Experience working with elderly persons, persons with cognitive deficits, and persons in residential facilities:

• Kansas Neurological Institute: Aide. Worked with adults who were profoundly disabled both physically and cognitively.
• Topeka State Hospital: Psychiatric Aide. Worked with long-term residents including those on the “geriatric” ward.
• Junction City Group Home: Supervisor. Caretaker of four adult men diagnosed with cognitive deficits.
• Tualatin Valley Mental Health (now, LifeWorks NW), Open Gate: Case worker for those diagnosed with “severe and persistent mental illness” including those with cognitive deficits.
• Clakamas County Mental Health: Gathered residents from three group homes 3 afternoons per week, taking them to cultural events and recreational activities. Residents were experiencing mental illness, and many had been diagnosed with various cognitive impairments.
  
• Oregon State Office of the Long-term Care Ombudsman: Volunteer. Supervisor of volunteers who spent time with home-bound elderly persons who were identified as having no family and few resources.
• Cherubim Developmental Training Program: Sister-in-Law runs a Developmental Training Program for young adults, post-high school. She has a 23 year-old daughter who has been a part of our lives now for 7 years. I designed Cherubim’s website, business cards, and window dressing.

Experience with music and music & theater venues:

• Kansas State University: Coffeehouse Committee Chair. Both oversaw and personally carried out every aspect of weekly and special musical productions. Booked performers, promoted shows, assisted performers upon arrival, managed stage, ran lights and sound, managed the door,  tickets, cash register, emceed, & tended to the audience. Carried out fund-raising events, catered and managed a large dinner production.
• Manhattan Parks & Recreation: Sound Engineer for City Park Amphitheater. Ran sound. Assisted with wiring in the stage’s first year construction. Managed audience opinion about sound. Handled emergencies.
• First Church of the Nazarene: Special equipment procurement, talent procurement, lighting design, lighting management, play direction, special effects, and acting.

Business Experience:

• Healthcare Alliance for Regulatory Board Reform (HARBR): Executive Co-Director & Co-Founder. Established in 2016, HARBR is a politico-legal non-profit organization initially designed to assure due process in the adjudication of complaints against doctors and other healthcare professionals. Since our inception, we have discovered that the same systems which fail to treat healthcare professionals fairly are failing to protect patient and other healthcare clients. I designed and maintain our website. I created and run our listserv. I am the first responder for new contacts. I create national networks, do research and consultation, devise legal strategy and draft legal documents. I work with regulatory boards and state legislatures on relevant rules, bills, and laws.
• Private Psychology Practice: Sole Proprietor. After many years in clinics, hospitals and other mental health settings, I established a solo private practice in 2003 and continued this practice until 2017. In addition to the work specific to the profession, I managed all aspects of the business.
• The Exceptional Dream Art Gallery: Owner. Both oversaw and carried out all aspects of art gallery establishment, ownership, & curation. Engaged artists, arranged & promoted shows & openings, managed catering & entertainment, hung art and designed displays, engaged customers & managed sales.

Relevant Skills:

• Good to excellent general computer skills including website development and management
  
• Excellent internet research skills
• Good to excellent professional/legal writing skills
  • Published Masters Thesis
  • Documents submitted to the State Bar
  • Testimonies submitted to State Legislators
  • Website copy including all the primary copy at HARBR-USA.org
  • Writing samples available
    
• Good people skills – friendly, gregarious, pleasant, kind
  
• Can play guitar and sing in an emergency
  

Education:

• Master of Arts: Clinical Psychology. Washburn University (Topeka, Kansas)
• Bachelor of Science: Psychology. Kansas State University
• Bachelor of Science: Interdisciplinary Social Sciences (Anthropology, Philosophy, Sociology). Kansas State University