Policy & Practice | Summer 2024

staff spotlight

Name: Dominic Hollis Title: Registration Specialist

What I Can Do for Our Members: My aim is to deliver a memorable conference and registration experience for all those who attend. Best Way to Reach Me: You can reach me via email at Dhollis@aphsa.org. When Not Working: I can be found with my family and friends or cooking at the grill. Motto to Live By: “Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation, there is sure to be failure.” —Confucius

Time at APHSA: I have been a part of the APHSA family for 1 year and 3 months. Priorities at APHSA: I handle everything about registration and housing for our APHSA conferences and manage accounts receivables for the conference department. Life Before APHSA: Life before APHSA for me was a long life in hospitality as the Reservations Manager for Intercontinental hotels.

Name: Jenny Duggan (she/her/hers) Title: Marketing & Communications Specialist Time at APHSA: I have been at APHSA for 11 months Priorities at APHSA: My main

them informed of the work we are continuously doing in the human services sector. That means it is important to make a variety of training, networking opportunities, and resources available and accessible. For me, that is ensuring that all our publications, conference and event informa tion, webinars, and connections to human services subject matter experts are made available through all our commu nication sources, including website, social media, email, and more. Best Way to Reach Me: You can reach me via email at jduggan@aphsa.org. When Not Working: I am a wife of almost 10 years with my husband Brian and we spend a lot of our energy wrangling our awesome, Lego-building, dragon- and shark-loving 5-year-old, Seamus. The remainder of my energy is spent experimenting in the kitchen as a self proclaimed home chef, being a member of my local roller derby league, and training as an outdoor distance skater for my first Ultraskate in February! Motto to Live By: “If the good lord had intended us to walk, he wouldn’t have invented roller skates.” —Willy Wonka

priorities are managing our social media and the bulk of our email communications. Recently I have also taken on new responsibilities for graphic design and assisting with the devel opment of our new website, which will be launching soon! Life Before APHSA: My previous job was as Marketing Coordinator for an environmental education nonprofit. In addition to being a mom, I have worked in a wide variety of roles in my career, including web developer and designer, graphic designer, IT support, administrative assistant, development assistant, customer service, server, bartender, and of course, Public Relations Chair for my local roller derby league. What I Can Do for Our Members: Effective communication is essential for our members to keep

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