Experience

All Faiths Children's Advocacy Center
• United States
• Mental Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Board Member

  • Jul 2022 - Present


Western Sky Community Care

• United States
• Wellness and Fitness Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice President of Network Development

  • May 2018 - Present

• Board Member

  • Jan 2019 - Present


American Heart Association
• United States
• Wellness and Fitness Services
• 700 & Above Employee
• Board President

  • Nov 2017 - Present

Optomai Consulting
• Executive Healthcare Consultant

  • Oct 2017 - Nov 2018

Molina Healthcare
• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Associate Vice President

  • May 2015 - Oct 2017

The Kemtah Group, Inc.
• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Director of Clinical Informatics

  • Nov 2013 - May 2015


Harmony Home Health and Hospice

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care

• Vice President/Administrator of New Mexico Operations

  • Nov 2012 - Nov 2013

  Responsible for all aspects of New Mexico branch including patient care, quality, leadership and overall management. Responsible for all aspects of New Mexico branch including patient care, quality, leadership and overall management.



Presbyterian Healthcare Services

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director of Nursing Practice and Informatics

  • Feb 2004 - Sep 2012

  Designed and implemented the Presbyterian Rio Rancho Emergency Center. 21 bed, freestanding Emergency Center Obtained Joint Commission and New Mexico Department of Health Services accreditation and licensure. Hired approximately 35 staff with low turnover during subsequent years Achieved customer satisfaction in the top 90+ percentile nationwide as measured by Pres-Ganey. Served approximately 30,000 patients/year PROCESS IMPROVEMENT/PROCESS MAPPING o Greenbelt and LEAN certified o Have mapped and lead informatics team to map multiple patient care processes. o Identify waste in workflows and collaborate to improve process o Assisted with Root Cause Analysis o Used workflows to integrate Patient Care with Technology. REMEDIATION OF ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS o Presented proposal to Executive Management to remedy significant safety issues of the McKesson Electronic Health Record at Presbyterian Healthcare System. Proposal was accepted and granted a two million dollar budget. o Installed or replaced over 600 computer terminals in 2 hospitals o Involved clinicians in the replacement of mobile computer devices PROJECT MANAGEMENT/DIRECTOR o Served as Project Manager and/or Project Director, supervising multiple project managers on the above mentioned and other projects. CLINICAL PRACTICE AND POLICY/PROCEDURE STANDARDIZATION o Standardized several high risk practice issues such as: communication, alert armbands, cardiac arrest procedures, among many others. EPIC CLINICAL DIRECTOR Clin Doc, Stork, Orders, Willow (pharmacy), ASAP (Emergency), Optime, Anesthesia, Cardiant (Cupid), Beacon. Managed approximately 65 FTEs plus collaborated with several Physician Champions and Executes. o Incorporated Evidenced Based Care using the ProVation, and Elsevier’s Clinical Practice Management (CPM).



Lovelace Health System

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director of Emergency Services

  • Sep 2002 - Jan 2004

  Oversaw all aspects of Lovelace's Emergency Services including safety, staffing, customer service and productivity. Also oversaw patient transport for whole Lovelace hospital Oversaw all aspects of Lovelace's Emergency Services including safety, staffing, customer service and productivity. Also oversaw patient transport for whole Lovelace hospital



Baptist Health System

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director Emergency Services and Telemetry

  • Jan 2000 - Sep 2001

  Upon arrival 60% agency and traveler staff Significant turnover in staff Multiple standard of care incidents Physician group threatening to leave due to poor nursing care Customer satisfaction in the 6th percentile 1 ½ years later 5% agency and Traveler staff 10% turnover No Sentinel events Physician group happy Customer Satisfaction in the 60th percentile Implemented mentorship program Successfully turned around Telemetry/Step-down unit as well Successfully designed and implemented Disaster Management Plan for Baptist Health System using the HICS framework which was piloted at Baptist Medical Center, then spread to the other 4 hospitals



Sierra Vista Regional Health Center

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Staff nurse, Coordinator, Manager

  • Jun 1993 - Feb 2001

  Staff Nurse in Emergency Department, Medical Surgical, Telemetry, and Intensive Care, Pre-Hospital Manager, Relief House Supervisor, Emergency Department Manager. Staff Nurse in Emergency Department, Medical Surgical, Telemetry, and Intensive Care, Pre-Hospital Manager, Relief House Supervisor, Emergency Department Manager.