Manager, Clinical Nutrition Services and Inservice, Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas, TX.
Renal Dietitian Fresenius Medical Care

• Managed budget, personnel, care provision quality, and strategic planning for team of 10 RDs and 10 diet technicians to provide nutrition care to large metropolitan hospital.
• Directed the dietetic Internship program
• Developed programs to increase outpatient revenue with the startup of bariatric surgery counseling
• Key planner and coordinator of launching the Deluxe Dining Program in April of 2005 (Bedside Menu Entry with Handhelds)
• Trained foodservice and clinical nutrition staff in compliance for JCAHO and staff development. Participated in hospital-wide training efforts such as preparing for Joint Commission and increasing interdisciplinary care between health care professionals and the nutrition care staff
• Coordinated experiences of outside organizations from local colleges and foreign study

Clinical Dietitian Texas Department of Mental Health/Mental Retardation

Online Course Development and Teaching
Director, Dietetic Internship and Undergraduate Didactic Programs
Assistant Professor Education, Nutrition, and Restaurant and Hotel Management
Instructor, Nutrition, Early Childhood Education and Hospitality Management, General Sciences, and Professional Nanny Program

Doctor of Philosophy, Human Ecology (Hotel, Restaurant, Institution Management and Dietetics), Kansas State University
Master of Science, Home Economics (Food and Nutrition), Stephen F. Austin State University
Bachelor of Science, Home Economics, Texas Tech University
Courses in Accounting and Business Administration, Arkansas Tech University, and Missouri Western State College