Eda Valero-Figueira 12/31/2009A
City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida 33139, www.miamibeachFl.gov
OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK, Robert Parcher, City Clerk
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10-20-2008
Eda Valero-Figueira
5555 Collins Ave. 10 W
Miami Beach, Florida 33140
S.U,B;J ACT: ~-; Health Advisory Committee
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board or committee named above for a term ending: 12/31/2009.
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Miami-Dade County Code Section 2-11..1 -Conflict of Interest and Code of Ethics Ordinance
City Wide Permit Application - (Parking Department Form)
Booklet -Guide to the Sunshine Amendment and Code of Ethics for Public Officers and Employee
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City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida 33139, www.miamibeachfl.aov
OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK, Robert Parcher, City Clerk
Tel: (305) 673-741 1, Fax: (305 673-7254
TO Eda Valero-Figueira
RE: Health Advisory Committee
I do solemnly swear or affirm to bear true faith, loyalty and allegiance to the Government of the
United States, the State of Florida, and the City of Miami Beach, and to perform all the duties of
a member of the above-mentioned board or committee of the City of Miami Beach to which I have
been appointed for a term ending: 12/31/2009.
I have been issued a copy of Section 2-11.1 of the Miami-Dade County Code (Conflict of Interest
and Code of Ethics Ordinance), as well as theF/orida Commission on Ethics Guide to the Sunshine
Amendment and Code of Ethics for Public Oliicers and Emp/ogees, and understand that as a member
of a City of Miami Beach Board and/or Committee, I must comply with the financial disclosure" require-
ments of Miami-Dade County or the State of Florida (depending on the board or committee on which
I serve) on July 1st, following the closing of the calendar year on whi I have served.
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Deputy Clerk
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EDA VALERO-FIGUEIRA, Ph.D.
5555 Collins Avenue #lOW
Miami Beach, FL 33140
Tel .305-868-7144
Education and Training
Post Doctorate: Hamburg University 1980-$1, Hamburg, Germany (Worked with hearing
impaired and learning disabled immigrant students)
Ph.D. The University of Michigan 1978, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Special Education (Training,
Research, and Administration)
M.A. The University of Michigan 1975 Ann Arbor, Michigan Special Education (Emotional
Disturbance, Learning Disabilities, Mental Retardation)
B.A. Aurora College 1971, Aurora, Illinois. Modern Languages and Secondary Education,
Elementary Education
Instituto Santos Michelena,1964, Caracas, Venezuela, High School
Taylor Allderdice High School, 1962, Pittsburg, PA (Foreign Exchange Student)
Professional Experience
Deaartment of Health and Human Services Human Resources and Services Administration
~f HRSA)
Under The Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act (CARE Act), the
Federal legislation that supports health care systems throughout the nation for the provision of
health care and support services for people living with HIV disease (PLWH):
1997- 2007
HIV/AIDS Bureau
Division of Community Based Programs
Public Health Analyst (GS-685-13)
Supervisor: Sylvia Trent-Adams (may contact)
Telephone: 301443-1377
1991-1997:
Bureau of Health Resources Development
Division of HIV Services
t'ublic Health Analyst (GS-685-13)
Edo ValeraFigueira, Ph.D.
Influencing Others: Working Together in Today's Organization
Managing in a Multicultural Organization
Dealing with Interpersonal Differences in the Workplace
Basic Techniques in Health Planning (Johns Hopkins Univ.)
Politics of Prevention in Public Health (Johns Hopkins Univ.)
Awards
HRSA Administrator's Award for Excellence
HRSA Administrator's Award for Excellence
HRSA Administrator's Citation for Outstanding Group Performance
HRSA Administrator's Citation for Qutstanding Group Performance
HRSA Administrator's Special Citation
HRSA Administrator's Citation for Outstanding Group Performance
HRSA Administrator's Special Citation
HRSA Administrator's Citation for Outstanding Group Performance
Academic Accomplishments
Nov. 2007
Dec. 2004
Dec. 2004
Dec. 2004
Sept.1999
June 1998
Mar. 1995
Mar. 1994
Invited Lecturer at the Martin-Luther University, Halle, Germany, May 1998. The topic of these
lectures was the prevention and management ofHIV/AIDS in the US Public Schools
Pulbright Scholar to,the Centro Peruano de Audicion y Lenguaje and to The Catholic University
in Lima, Peru, Jan-June, 1986. Teaching behavior management in the classroom to teachers of
hearing impaired children.
Selected Publications
Significant contributor:
Programs that CARE; A Toolkit for the Employment of Consumers, Summer, 2004
Ryan Wftite Title IV.• Grants for Coordinated HIV Services and Access to Research for
Women, Infants, Children and Youth, and Their Families Application Guidance, 1999-2004
Planning Council Primer/Cartilla para el Consejo de Plan fcacion (In Spanish), Winter, 1998
Application Guidance for Grants for Adolescent Services, Summer, 1998
Training Guide: A Resource for Qrienting and Training Planning Council and Consortium
Members, March 1997
Ryan White CAREAct: Title I Manual, March 1997
Rural HIV Service Networks: Patterns of Care and Policy Issues, May 1995
Sole author:
Substance Abuse Counseling in the Age of HIV Disease: Dying and Death, Trainer's Guide
and Participant's Manual, Summer, 1990
Editor:
HIV Alive! A newsletter of the HiV Community Coalition, Wash., DC. (1995-1997)
Eda Valero-Figueira, Ph.D.
Authored a curriculum on dying and death for 'The Center for AIDS and Substance Abuse (a
National Institute for Drug Abuse project).
Whitman-Walker Clinic, Inc. 1986 to 1995
Washington, D.C.
