2013 Fall, 2012 Fall, 2010 Fall, 2009 Spring & 2007 Spring Semesters, Sessional Instructor, Long Term Care Administration, Department of Gerontology, Simon Fraser University.

Full time consultancy practice with a focus on home and community care, assisted living, housing, marketing, fundraising, quality improvement, pharmacy improvement, accreditation, governance, operations, development and other areas.A selected list of accomplishments include:• Co-chaired the Community Health Care Conference, Joint Conference of the Health Care Leaders Association of BC and the BC Care Providers Association May, 2008, Whistler.• Fundraising Consultant, New Vista Foundation, Burnaby, BC. Led the fundraising program as a consultant to improve grant writing, fundraising events, planned giving and revenue generation.• Fundraising Consultant, Fairhaven United Church Homes, Vancouver, BC. Drafted a fundraising program to enhance the revenue generation for the long term care facility.• Fundraising Consultant, Foyer Maillard, Maillardville, BC. Prepared grant applications and developed a fundraising strategy to create a culture of giving.• Long Term Care Management Consultant, Tabor Home, Abbotsford, BC. Led the board of directors through an in-service on the Carver governance model. • Long Term Care Management Consultant, Villa Cathay, Vancouver, BC. Advised on the feasibility and process to rebuild a new long term care facility.• Advisor/Consultant, Catalyst Health Care, Kelowna, BC. Assisted in the introduction of an industry leading pharmacy delivery program. • Contributing writer, Senior Care Canada, quarterly long term care journal distributed nationally.

Climbing Mt. Kilmanjaro September/October to raise money for Alzheimer's Disease.

The Residence at Morgan Heights is an innovative senior living campus of care featuring 8 residential neighbourhoods within a 116 bed complex care community and a 40 unit assisted living community. A selected list of accomplishments includes:• Managed the acquisition process for Fixtures, Furniture and Equipment of nearly $2 million in assets.• Successfully passed health inspection and licensing inspection and moved in seniors.• Directed the opening planning process with a critical path of timelines.• Created a marketing campaign utilizing a new website and advertising directed at the private pay market.• Oversaw and delivered the staff orientation program and recruited excluded staff members.• Implemented operating systems including policies and procedures such as the emergency response plan.• Successfully lobbied the Minister of Health and Fraser Health Authority to add additional funded bed to open a new campus of care site; The Residence at Clayton Heights making the project viable.

Tapestry Foundation for Health Care raises funds for seniors care, hospital care, and physical rehabilitation at seven of eight hospitals and residential care facilities operated by Providence Health Care – Canada’s largest faith-based health care organizations. Bringing together three organizations, St. Vincent’s, Holy Family and Mount Saint Joseph Hospital Foundations, Tapestry Foundation was created to better serve the needs of patients and residents. A selected list of accomplishments includes:• Led the organization of the First Annual Feast of Fortune fundraising dinner and auction. • Cultivated and closed major gifts and stewarded multiple donors. • Led the digital mammography fundraising campaign including drafting a case statement. • Led St. Vincent’s Hospital through their first annual onsite fundraising event. • Raised the major gift and planned giving profile of Healthy Aging Seminars. • Successfully closed numerous Foundation grant applications including the largest single gift in the history of the Tapestry Foundation. • Initiated the improvement of an annual giving fundraising program to enhance the dining experience for seniors for Providence Health Care’s residential sites. • Developed a strategy for increasing donations through a targeted direct mail campaign. • Identified opportunities to provide Foundations materials to patients and identified key physician lead for a grateful patient program.

Established in 1983, Little Mountain Residential Care and Housing Society is a not-for-profit elder care organization with an annual budget of $14 million and is located in Vancouver, BC. The Society owns and operates three facilities Adanac Park Lodge a 72 bed multi-level care facility, Little Mountain Place a 117 bed Intermediate Care facility, and Little Mountain Court provides 96 independent living suites. A selected list of accomplishments includes:• Implemented an integrated fundraising program including, annual giving campaigns, gala dinners and auctions, foundation grants, planned gifts, and creating a culture of giving.• Led physical plant improvements including a $140,000 dining room renovation project and the replacement of four existing elevators valued at $450,000. • Enhancement to resident care through palliative care volunteers, admission process improvements, resident classification system implementation, and education to make the connection with residents. • Human resources improved included, staff focus groups, a new staff orientation program, return to work claims management, and a decrease in grievances. • Completed a strategic planning process which included a grant to convert independent housing to assisted living at Little Mountain Court.• Improved communication with a new informational technology system, new telephone system and new time clock system for scheduling and payroll.• Feedback from families was solicited through, questionnaires, multi-lingual focus groups and the introduction of a new concern/complaint form. • Successfully advocated increased direct care hours from the funding body for $100,000. • Initiated a horticulture therapy program to engage seniors and create a therapeutic garden.• Introduced a new hot food cart delivery system to enhance the dining experience for seniors.

Haro Park Centre is an accredited 154 bed intermediate care facility and operates a 64 unit independent living apartment tower including 36 units of Assisted Living. Reporting to the CEO, operational responsibilities included support and environmental services. In the role of community development and fundraising reported to the Board of Directors of the Foundation. A selected list of accomplishments, include:• Enhancing the dining experience for seniors through improving dietary services.• Physical plant changes were made on the special care unit to promote resident self-esteem and choice.• Improve customer service through the introduction of a new electronic maintenance requisition system.• A resident wandering security system was added to provide a secure environment for seniors.• Implemented a new emergency response plan, with in-service education and an evacuation exercise.• Led the Environmental Council through the accreditation process and played a key role supporting other Councils.• Revamped the website, promoted Haro Park Centre in the community, developed a feasibility study to generate revenue, published an annual report, created a new look newsletter and implemented a communication plan.• Implemented an integrated fundraising program based on a business plan.• Organized two annual Wine and Cheese Fundraising Event and Silent Auction with 400 people attending, bidding on 250 items and in the first year raised $40,000 and led a fundrasing dinner raising $5,000.• Solicited the largest gift in the history of Haro Park Centre to purchase medical equipment.• Successfully received funds from the Gaming Commission by lobbying the provincial government.• Purchased a new 16 seat passenger bus from funds raised through the Haro Park Centre Foundation.