Experience

Parker University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Chief Compliance Officer

  • 2023 - Present

  I was transitioned to a new title in 2023, to better unite my functions with academic, departmental, organizational, and research reporting, assessment, and planning but also included my oversight in accreditation, curriculum, and clinical compliance. The facets of my role are:Academic Leadership. Provide academic management to the Deans overseeing the university’s two colleges to oversee: Operation of the academic programs, learning outcome data assessment, programmatic outcomes reporting and planning, program budgeting, and curricular amendment.Mission Leadership. Embrace the university mission and ensure its timely annual review, maintenance, and development.Accreditation Management. Manage successful continuance of regional and specialized accreditation for the university. Work collaboratively to oversee and guide a culture of academic integrity, ethical behavior, data analysis, and the promotion of best practices.Institutional Assessment. Provide leadership to the Senior Director of Institutional Planning and Assessment to achieve efficient and appropriate programmatic, departmental, and operational reporting and the inclusion of such data in academic and university decision-making.Research and Scholarly Activities. Ensure that research and scholarship expectations are evident, work with the Director of Research and Deans to develop methods and opportunities that educate and prepare faculty to participate in research, coordinate support for research and scholarship, maintain appropriate policies and procedures to guide conduct of research projects and scholarly activity.Clinic Compliance. Oversee legal, licensure, and accreditation compliance of clinics operated by the university.Curriculum Council Supervision. Chair the Curriculum Council in a manner that fosters collaboration in academic matters to ensure they are consistent with the mission and appropriate for higher education. Show less

• Vice Provost

  • 2019 - 2023

  I was promoted from my past position of Associate Provost of the College of Chiropractic to the Vice Provost by the university Provost, in 2019, because of my experience and record in programmatic and clinic leadership. My job changed from overseeing one program to all of the university programs which grew to approximately thirty four by 2022. In this role I work with my team of university Deans for the College of Chiropractic and the College of Health Sciences that also includes Business and Technology, Master’s in Health and Human Performance, Master’s in Functional Nutrition, Master’s in Public Health, and the Master’s in Clinical Neuroscience to manage the planning, delivery, and assessment of the university’s educational programs.I also work with the Provost Team that includes professionals in learning and technology, student affairs, institutional effectiveness, library, admissions and registrar, and financial aid to oversee the University accreditation, planning, and budgeting processes as well as new program development.As the Vice Provost, I also chair the university Curriculum Council which is the university body that oversees curricular maintenance and chair the university’s faculty rank advancement committee.During my time as Vice Provost, I gained new skills through experience with catastrophe management because the university was hit by an F3 tornado in 2019 that destroyed nearly 40% of the campus. The Provost team worked with an overall university team to reopen the campus one week after the tornado.During that time, I worked with the Provost team to create strategy to expand on-line and hybrid education opportunities, change the campus physical footprint for educational programs, and create student services to boost morale and positive attitudes. Show less



Parker Performance Institute

• United States
• Health, Wellness & Fitness
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Clinical Services

  • 2022 - 2023

  As the Vice Provost of Parker University, I was asked to participate in a team with the university President, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operations Officer, and Chief Marketing Officer to plan this new integrated healthcare clinic venture for the university. One of my job responsibilities, as the Vice Provost, includes directing the development and delivery of health care services, for Parker Performance Institute, including overseeing the services list and fee structure, operational compliance, provider training, evaluation of new technology and services, provider and team efforts in research and scholarly activity, and fellowship, resident, and intern placements with providers and all associated reporting to Parker University and other educational programs. Parker Performance Institute is an integrated brain and body clinic drawing from diverse fields such as, medical neurology, medicine, chiropractic, massage therapy, and nutrition to provide a patient-centered approach to care. The patient base includes athletes at all levels (as young as eight years old) to those who retired from professional sport and people who have post stroke impairment, concussion, complicated neurologic conditions, musculoskeletal injury and those who engage in performance training for advanced athletic coordination and cognitive function. I believe I was chosen for this opportunity because of my experiences in clinic operations, patient care, teaching, and programmatic planning. Show less



