and research roles focused on behavioral health, substance abuse treatment, and public health. She holds a Master's degree in Sociology.

1. JEANNE BLACKBURN, M.A.
7763 Holiday Boulevard, Anacortes, WA 98221 – Cell: (480) 293-4030
blackburn.jeannelynette@gmail.com
––– OBJECTIVE –––
Experienced executive improving individual, family and community well-being and functioning by supporting multi-systemic
diverse collaborations that utilize a data-driven decision-making process to implement evidence-informed programming.
––– SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE AND QUALIFICATIONS –––
Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment – Public Health Policy – Strategic Planning
Budget Development and Oversight – Government Relations/Liaison – Solution-focused Team Player – Grant Writer
Drug Endangered Children – Prescription Drug Misuse and Abuse – Substance Abuse Epidemiology
––– SUMMARY OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE –––
Strategic Applications International April 2015 – Present
Consultant
- Provide subject matter expertise in substance abuse policy, survey development and analysis, communications, and grant
writing/research, including mass incarceration and responding to methamphetamine use on tribal lands
Arizona Governor’s Office for Children, Youth and Families March – April 2015
Independent Consultant
- Provided subject matter expertise to further the work begun under my tenure with the Governor’s Office
Governor’s Office for Children, Youth and Families, Phoenix, AZ Feb 2007 – March 2015
Program Administrator, Arizona Substance Abuse Partnership
State Epidemiological Outcomes Workgroup Project Director
- Within a highly-visible political environment, managed Arizona Substance Abuse Partnership, composed of high-ranking
professionals and service consumers addressing impact of substance abuse on Arizona, focusing on prescription drug
misuse and abuse epidemic and behavioral health treatment capacity
- Managed Arizona Substance Abuse Epidemiology Work Group tasked with guiding data-driven policy and programmatic
decision-making
- Managed and evaluated a complex set of state and federal funding sources that supported health promotion and substance
abuse prevention as part of a team distributing approximately $20 Million in state and federal funds per annum
- Served as a member of multiple policy steering committees that managed public health approaches to substance abuse
initiatives, including the Prescription Drug Misuse and Abuse Initiative, for which Arizona was honored with the 2013
Western Region Outstanding Criminal Justice Program award by the National Criminal Justice Association
- Wrote grant applications, prepared budgets and reports to support program development, implementation and evaluation,
including $7.5 million Screenings, Brief Interventions and Referral to Treatment cooperative agreement awarded to Arizona
by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to guide health systems transformation after identifying
disproportionate impact of substance abuse on northern Arizona
- Managed the Arizona Alliance for Drug Endangered Children and collaborated with the Alliance members to develop and
host a 2-day working forum that identified strategic priorities upon which to build a community response to the needs of
children endangered by drugs
- Analyzed public health problems by systematically evaluating data trends to identify the needs of at-risk populations, and
managed the strategic dissemination of resulting public health data and reports
- Wrote successful application for the State Epidemiological Outcomes Workgroup contract awarded to Arizona by the
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, one of the funding mechanisms by which Arizona has
developed a data-driven substance abuse prevention public health infrastructure
- Served on task forces and advisory groups to achieve policy, systems and environmental change in identified priority areas
- Supported healthy communities and empowered them with the capacity to determine substance abuse-related priorities
and appropriate prevention and intervention programming, apply for funding, evaluate their efforts and advocate for
themselves to policymakers
- Prioritized substance abuse treatment services for families in the child welfare system by assisting in the development of
Executive Order 2008-01
- Prioritized the use of evidence-based programming by writing Executive Order 2013-05, which emphasized that recovery
from substance abuse is possible
- Developed a multi-systemic strategic plan to combat human trafficking

2. Resume, Blackburn, Jeanne
Okanogan County Behavioral Healthcare, Omak, WA Feb 2012 – Feb 2014
Independent Consultant
- Provided consultation and advice to rural behavioral healthcare provider agency
- Provided grant-writing services to support the agency mission to serve and support consumers in managing personal growth
and recovery
Rio Salado College, Tempe, AZ June 2008 – Jan 2011
Adjunct Faculty
- Taught Introduction to Sociology; Marriage and Family; Racial and Ethnic Minorities; and Gender and Society courses online
to a diverse, international student body
- Communicated regularly with students to ensure successful completion of courses and knowledge retention
Rio Salado College, Tempe, AZ June 2005 – Feb 2007
Research Assistant
- Conducted analyses to evaluate faculty effectiveness
- Wrote reports summarizing findings for college administration
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ Aug 2004 – Dec 2006
Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant
- Served as a Graduate Teaching Assistant and Guest Lecturer for Sociology of the Family, Personal Growth in Human
Relationships; Family, Ethnic and Cultural Diversity; Conflict Resolution; Introduction to Parenting; Human Sexuality
- Conducted extensive reviews of literature and statistical analyses relevant to immigration/immigrants’ generational status
and the determinants of immigrant children’s adjustment to the formal school environment
Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA June 2001 – May 2004
Teaching Assistant
- Assisted with teaching undergraduate students: Social Ecology; Data Analysis in Sociology; Principles of Sociology; Social
Problems
Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA June 2000 – May 2004
Office Assistant
- Provided administrative support for international student recruitment efforts and assisted international students
acclimating to life in the United States for the University English as a Second Language program
––– PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION –––
POST-GRADUATE COURSEWORK, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Healthcare Policy & Innovation - Politics of Public Policy - Advanced Policy Analysis - Public Human Resource Management -
Public Leadership - Program Evaluation - Principles of Epidemiology - Medical Sociology - Substance Abuse
MASTER OF ARTS, SOCIOLOGY, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
- Thesis: The Complexity of Family Structure and Children’s School Performance: Disentangling the Effects of Family
Composition, Stability, and Parental/Guardian Involvement
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE, SOCIOLOGY, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA
- Graduated magna cum laude
- Minors: Spanish; Women Studies
- Ronald E. McNair Scholar Thesis: Perceptions of Male vs. Female-Perpetrated Domestic Violence
––– VOLUNTEER WORK –––
Fresh Start Women’s Foundation, Phoenix, Arizona, Mentor March 2014 – March 2015
––– PUBLICATIONS –––
Xiao, H., & Blackburn, J. (2012). Responding to spousal violence: Does gender matter?. A. Browne-Miller (Ed.). Santa Barbara,
CA: Praeger.
––– GRANT REVIEW EXPERIENCE –––
CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM REAUTHORIZATION ACT – OUTREACH & ENROLLMENT GRANTS 2009 [CHIPRA],
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Strategic Prevention
Framework State Incentive Grant Subgrantee Awards, Arizona Governor's Office for Children, Youth and Families,
Phoenix, Arizona (2008).
Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grant Subgrantee Awards, Arizona Governor's Office for Children, Youth and
Families, Phoenix, Arizona (2008).