Education:

• Cuyahoga Community College, Parma, OH, 1983
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Bowling Green Sstate University in consortium with Medical College of Ohio, Bowling Green, OH, 1990
• Master of Science in Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 2002

Licensure or Certification:

• Gerontological Nurse Practitioner: American Nurses Credentialing Center, 2002
• Adult Nurse Practitioner: American Nurses Credentialing Center, 2002
• Certificate of Authority: Ohio Board of Nursing, 2002
• Ohio Board of Nursing, 1983

Associations:

• Sigma Theta Tau International, Alpha Mu, Zeta Theta: Honor Society of Nursing
• American Nurses' Association
• American Nurses Credentialing Center Commission
• Gerontological Society of America

Affiliations:

• Nurse Reviewer, Medcom, Inc., 2003- present
  
• Gerontological Nurse Practitioner, University Memory and Aging Center, University Hospitals of Cleveland
  
• Nurse Practitioner, Marymount Hospital, Garfield Heights, OH, 2002- present
  
• Clinical Manager, OBQI, Privacy Officer, Infinity Home Health Services, Lakewood, OH, 2002- present
  
• Nurse Practitioner, Evercare, Cleveland, OH, 2002
  
• Nurse Research Assistant, CHANGE Study, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 2002-2003
  
• Director of Nursing, Cleveland Rehabilitation and Special Care Centre, Cleveland, OH, 1999-2000
  
• Director of Nursing, University Manor Health Care, Cleveland, OH, 1992-1998
  
• Chairman, American Red Cross, Cleveland, OH, 1992-1999
  
• Director and Associate Professor, Sawyer Business College, Medical Assistant Program and Nursing Assistant Program, Cleveland, OH, 1987-1988
  
• Private Duty Home Care Nurse, Cleveland, OH, 1988-1990
  
• Staff Nurse, Southwest General Hospital, Middleburg Heights, OH, 1986-1987
  
• Staff Nurse, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Hanna House, Cleveland, OH, 1983-1986
  

Partial List of Publications:

• "Wants vs. needs: A case study in polypharmacy and drug advertising," Advance for Nurse Practitioners, May 2002, 83-4
  

Awards:

• Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Foundation Scholarship, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH