Experience

Greater Missouri Leadership Foundation

• Professional Training and Coaching
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Director

  • Sep 2019 - Present

• Executive Director

  • Sep 2019 - Sep 2019

  Educating and inspiring women leaders to make a difference for over 30 years.



Athena Consulting, LLC

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services

• President

  • 2001 - Present

  Various clients including the League of Branson Theatre Owners & Show Producers; Schultz & Summers Engineering; Lion's Heart Invitational at Murder Rock Golf Tournament & Concert; The Mountain Data Center dba Ozark Mountain Underground; Aspire Medical Spa, LLC; Branson Airport, LLC; Nonprofit Services Consortium; Swope Community Enterprises; J-3 PANDI LLC, and L&K Enterprises, LLC. Activities include strategic planning, public and media relations, social marketing, advertising, cooperative marketing, special promotions, sales and distribution and numerous branding events.



Missouri Department of Commerce & Insurance

• United States
• Insurance
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director, Division of Professional Registration

  • Mar 2015 - Sep 2019

  The Division exists to serve and protect the public by providing an accessible, responsible and accountable regulatory system. We are comprised of over 285 staff members that support 41 professional licensing boards and commissions in licensing and regulating the activities of more than 575,000 professional Missourians. The Division exists to serve and protect the public by providing an accessible, responsible and accountable regulatory system. We are comprised of over 285 staff members that support 41 professional licensing boards and commissions in licensing and regulating the activities of more than 575,000 professional Missourians.



Missouri Division of Tourism

• Director

  • Nov 2009 - Mar 2015

  During her tenure at MDT, the Division developed highly successful and award winning market ad campaigns including new television, print, social media, outdoor and digital components. Launched in 2013, the “Enjoy the Show” campaign signified a major change in the branding strategy and showcases the variety, the beauty and the majesty of Missouri like never before. This campaign, and the “Don’t Take Less of a Vacation, Take a Vacation for Less” developed in 2009 each received Platinum Adrian Awards from the Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International (HSMAI), the highest award ever awarded to Missouri’s marketing efforts and the only time back to back awards have been won by Missouri. The results are equally impressive. Missouri welcomed a record 41.1 million visitors in her final year as Director. Visitors spent a combined $11.6 billion, supported more than 290,000 jobs, and generated $1.3 billion in state and local taxes that contribute to Missouri’s economic well-being. This growth equates to an additional $562 million over the previous fiscal year, and an increase of 10% during her tenure. In addition she chaired the Mississippi River Country cooperative marketing partnership leading the 10-state consortium that markets to the Japanese travel market; and she championed for Missouri to join the Travel South USA Board making Missouri the newest and member of this 50 year-old coalition of state travel directors from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia promoting the south as a vacation region in domestic and international markets. She also saved the Missouri Film Office by bringing it into the Division of Tourism to further market and promote the film and digital media industry in Missouri.



Missouri Department of Economic Development

• United States
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Deputy Director

  • Jun 2009 - Dec 2010

  This Missouri cabinet-level agency has more than 900 employees and overall budget and programs totaling more than $1 billion. In this position she served as a day-to-day administrative manager, served on numerous boards, built and lead high-performance teams working on legal, legislative affairs, budgeting and fiscal management, worked on business development and marketing strategies, revitalized community development and workforce development partnerships, and provided support to fully integrate the department's strategic planning and operations.



Cox Medical Center Branson

• Hospitals and Health Care
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Director of Skaggs Foundation

  • Oct 2004 - Mar 2007

  Provided all organizational and administrative leadership for the establishment of this local not-for-profit 177 bed community hospital foundation. Developed relationships and financial resources to support the healthcare programs, projects and services to include health care workforce scholarships. Designed, directed, and implemented fundraising programs from original donor list of 37 to over 1,300 with growth in funds and gifts to the health center of over $5 million. Worked with volunteer board, grateful patients, and health center medical and administrative staff and volunteers, established development policies, systems and procedures, guided and prepared strategic plan and public relations materials to build brand and enhance institutional image.



Swope Community Enterprises

• United States

• Vice President, Government Relations & Fund Development

  • Oct 2001 - Oct 2004

  Provided consulting role and subsequent overall strategic support and administration in general area of government relations and fund development. Member companies included Swope Health Services, a provider of primary health and behavioral health services for 55,000 patients through community health center and outreach locations in the urban core of Kansas City, Independence, Northland, and Wyandotte County, Kansas; FirstGuard Health Plan, a managed care organization operating a licensed HMO in the States of Missouri and Kansas; Swope Community Builders, a community development corporation promoting the redevelopment of targeted areas through affordable housing, neighborhood planning services, commercial development and community organizing services, and; the Applied Urban Research Institute (AURI), a provider of consulting to public, private, and independent sectors in preparing and implementing urban planning and research services.



Department of Health and Human Services

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care

• Regional Director

  • Jan 1994 - Jan 2001

  Also served as Director of Intergovernmental Affairs in Washington, DC. Also served as Director of Intergovernmental Affairs in Washington, DC.


Missouri House of Representatives
• Government Administration
• 100 - 200 Employee
• 2nd District State Representative

  • 1988 - 1994