Experience

Hospice of Southern Maine

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

• Nurse Case Manager

  • Jul 2017 - Present

• Clinical Case Manager

  • 2017 - Present



AbbVie

• United States
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Nurse Ambassador

  • Jun 2016 - Present

  AbbVie Inc, Nurse Ambassador Provide educational information to physicians, nurses and patients regarding use of Humira in several autoimmune disorders to include hands- on training via delivery system. Worked collaboratively with sales team, marketing, access teams and sales managers to promote pull through for Humira to be biologic of choice in hospitals and clinics across New England.



United BioSource

• United States
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Clinical Educator

  • 2015 - 2016

  Provide patient, physician, and health care providers support through program specific trainings, prescribed therapies, and tools to execute clinical process. Design, develop and deliver client specific training in collaboration with sales and marketing teams. Work collaboratively with sales team representatives and managers to provide clinical and technical product information to support and enhance sales calls. Perform patient in home or in office injection training with return demonstrations. Provide product education to patient along with follow up contact to ensure patient adherence.



Backer Clinical Consulting

• United States
• Biotechnology Research

• Nurse Consultant

  • 2013 - 2015

  Nurse consultant to life care retirement community facilities including Piper Shores, The Highlands, Riverbanks At Exeter and The Southern Maine Agency on Aging. In this capacity assisted in developing and implementing health care algorithms for all stages of dependency from assisted living to skilled care. Established plan to coordinate patient care across all disciplines from nursing care, physical and occupational therapy, social services and patient education for residents and family members.



The Jackson Laboratory

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Development Officer, Office of Advancement

  • 2008 - 2013

  Consistently meet and exceed all strategic and performance goals set by management, including establishing and maintaining systematic pipeline of donor opportunities, and creating dynamic messaging and educational events to further donor relationships. Critical elements in this fundraising and relationship-building process are securing major gifts, increasing new donor market segments and establishing planned gifts.Accomplishments• Created targeted individual fundraising plans for existing and new donors through personal cultivation and educational outreach across the U.S. with a focus in New England. Engaged and inspired private donors and the professional sector about the genetics of human disease and health and specifically about The Jackson Laboratory’s contributions and accomplishments in the global biomedical community.• Developed and implemented six innovative education programs in FY12 that highlighted Laboratory scientists as they presented their research to key donors.• Established and fostered relationships with business partners to gain financial and goodwill support for the Laboratory.• Worked closely with Laboratory scientists to become more fluent in their research areas and pinpoint critical funding needs in order to create compelling messaging for donors.• Act as liaison between institutional staff and professional associations, such as Maine Medical Center, to encourage robust partnerships focusing on translational medicine.



Merck & Co. Inc.,

• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Specialty Sales

  • 1995 - 2008

  Leveraged sales and account management experience for several pharmaceutical lines through educational programs, sales presentations and promotional activities for specialty and primary care physicians. Developed business plans, territory analyses, speaker advocates and budgets.Accomplishments• Consistently achieved above plan performance for sales and market share growth.• Received Director’s Award in 2006; Vice President’s award six times for Outstanding Performance; and Award of Excellence eight times.• Chosen by executive managers to lead the local Merck cross-functional team in developing a partnership with Maine Health, a complex integrated health care system providing a full range of patient care.• Selected to represent Merck as account manager for Veteran’s Hospital Togus, Maine.• Member of Customer Support Team in Chicago, responsible for account management with a large integrated health care system including teaching hospitals, office-based practices, home health care and mental health.• Managed geography with 175 targeted physicians with above plan performances for five years.• As Hospital Sales Representative for 11 years, managed Merck products for the Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis.• Specialty Pharmacy Account Executive for Merck product line with contract and account management responsibility.



Riley Children’s Hospital

• United States
• Medical Practices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Staff Registered Nurse

  • 1977 - 1985

  Clinical Staff Registered Nurse Eight years of nursing experience included staff and management positions. Worked with physician groups on patient care and policy committees. Worked with HMOs and GPOs on reimbursement issues. Conducted training classes for nursing students and new employees while working as a staff nurse in the Emergency Department of Wishard Hospital Trauma Center. Managed a unit employing 35 nurses, including managing budgets and personnel.