01 — Professional
Hi, I'm Chani. I turn data into better care.
I lead the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) Project at Northeast Kingdom Human Services. With a Master of Public Health from Virginia Tech and more than a decade managing federally funded programs, I help teams collect the right data and use it to make decisions that improve community mental health care.
Recently
Recent highlights
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May 2026 · NatCon 2026
Three years of work in four slides
A poster for the National Council for Mental Wellbeing's conference. It traces how a few reporting requirements led to better data collection, then to assessing client acuity, rethinking scheduling, and guiding staffing and costs.
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Nov 2024 · NKHS
Director of the CCBHC Project
A new chapter at Northeast Kingdom Human Services, after two years leading the project's data and evaluation.
Experience
Where I've worked
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Nov 2024 — Now
Director, CCBHC Project
Northeast Kingdom Human Services (NKHS) · Vermont
Leading the agency's Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic project.
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Dec 2022 — Dec 2024
CCBHC Project Evaluator
Northeast Kingdom Human Services (NKHS) · Remote
Oversaw all data and evaluation for the CCBHC Expansion grant: reporting performance and outcome measures to SAMHSA, building data collection workflows, checking data quality, and tracking access and outcomes across populations so that services stay equitable.
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Sep 2015 — Jan 2023
Grants and Data Manager
Salem Research Institute · Veterans Affairs Hospital · Roanoke
Two roles in one. Managed data for several federally funded clinical studies, from designing databases to statistical analysis in SAS and STATA. Managed multisite grant budgets, and built a system to track staff time against each fund.
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Sep 2013 — Apr 2014
Graduate Student Intern
Healthy Roanoke Valley · Roanoke
Set up a data collection and tracking system, and researched best-practice outcome measures so partner organizations could share measurement.
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Dec 2004 — Sep 2007
Sales Executive, International
Jet Airways · Indore
Sold Jet Airways international flights to corporate clients, travel agents and individual travelers.
What I bring
Areas of expertise
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Program development and monitoring
Building health programs and keeping them on track, from reporting requirements to day-to-day operations.
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Program evaluation
Choosing the right measures, tracking outcomes, and reporting results to funders such as SAMHSA.
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Data-driven decision making
Collecting, managing and analyzing qualitative and quantitative data in SAS and STATA, then turning it into clear decisions.
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Grants and federal funds
Preparing multisite budgets, managing federal awards and research teams, and making sure funds are used as intended.
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Change management
Helping teams adopt new ways of working, one reporting improvement at a time.
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Strategic operations
Matching staffing, scheduling and costs to what clients actually need.
Education
Always learning
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2011 — 2014
Master of Public Health (MPH)
Virginia Tech
Public Health Education and Promotion · GPA 3.9
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2006 — 2008
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS)
Marketing and Marketing Management
Certifications
- SAS Certified Professional
- Results Based Accountability Certified Professional Clear Impact
- IATA International Air Transport Association
Languages
- English Native or bilingual
- Hindi Professional working proficiency
“It's not complicated. Just communicate, and as much as possible with compassion.”
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