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Jamie McDonald has worked for the American Academy of Pediatrics - Orange County Chapter as a Health Educator, Program Director, and now Executive Director for 16 years, developing, implementing, and evaluating educational programs and material on a variety of children’s health issues, including:

• Injury and violence prevention
• Child development and developmental screening
• Early literacy
• Food insecurity and child poverty 
• Improving access to a medical home and health resources.  

She has nearly 20 years of experience working collaboratively with diverse groups of community partners, professionals, individual champions (e.g., parents, volunteers), and government/legislative representatives, and has taught health sciences courses for over 10 years at Áù¾ÅÉ«Ìà and the University of Phoenix.  Jamie, her husband, and two sons live in Long Beach with their three pet chickens.