Past President

Current Position

Nursing Professional Development Specialist
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Chicago, IL

Specialty Demographics

Professional Development | Wellbeing

APHON Membership

APHON Member Since 2001

Local Chapter Membership

APHON–Chicago Member Since 1999

Education

• MSN, 1993, Nursing, Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi, Temple, TX
• BSN, 1989, Nursing, University of Mary Hardin Baylor, Belton, TX

Contributions

APHON National

• Annual Conference
  • Leadership Course Co-Presenter: “Keeping the fire lit – Resiliency and the nurse leader,” 2019
  • Closing Keynote Speaker, 2017
• Art & Science of Pediatric Palliative Care Workshop: Planner and Presenter, 2018
• Local Chapter Committee
  • Board Liaison, 2015 – present
  • Chair, 2010 – 2015
  • Chapter Liaison, 2003 – 2010
• Mentoring Program: Mentor, 2013 – 2019
• Conference Program Planning Committee: Member, 2005 – 2008

APHON Local Chapter

• APHON Chicago Chapter: President, 2002 – 2006
• APHON Metro Minnesota Chapter: Speaker, 2019
  • Self-care and resiliency education for the chapter’s regional conference
• APHON New York Metro, Long Island, and New Jersey Chapters’ Regional Conference: Speaker, 2012 and 2013
• APHON Southern California Chapter Regional Conference: Speaker, 2009 and 2014

Other Nursing Leadership

• Professional Organizations
  • Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation
    • Editorial Board
      • Chair, 2009 – 2012
      • Member, 2003 – 2008
    • Recognition Committee, 2006 – 2007
    • CPON Item Writer, 2004
• Presentations
  • Annual Conference for Illinois Association of Free and Charitable Clinics, 2019
    • Presented self-care and resiliency education
  • National Student Nurses Association, 2019
    • Educated student nurses on the subspecialty of pediatric hem/onc nursing
  • Innovations in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Conference, 2019
    • Presented on communication, feedback, and self-care
  • Developmental Care Conference, 2019
    • Presented on play and rest
  • MD Anderson, 2019
    • Collaborated with APHON member to meet the resiliency needs of staff
  • Association for Nursing Professional Development, 2018
    • Webinar on self-care and resiliency education

Other Volunteer Activities

• Little by Little/Mountain Top Ministries, Gramothe, Haiti
  • Annual Pediatric Medical Mission Trip, 2007-2011
• Community Care Clinic, First Free Church, Chicago, IL
  • Medical clinic coordinator, 2009-2012
• SurvivorVision
  • Secretary, 2009-2010
  • Board member, 2006-2010
• Staehley-O’Malley Cancer Survivor (SOCS) Foundation, Inc.
  • Executive Board Member (Secretary) 2005-2006
  • Public Relations Committee Chair, 2004-2006
• One Step At A Time Camp
  • Washington, D.C. advocacy trip nurse, 2001
  • Summer camp counselor, 2000