M Squared Strategies is committed to helping communities in need; so when the Health Commissioner for the City of New Orleans requested our support in their effort to develop an improvement plan for community health, M Squared Strategies quickly responded. In early February, Selena Hunn and Nic Turrentine went down to the Big Easy to lead steering committee members in a Community Vision Session and Forces of Change Assessment.
The Center for Disease Control and the National Association for County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) endorse a framework for carrying out a community health improvement plan through a series of assessments, known as Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnership (MAPP). In the Concert Hall at Holy Angels Complex, Selena and Nic addressed key issues impacting the local population. They guided the community’s steering committee through productive and enlightening discussion using the MAPP framework to collect data for the initiative.
The Health Commissioner’s Office and the participants felt that the sessions were a huge success. The clients were able to move the process forward and were grateful for the invaluable contribution of the M Squared Strategies team.
Born and raised in Wayne, New Jersey, Anthony Pandolfo now calls the District of Columbia home. Over the last seven and half years, Anthony has been an undergraduate student, a graduate student, and a staff member at The George Washington University. After earning a Bachelor of Arts in History and Political Science in May 2008, Anthony took a job in the Office of International Programs. Initially acting as Executive Assistant to the Associate Provost for International Programs, he was promoted to International Operations Coordinator. He coordinated a variety of initiatives related to GW’s international academic agreements, international travel policy, and international operations network. Simultaneously, he enrolled in the Trachtenberg School and earned a Master of Public Policy with a concentration in budget and public finance in May 2011. With his experience in bringing parties together to find common ground and build sustainable processes that satisfy policy compliance challenges in higher education administration, Anthony is a welcome addition to the M Squared Strategies team. In his free time, he enjoys running and biking, exploring new venues in the area, and traveling.
Over the past three months the Facilitation Service Line has received rave reviews from clients and prime contractors for facilitations in the Department of Veteran Affairs. M Squared facilitations are known not just for quality delivery on the day(s) of the meeting but also in the thorough preparation leading up to the facilitation itself. Clients are pleasantly surprised to see the robust level of effort that we provide to prepare for facilitations. Our attention to prepare for meetings makes our facilitations more effective for both the client and the prime contractor. The quality of work and success of meetings we facilitate are constant evidence to our prime contractor that we are experts in facilitation and driven to move the client’s agenda forward.