Barbara A. Cassaro This is Me

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1. 1. Move Your Career To The Next Level - Career Development Associates of WNY, LLC

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   Published on: 11/16/2007   Last Visited: 11/16/2007

   BARBARA A. CASSARO, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER/CAREER ADVISOR
   
   A management professional serving the health care industry for over 20 years with a focus on the regulatory impact on personnel and operations of the health care delivery system. Using grants in excess of $1.8MM, she conceptualized, developed and implemented a computerized program to reduce regulatory compliance costs, improve departmental workflow and establish cost efficient and effective methodologies for delivering quality health care services within Western New York. One program decreased monthly operating costs by approximately 65% in its first year of full implementation.
   
   In 1993, she established and directed the Healthcare Careers Center of Western New York, Inc. at the State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Medicine (SUNY) to increase awareness of career opportunities within the health care industry. She also provided career counseling services to individuals seeking career advancement, displaced health care and non health care workers, high school and college students, educators and community-based career advisors. The Center was established and operated under a $2.5MM grant from New York State Department of Health.
   
   In addition, she developed and implemented fee-for-service education/training programs offered as credit programs through Millard Fillmore College, SUNY that enhanced management skills of 325 health care clinicians through a two-year certificate program and provided job readiness and training to 37 single mothers on public assistance who obtained full-time employment upon completion of the program.
   
   As Career Development Associates of WNY, LLC career advisor, she utilizes her management, consulting and training skills to assist clients to be critical and creative thinkers and think outside the box in developing their career and marketing strategies. This concept has enabled clients to establish businesses, create new positions, and take new career paths that have led to job satisfaction, career advancement and a personal sense of achievement. She holds a MBA and a Bachelor in Business Administration degrees.
   
   An active volunteer in the community, she currently serves as president of the board of directors of a multi-facility health care organization located in Buffalo and Clarence, NY. She served for several years with the United Way of Buffalo and Erie County and previously served as chair of their Health Care Project for five years. In addition, she initiated strategic planning in three not for profit agencies and was the facilitator of the process for two organizations.