JT’s work in the public health field began in the mid-1990s as an HIV testing counselor in San Francisco, and expanded over the next decade to include health policy and advocacy through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and national LGBTQ health advocacy organizations. JT spent the next 15 years as a consultant to public health agencies, nonprofits, and foundations, focusing on LGBTQ health and wellness, behavioral health, and trauma-informed care. They worked 13 of those years at Learning for Action, where they served as a longtime organizational leader and consultant, and then became the Managing Director of Gender Spectrum, a national nonprofit committed to creating a gender-inclusive world. JT brings expertise in organizational development, a dedication to cultivating a positive organizational culture that welcomes each member’s whole self, and an anti-racist, anti-oppression lens to the Talent Manager role at Facente Consulting. JT holds master’s degrees in public health and public policy from UC Berkeley, where they also completed their undergraduate work in social welfare.
Related Projects:
Planning a Team Retreat to Support Workforce Transformation Efforts
San Francisco Community Health Center reached out to Facente Consulting to help plan activities and facilitate a retreat for their newly formed “Workforce Transformation” team, to help them solidify their identity, shared set of goals, and priorities for future work.
Program Planning for Rafiki Coalition’s UMOJA Health Access Point
Facente Consulting provided program planning, retreat facilitation, and implementation technical assistance to the Rafiki Coalition to launch UMOJA, a Health Access Point funded by the San Francisco Department of Public Health to provide coordinated, wholistic, and Afrocentric services to address the syndemic of HIV, HCV, STIs and related health and social issues within San Francisco’s Black and African American communities,