Choose Topics

accept-rols

Thank You for Subscribing to the PITI-VITI Mailing List!

border
Telegram icon

Subscribe to our

Mailing List

Thanks for your interest in PITI-VITI and our programs! To sign up to received notifications, please enter your email address below and indicate which topics you're interested in. We do not share your information, and you can opt out of our mailing list at any time.

eldp-white Rachel Bigler

RMI location

single image

Calendar iconUpdated December 05, 2022

Ms. Bigler currently serves as the National Early Childhood Development (ECD) Coordinator for the Ministry of Health and Human Services (MOHHS) in the RMI. She works to improve the Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health & Nutrition (RMNCH&N) service and delivery within the RMI. She hopes to build capacity and improve the quality of services for expecting mothers and children from preconception to five years of age.

Ms. Bigler has worked with different public health programs, such as women, infants and children (WIC). Her responsibilities included emergency preparedness, grants management, community education and program coordination. She was previously the Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) Director under the Office of Health, Planning, Preparedness, Policy and Epidemiology within MOHHS from 2018-2020. Working in emergency preparedness, she prepared annual planned activities and budgets, created emergency plans, and trained staff and first responders. She also planned drills and full-scale exercises to prepare for mass causality events.

Ms. Bigler grew up in the Marshall Islands, attended Maryknoll high school in Honolulu, Hawaii, and graduated from Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon, where she obtained her Bachelor's of Science in Public Health, with a concentration in Health Management and Policy, and a minor in Business Administration.

Newsroom Icon 1 PITI-VITI Newsroom

Newsroom 1 NEWSROOM

The Pacific and Virgin Islands Training Initiatives Successfully Concludes Grants Training in American Samoa

Calendar iconNov 02, 2023

news widget detailed news by  Monique WedderburnMonique

With support from the Department of the Interior - Office of Insular Affairs, the Pacific and Virgin Islands (PITI-VITI) successfully held grant training in American Samoa from October 24 to October 30, 2023.

news subscribe icon The Pacific and Virgin Islands Training Initiatives Successfully Concludes Grants Training in American SamoaMore Info

The Association of Pacific Islands Public Auditors (APIPA) 34th Annual Conference: Shining a Light on Public Accountability in the Pacific Successfully Concludes

Calendar iconSep 05, 2023

news widget detailed news by  Monique WedderburnMonique

The Association of Pacific Islands Public Auditors (APIPA) successfully concluded its 34th Annual Conference, held from August 28 to September 1, 2023, in Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands. This year's conference, funded by the Department of the Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs, marked...

news subscribe icon The Association of Pacific Islands Public Auditors (APIPA) 34th Annual Conference: Shining a Light on Public Accountability in the Pacific Successfully ConcludesMore Info