Strengthen Wisconsin's statewide response to sexual assault as it pertains to forensic nursing, providing training to law enforcement, nursing and prosecutor's offices on topics such as medical response, evidence collection, and trauma-informed care. Provide technical assistance and policy advisement on state level committees and task forces. Expert testimony and consultation on sexual assault, domestic violence and strangulation cases. Implementation of Wisconsin’s Track Kit system statewide, allowing survivors to securely track their evidence kit’s location.

Provide expert telehealth consultation on sexual assault cases with contracted facilities through Penn State’s Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Telehealth Center (SAFE-T System).

Provide medical-forensic care to victims of crime at Milwaukee’s level 1 trauma center and surrounding community emergency departments

Forensic nurse providing expert nursing services for victims of sexual assault and domestic violence.

Health Educator in the Perinatal Health Programs, Striving to Quit (STQ) program, specifically focusing on tobacco cessation in the perinatal period. STQ is a federally funded research grant studying the effects of financial incentives on smoking cessation treatment. I provide intensive smoking cessation counseling and maternal health education case management to over 50 pregnant and post-partum BadgerCare Plus members from a home office. Other projects include assessment and analysis of patient education materials and development of CME offerings for clinicians on best practice perinatal tobacco cessation techniques.

Supervises the development, design, and implementation of Community and Patient Education programs that support Southeast Wisconsin and system strategic objectives, service line, program needs and physician practice growth, including Community Health Workers (CHW) and community health programs. Manages and staffs community education educational and health promotion programs, screenings, support groups and other events. 4 direct reports, including WheatonDirect call center staff.

• Provide direct nursing care and care coordination based upon community and population needs assessments. Conducted physical and psychosocial assessments at various outreach sites. Coordinated care for vulnerable populations with various members of the health care team and built community relationships to enhance care for the poor.• Coordinated community health screenings and health promotion activities.• Experience in planning, organizing, coordinating, and conducting educational and support programs, initiating and managing data collection.• Draft and manage comprehensive grant applications and processes, as well as oversee subsequent grant funding23 direct reports.

Applied dynamic communication and interpersonal relations talents toward managing patient education processes at operational and strategic levels, including leading director-based teams to establish goals, metrics, and outcomes.Advised executive-level leaders on strategic health education directions to boost achievement of critical objectives.Managed the centralization and migration of all patient education documents into a concise online directory, ProHealthy-ProHealth Care's brand identity for patient education, along with spearheading integration of Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) and authoring a book on the implementation of the solutions-focused program. Implemented health literacy principles into patient and community communication and strategic planning.

Drove healthcare services success by serving as staff development educator responsible for the conceptualization, coordination, and management of diverse orientation and specialized programs for clinical staff and physicians.