Volunteer
Supervisor; Larry Cohen
Telephone: 202 244-0903
Trained volunteers on cross-cultural communication issues and developing and maintaining
boundazies. Served on a number of committees. Was a "buddy," helping support and care for
individuals at the terminal stages of HIV disease
Coordinated the Support Group Leaders Program for two years, supervising more than 100
volunteers, who provided 42 support groups for persons living with HIV, their relatives and
friends
Member of the Boazd of Directors for approximately five years, and received the Volunteer of
the Year Award in 1989.
Prior to moving full-tfine into HIV/AIDS work, I trained teachers of Special Education for
many years. This included the development and implementation of the graduate level
Bilingual Special Education Teacher Training programs at New York University, in New
York City, and George Mason University, in Virginia. Greater details regarding career in
academia will be provided upon request.
Job Related Courses Taken
Proofreading and Editing
Plain Language Skills Building Workshop: Writing Clearer
Federal Application Guidance
Advanced Grants Management
Professional Skills for Quality Grants Management
The Legal Underpinnings For Grants
The Source and Applicability Of Grants Requirements
Orientation to Grants Administration for Program Officials
Advanced Project Officer
Basic Project Officer
Power Point 97 and Windows Explorer
Excel 97
WordPerfect 8.0 Beginning and Intermediate (2 Courses)
Power Point I and II
Responding to Care Needs of Families with HIV Infection
Consumer/Provider Collaborations
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Planned and conduct visits to the funded projects, including visits to States, and prepared the
ensuing reports summarizing observations, data analyses, and recommendations for technical
assistance and improvement.
Engaged in grant process, including: writing and processing of application guidance, providing
pre-application technical assistance workshops, providing advice and assistance to grant
applicants, planning and carrying out the objective review activities, reviewing proposals,
providing feedback on the proposals to program managers, and monitoring programs after
awards were made.
Accomplishments at HRSA:
Greatest accomplishment was the integration of persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLWH) in the
Bureau's programs at the Federal level. The entire Bureau now uses fine trained PLWH as
consultants in a number of roles. Led the Division's "Consumer Workgroup," which functions
as the Federal consumer advocacy body and ensures that PLWH and their input are taken into
consideration when programmatic and policy decisions are made.
Another great accomplishment was the creation of the many education and training programs
administered by the Division. PLWH nationwide are educated leaders in their communities
because of the training and education programs provided.
Spearheaded the development of an initiative to bring adolescents living with HIV into medical
care. This included researching epidemiological information and interpreting its implications,
conducting professional and youth forums involving experts from governmental and non-
governmental agencies and youth with expertise in HN/AIDS care and needs, and incorporating
input from these forums into the request for proposals, disseminating the request for proposals,
responding to inquiries about the project, and organizing the objective review process leading to
the grant awards. 17 granges are funded by this initiative.
Have educated more than 300 PLWH nationwide about living with HIV disease, through the
courses described above, who have, in turn, educated thousands more. (Most are adult basic
learners.)
National Capitol Systems. Inc. 1-89 to 8-91
Falls Church, VA
Project Manager
Supervisor: Lynette Monday, no known contact information
Managed community-based outreach and HIV/AIDS education program reaching African
American and Latino communities in the Washington, DC area. This had much in common with
the Federal jobs in that monitoring this program was the primary responsibility. Developed
budget and work plan (including steps for program implementation), and evaluation of activities.
In addition, developed AIDS regional information systems; and managed two employee assistant
projects.
Eda Valero-Figueira, Ph.D.
Supervisor: Robert Solix (may contact)
Telephone: 301443-0349
Program monitoring of States and Temtories and other funded entities receiving Ryan White
CARE Act funds (worked first with the States and other governmental agencies and later with
community health centers, hospitals, and community based organizations). Collected and
analyzed program implementation data from the funded entities. Monitored grant budgets and
work plan implementation, identified technical assistance needs, planned and provided technical
assistance, and monitored adherence to the CARE Act and other Federal rules and regulations.
Worked with State and Iocal governments to review and analyze State and local policies, rules,
and regulations to ensure coordination of State and local programs with the Federal programs.
Informed program managers regularly of important aspects of program operations, particularly
regarding possible areas of concern.
Responded to requests for information and interpret legislation and policy for grantees, Federal
and local institutions. This included controlled correspondence, which is correspondence with
members of Congress regarding the programs monitored.
Managed two cooperative agreements for the education and training of persons living with
HN/AIDS (PLWH). Through these agreements we educated PLWH about HIV disease so they
can participate effectively in making their treatment decisions. This includes training PLWH: to
be their awn advocates and to advocate far their peers, to assume leadership positions in their
communities, to train others on how to find appropriate services, to serve on Institutional Review
Boards for HIV1AiDS clinical trials, to participate in community boards making decisions about
allocation of funds and prioritization of services, and to participate in objective review
committees at HRSA.
Managed a contract to study the best practices in reaching out to youth at risk of and living with
HIV/AIDS, enrolling, and retaining them in care. Provided guidance to programs serving young
people living with HIV/AIDS, a particularly challenging population.
Managed a contract to study the best practices in the employment of clients as staff. Through
this contract, we developed a training guide to be used by grantees in planning for the
employment of PLWH in their programs.
Assisted grantees in identifying additional resources for serving diverse populations, such as the
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and the Rehabilitation Act, critical for our
children and youth entering the school systems, as well as our adult clients who may be capable
of returning to work through the medical advances in HN/AIDS. Some of the programs work
with the public schools and provide support in the educational placement of children and youth
living with HIV/AIDS.
Assisted grantees in designing research projects to evaluate program outcomes by helping them
make decisions regarding methodology, collection of data, sampling, instrumentation, and data
analysis.
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