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The Jones
Company of America Team
BIOGRAPHY
OF
TIMOTHY ANDERSON
During
the past twenty years, Timothy Anderson has
directly assisted small and medium size businesses in
obtaining capital; developed training programs related
to business management, provided technical assistance
and managed medium size firms.
He has been directly responsible for providing
middle market businesses with capital in excess of
sixty million dollars resulting in new job creation of
more than 2,800.
He has developed and implemented various
training programs for financial institutions, economic
development programs and community groups whose focus
is on economic development for middle market business
development. He
has taught business courses at the collegiate level,
lectured and written articles for business journals.
He
is the recipient of several awards relating to
economic development.
Past recipient of the Ohio House of
Representative Recognition for outstanding leadership
and contribution to
Ohio
’s minority and
small business communities. Recipient from Governor
Richard Celeste for outstanding leadership and
contribution to
Ohio
’s minority and
small business communities.
His efforts have also been recognized
nationally, in 1992 the U.S. Small Business
Administration (SBA) selected him as Ohio Minority
Business Advocate of the Year.
His community involvement was recognized by the
Franklin
County Board of Commissioners for participation and
leadership as a board member of the Veteran Memorial
Auditorium and Convention Center.
During his tenure he oversaw the $10,000,000.00
renovation to the facility and served as Chairman of
the Investment and Insurance committee.
Anderson
has also had extensive community health experience,
currently he serves as the chair for the Columbus
Public Health, Near East Community Health Committee,
representing nearly twenty-eight thousand residents.
In the spring of 2002, the Central Ohio
Diabetes Association asked
Anderson
to serve as co-chair for the Call to Action Diabetes
Interest Group, a taskforce created by the Central
Ohio Diabetes Association and the Columbus Urban
League. Under
his leadership the Interest Group began looking at
ways to address the diabetes health crisis within the
African American community of central
Ohio
.
In the fall of
2003,
Anderson
’s passions lead him to begin the development of a
healthy lifestyle center.
The Center’s objective is to work with
African American families to prevent diabetes and to
better manage diabetes among those family members who
have the disease.
Through a comprehensive intervention program
the Center will assist families in developing healthy
habits that will result in the prevention of diabetes
and better glucose control.
The Center provides hope to a community that
has the highest rate of diabetes and diabetes
complication than any other area of
Columbus
.
In the summer of
2004,
Anderson
developed the Walking in the Neighborhood program,
design to create walking clubs throughout the city of
Columbus
. The WIN
program focuses on walking to help those with diabetes
to improve blood glucose and create a greater sense of
well being. The
program provides technical support to walking clubs,
in the area of exercise, nutrition, and healthy
lifestyle living.
The program has more than 13 member clubs with
more 800 participants, with the Driving Parking
Walking Club boosting the largest club with more than
one hundred and fifty members.
Both the Near Eastside Healthy Lifestyle Center
and the Walking in the Neighborhood Program have
collectively received funding in excess of $250,000.00
from the corporate community, foundations and the
state government.
In the fall of
2004,
Anderson
was the recipient of a national award from the makers
of Glucerna for an essay he wrote, titled Diabetes
Freedom. As
one of five national winners of the Glucerna Essay
competition, his essay has been used to inspire those
with diabetes to make healthy lifestyle changes for
better health. The
essay tells his personal story of the impact that
diabetes has had on his family, friends, the community
and himself.
GlaxoSmithKline,
an international pharmaceutical company selected
Anderson
as one of its patient advocate leaders for 2005-2006.
At the Patient Advocate Leaders’ summit held
at
Chapel Hill
,
North Carolina
, he shared his vision to develop a community
intervention approach for those who have chronic
health diseases like diabetes and cardiovascular
disease. The
intervention program linked to healthcare providers
and community health organizations would provide
education, exercise, nutritional and other support for
those diagnose with illnesses where healthy lifestyle
changes improves patient health outcomes.
Anderson
believes that this approach to healthcare is a key
component to closing the healthcare disparity gap that
exists within urban community and among ethnic groups.
Anderson
involvement in community health has extended to being
the co-creator and a frequent guest of the radio talk
show “Diabetes Today”.
A weekly one hour live radio show that
discusses the issues of diabetes among African
Americans. He
is the author of the “Diabetes Urban Health
Initiative” a community approach towards addressing
diabetes in
Columbus
. He
continues to develop partnerships with health
organizations and community agencies in addressing
health and wellness issues with the goal of closing
the healthcare disparity gap.
In 2007,
Anderson
was appointed to the Ohio Department of Health’s,
Ohio Diabetes Alliance Board to serve an initial
two-year term. The
Board works to prevent diabetes and its complications
for Ohioans through community awareness, education,
access to care and consumer advocacy.
Tim Anderson
diverse background in economic development and
community health gives him a unique perspective in
addressing clients’ needs.
The
Jones Company of America Team
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