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Affiliations

• Advisory Board Member, Cancer  Survivor's Day San Diego

• Society for the Arts in Healthcare
www.societyartshealthcare.org/

• Graduate of LEAD San Diego 2004
www.leadsandiego.com

• San Diego Healthcare Leaders
www.sohl.info

• American Public Health Association
www.apha.org

• American College of Healthcare Executives
www.ache.org

• American Society of Public Administration
www.aspanet.org

• DOVIA San Diego
www.doviasandiego.org

• Advisory   Board   Member  for   Camp Kesem UCSD http://campk.ucsd.edu/index.html

• National University Alumni Advisory Board member
www.nu.edu

Awards

• Dr. Maryam Davodi Far is recognized as one of four "Exceptional Women of San Diego" by Bellissima Magazine.  Please Check out the article.

• San Diego Women in Health Administration, Member of
the Year 2001

• San Diego TWIN Honoree, YWCA, 2002

• San Diego Women Who Mean Business Awards, 2002

• San Diego Heritage awards, 2002

• Best Companies to Work for in San Diego Awards, San Diego Workforce Partnership, 2002

• 10 News Leadership Award, 2006

• San Diego Metropolitan, 40 Under 40 Award, 2006

Hobbies Include:

• Cooking
• Fencing
• Aqua Jogging
• Certificate in Culinary Arts from
  www.sdci-inc.com

Education

• Doctor of Public Administration, with an emphasis in healthcare administration, University of La Verne
www.ulv.edu

• Master's in Health Care Administration, National University www.nu.edu

• Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology, Minor in Health Care and Social Issues, University of California, San Diego, Thurgood Marshall College
www.ucsd.edu

Professional Experience

• Lead Faculty and Assistant Professor for Dept. of Public Administration,National University 
www.nu.edu

• Chief Executive Officer/Founder
Cancer Coping Center
www.cancercopingcenter.com

• Director of Women and Children's Health Services, San Ysidro Health Center, Inc.
www.syhc.org

• Executive Director & CEO, San Diego American Indian Health Center, San Diego, California
www.sdaihc.org

• Project Specialist, Center for Child Health Outcomes, Children's Hospital and Health Center, San Diego, California
www.chsd.org

• Community Relations Coordinator, Marketing and Business Development, Children's Hospital and Health Center, San Diego, California
www.chsd.org

Training & Certification

• Certificate of Training in Meditation, San Diego Meditation Center 1998

• Grantsmanship Training Program Certificate 1999

• Certificate of Training, Ombudsman County of San Diego 2000

• Certificate in Healthcare Political Advocacy, UCSD 2002

• Certificate in Non-profit Management, Chapman University 2002

• Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly (RCFE) License, State of California 2003

• Project Management Certificate, National University, 2004

• Arts in Healthcare Summer Intensive at the University of Florida, 2006