Experience

Peoria Notre Dame High School

• United States
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Special Events & Volunteer Coordinator

  • Apr 2021 - Present



Hope Pass It On

• United States
• Individual and Family Services

• Author & Motivational Speaker

  • Jun 2009 - Present

  In 2000, I was diagnosed with Philadelphia Positive Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL). With a 30% survival rate, I underwent treatment at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, TN. Inspired by my experience battling Philadelphia Positive ALL, I wrote and published "Oops! Did I Say That?", a positive how-to-guide for those outside of the pediatric cancer experience. I traveled throughout the country presenting my personal experiences as a cancer survivor, community leader, and service advocate.



UnityPoint Health

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

• Assistant Manager of Radiation Oncology

  • Oct 2017 - Apr 2021

  In my current role, I manage four clinics and 24+ direct reports: 1) Radiation Oncology; 2) High-Risk Breast Clinic; 3) Suspicion of Cancer Clinic; 4) Prostate Center.My primary responsibilities are to:1) Ensure that we are providing the best outcome, every patient, every time2) Manage day-to-day operations3) Seek out creative ways to procure funds to purchase new equipment4) Meet/Exceed monthly and annual financial targets, patient experience targets, and productivity5) Write business cases that will directly impact the growth of our Oncology Program6) Stay up-to-date on new laws, insurance changes, coding and billing changes that effect our healthcare industry



OSF HealthCare

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

• Workforce Management Strategist

  • May 2015 - Oct 2017

  I analyzed, identified gaps, and reported workforce metrics to increase workforce retention rates, develop new staffing models, and implement recruitment strategies to attract the greatest clinical minds, while providing a stable and sustainable platform for OSF HealthCare to meet increased patient demand. I served as a Project Manager: 1) taking 12 different HR sites and creating one universal Sharepoint site; 2) planning, testing, training, and implementation of an electronic performance management system; 3) system validation for a new HR software program to enhance position control.Leading project teams and steering committees, in addition to, developing workforce tools and training leadership on how to use these tools, all with the goal of increasing control, containing costs, and providing data and metrics to increase management's overall knowledge base in order to guide their decision-making.

• Event Coordinator

  • Jun 2012 - May 2015

  Jump Trading Simulation & Education CenterI submitted proposals for health care organizations to host their events at Jump Simulation and collaborated with the event operations team to ensure comprehensive communication and seamless transitions throughout the event planning and implementation process. I developed training manuals for tour guides and trained employees to provide tours to potential external partners. And I acted as a resource for technology support and troubleshooting for Ungerboeck Software, Inc., Jump Simulation's event scheduling system.



American Red Cross

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Donor Recruitment Representative

  • Jul 2008 - Jun 2012

  I worked primarily on college campuses (University of Illinois, Illinois State University, Bradley University, Western Illinois University) to recruit potential blood drive coordinators. Training coordinators on how to run a successful blood drive and reach their blood collection goals, in order to ensure blood products were available to the patients we served.I organized more than 140 blood drives and trained more than 150 community sponsors on the importance of blood donation, donor eligibility information, and strategies for implementation of a blood drive to increase overall university blood collection by more than 25%. I also developed process, interview guidelines, and training manuals to implement a pilot internship program which is still in existence today.