Advisory Board Member

• 2018 - Present

Founding Member

• Jun 1998 - Present

Provides kidney education and nephrology social work consulting to multiple clients. Provides kidney education and nephrology social work consulting to multiple clients.

Resource & Policy Associate

• 1997 - Present

Consultant providing technical assistance to ESRD professionals and people with kidney disease and those who care about them on a variety of topics including paying for care and living a full life with kidney disease.

Senior Project Manager, Life Options Program

• 1996 - 1997

Wrote grant that funded the Life Options Program for CY 1997. Life Options is a program that provides education and technical assistance to renal professionals and people with kidney disease to promote self-management and rehabilitation.

Patient Education Program Coordinator

• Aug 1998 - Dec 2018

Witten and Associates, LLC provided Patient Education Program in-person classes targeted to people with chronic kidney disease and their loved ones living in the Kansas City area to improve their understanding of kidney disease, treatment options, and living a full life. When Missouri Kidney Program decided to offer online education, we developed the content and recruited patient and professional subject matter experts as presenters. Classes can be found on YouTube by searching for Missouri Kidney Program.

ESRD Training & Support Team member

• Jul 2010 - Jul 2016

Federal contractor working with a team of experienced surveyors and renal professionals to implement the ESRD Conditions for Coverage and train and provide technical support to ESRD surveyors. Federal contractor working with a team of experienced surveyors and renal professionals to implement the ESRD Conditions for Coverage and train and provide technical support to ESRD surveyors.

Medicare Modernization Program Manager

• Jun 2005 - Jun 2010

For the first year, primary responsibilities were to develop a community-wide education and awarenesss initiative on Medicare Part D for renal professionals and people with kidney disease. For the last 4 years, I worked under an Intergovernmental Personnel Act appointment to the CMS ESRD Survey & Certification Group where I served on the ESRD Training & Support Team. During this period this team wrote the Interpretive Guidance to the ESRD Conditions for Coverage (dialysis regulations) and offered multiple trainings for ESRD surveyors on the new regulations.

Nephrology Social Worker

• Jun 1983 - Jun 1996

Addressing psychosocial needs of people with kidney disease and their families by interviewing, assessing, educating, and counseling, identifying and referring to federal, state, and local resources, building coalitions, advocating with local organizations and state and federal agencies, and promoting rehabilitation Addressing psychosocial needs of people with kidney disease and their families by interviewing, assessing, educating, and counseling, identifying and referring to federal, state, and local resources, building coalitions, advocating with local organizations and state and federal agencies, and promoting rehabilitation

Nephrology Social Worker

• 1981 - 1987

Addressing psychosocial needs of people with kidney disease and their families by interviewing, assessing, educating, and counseling, identifying and referring to federal, state, and local resources, building coalitions, advocating with local organizations and state and federal agencies, and promoting rehabilitation Addressing psychosocial needs of people with kidney disease and their families by interviewing, assessing, educating, and counseling, identifying and referring to federal, state, and local resources, building coalitions, advocating with local organizations and state and federal agencies, and promoting rehabilitation

Grant Co-investigator

• 1981 - 1983

Helping to develop and implement the research plan, survey administration, and report writing

Teaching Assistant & Teaching Associate

• 1978 - 1981

Addressing psychosocial needs of people with kidney disease and their families by interviewing, assessing, educating, and counseling, identifying and referring to federal, state, and local resources, building coalitions, advocating with local organizations and state and federal agencies, and promoting rehabilitation