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Redesigned instructional systems, leading to improved educational outcomes and adherence to Continuing Education laws in 54 US states and Canadian territories. Improved fiscal outcomes from a net loss to establishing net margins of 20-35% on existing programs and developing new courses that net the College ~$100,000 over a seven-month curriculum series. Worked with the California Dept. of Public Works, State Board of Chiropractic to overhaul Continuing Education standards.

Advocate for policies and actions that support CE in the health care professions and promote the interests of continuing education professionals.• Contributed to changes adopted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) which exempted certain CME activities from Sunshine Act compliance.• Hosted three Sunshine Act webinars, two of which were co-hosted by ranking CMS officials, providing nuanced guidance to the medical education community.• Builds relationships with government, philanthropic and educational organizations to grow organizational influence, presence and good will within the industry.• Nurtures and maintains relationships with major grant supporters, and investigators.• Regularly work with high level staff at influential state, regional, national and international societies - chairmen, planning committees, executive directors, physician leaders, involving the scheduling, assigning, and assessing deliverable, establishing priorities, directing faculty on methods for completion.• Consults with CME trade organizations and leaders in CME on compliance issues, educational guidance and planning, helps to develop and institute industry standards and practices, and reviews and influences industry standard training.Governed by Board of seven to nine total voting members, appointed by the Alliance Board. The Coalition Board will consist of the five Coalition Executive Committee members plus two to four Board members with experience and passion for Advocacy. The Alliance Executive Director is an ex-officio, non-voting member of the Coalition Board. Committees include Executive, Finance/Membership and Advocacy.

Work performed or directed was analytical, interpretive, judgmental, evaluative, and creative. Such work places significant demands on an individual to resolve conflicts and maintain compatibility of interpretation, judgment, logic, and policy application, because the basic facts, information, and circumstances often vary substantially; guidelines are incomplete or do not readily yield identical results; or differences in judgments, recommendations, interpretations, or decisions can have consequences or impact on the work of other groups.• Directed compliance performance of many groups; provided leadership to overcome technical and regulatory issues, enhanced outcomes measurements, and ensured completion of objectives: Involved appraising current practices and formulating development plans.• Designed and developed unique approaches/standards/methods for solving regulatory issues and generating educational activities which have become industry standards.• Moved an ACCME-accredited organization that was 6 years behind implementing the 2006 Criteria, to receiving "Accreditation with Commendation" in 18 months, and became the only documented case of an ACCME Provider receiving commendation while utilizing industry employees as speakers, planners, and/or reviewers. o Author, researcher and editorial designer for ACCME Reaccreditation materials resulting in Accreditation with Commendation.• Lead the creation and implementation of new and expanded technical offerings that impact compliance, revenue, and research projects, and created a competitive advantage in securing educational partnerships with third parties.• Conducted an annual program analysis which included recommendations for organizational improvement, notice of systematic shortfalls and impacts of educational initiatives. • Developed accreditation standards for the ARRT as a certified RCEEM (CE approval mechanism) for Technologist education and recertification

o Collaborated with executive directors and physician planners from over 30 organizations, both domestic and international, to accredit over 25 annual meetings for Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits, comprising 291,000+ hours of education distributed to 9,000+ physicians.o Critiqued, assessed and integrated the work of teams or groups where each member contributes a portion of the analyses, facts, information, proposed actions, or recommendations; and/or ensuring compatibility and consistency of interpretation, judgment, logic, and application of policyo Was primary author of the ACCME self study for 2010, resulting in Accreditation with Commendation under the 2006 criteria.o Developed grant requests leading to annual commercial support exceeding $1,000,000o Initiated detailed data analysis of performance measures, interprets information, and makes recommendations, supports current actions, setting priorities, and highlighted strengths and weaknesses of the overall education program.o Oversaw budget creation and management of $8.1M revenue and $6.9M expense. Drafted policies, conducted one-on-one fiscal training aiding the education division to progress from net ($600K) to $1.1M in 5 years.o Implemented organization-wide product development cost tracking system. Wrote procedures manual, SOPs and trained organization staff. Administered a database of all in-development products across the organization.o Oversaw Transcript and CME table administration during database platform conversion. Tested software, wrote SOPs, and took actions to ensure smooth transition.o Wrote and implemented a new business plan for expansion of Joint Sponsorship service line.o Developed an award-winning online service system for planning CME activities.

Managed over 400 products in 7 warehouses, valued in excess of $1.7 million with a cost variance of .5% between database records and physical inventory. Supervise a customer service call center of 6 support representatives.Oversee on-site logistics for product sales at organization's annual conference, resulting in +$400K revenue across 5 daysAssisted in development, implementation, and staff training of new online commerce site.Administered inventory-specific aspects of a database upgrade for the Association Management System

Managed a 16 member team throughout different departments of a legal office spanning two locations.

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