Parker College of Chiropractic

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate Provost

  • 2018 - 2019

  In 2018, the Vice President of the College of Chiropractic recommended me for the Interim Associate Provost of the College of Chiropractic position. In this position I was responsible for maintaining the managerial oversight for Parker University’s College of Chiropractic including: Developing an establishing operational policy for both academic and clinical curricular operations Directing the leaders of the Basic Sciences, Chiropractic Sciences, Clinical Sciences, and Clinics departments Overseeing the faculty hiring process Planning and maintaining fiscal budgets for the college Developing and completing accreditation tasks and reports Participating in the Provost’s CouncilDuring this time I was able to lead several quality improvements to the program thanks to a hardworking team of department chairs, directors, staff, and faculty including: Transitioned appropriate courses to on-line and hybrid formats to accommodate increased and distance enrollment Improved the graduation credit system to coincide with patient-centered integrated healthcare procedures, modern accreditation standards, and achievement based on quality service rather than purely quantitative achievement Created global internal patient service OSCEs at yearly intervals that measured clinical skill meta-competency and correlated scoring data with student competency performance in certain classes and criteria used to assess faculty Organized best-trained faculty into collaborative management panels for orthopedic, neurologic, physical examination, and functional assessment best practices that will improve quality of material and consistency of procedures between academic and clinical experiencesThis was a very fast-paced year and a half with opportunities for me to further my skills in curricular planning, accreditation, and ways to use learning outcome data for reporting, planning, and budgeting. In 2019, my interim position was made official. Show less

• Director of Clinics

  • 2010 - 2018

  In 2010, I applied and interviewed for and was awarded the position of Assistant Dean of Clinics. After approximately six to eight months in that position, the school made changes to key positions and the reporting structure that resulted in my position advancing to the Director of Clinics.As the new Director of Clinics, I inherited an educational clinic system with operational, budget, accreditation, student assessment, and patient procedure challenges.Initially, I worked with staff and faculty who excelled in compliance, operations, patient care, and faculty management to create a clinic handbook and patient care procedures focused on achieving quality in diagnostics, treatment planning, and informed consent documentation.Over the next few months as Director, my team and I updated the clinic mission, established the clinic goals, created benchmarks, and identified measurable outcomes for the institutional continuous improvement plan.My routine responsibilities for this position included planning and executing a multi-million dollar departmental budget; targeting patient care strategies and training doctor teams on quality of care initiatives; overseeing the compliance plan; assembling and representing accreditation plans and reports; working with the Academic Leadership Team to manage the curricular map, student learning outcomes, and assessment strategy; contributing to regular reports and presentations to the Board of Trustees; and generating grant proposals for clinic program expansion. This may have been the most challenging position that I have held because of the vast accountability for a department responsible for over 50,000 patient visits annually as well as the programmatic educational assessment necessary for students to demonstrate proficiency and accomplishment in learning and accreditation meta-competency outcomes and graduation requirements. Show less

• Professor

  • 2003 - 2018

  In 2003, I began teaching at the rank of Assistant Professor, leading courses in professional communication and business. This was my first experience learning and applying the process of course planning, assessment, reporting, and development.In 2007 I was awarded rank advancement for Associate Professor after completing institutional benchmarks for teaching, research/scholarly activity, and service. As an associate professor I developed a new course and associated lab sections that taught skills in functional patient assessment techniques complimenting orthopedic and neurological patient examination procedures. This course, Functional Assessment Protocols included learning outcomes for: Knowledge of regional anatomy, physiology, and biomechanics Evaluating passive and active range-of-motion, isometric strength, soft tissue immobility, joint dysfunction, motor incoordination Perform and interpret functional movement screening and assessment Apply and interpret outcome assessment questionnaires specific to presenting condition Coordinate assessment findings with results from orthopedic and neurologic testingFrom 2010-2018, I taught practicum courses for senior doctor of chiropractic students that included clinical decision-making related to patient cases, coordinating patient care with other providers, creating patient education for wellness topics.In 2017, I was awarded rank advancement for Professor after completing institutional benchmarks for teaching, research, and service.Throughout this time, I taught thousands of hours in programmatic and continuing professional education in classroom, hybrid, and fully virtual formats. Show less