EDUCATION:

• BA, summa cum laude, sociology and economics, Regis College, Weston MA

AWARDS:

• 1993, National Award for Excellence and Leadership from American Society of Directors of Volunteer Services (ASDVS)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP:

• 1999, National Chair, Campaign for Coverage Committee, ASDVS
• 1998, Member, Committee on Volunteers of the American Hospital Association
• 1998, President of ASDVS
• 1997, Completed requirements for and received Certificate for Program for Professional Achievement–Fellow Level from American Society of Directors of Volunteer Services, American Hospital Association
• 1997, President–elect of ASDVS
• 1996–1998, Member, Advisory Committee on Volunteerism, Archdiocese of Boston
• 1993, Completed requirements for and received Certificate for Program for Professional Achievement–Advanced Level from American Society of Directors of Volunteer Services, American Hospital Association
• 1992–1995, Appointed to the Points of Light Foundation Changing the Paradigm Advisory Board, representing volunteers and volunteer administrators in health care at this national forum
• 1991–1992, Elected president of New England Association Directors of Health Care Volunteer Services
• 199–1992, Selected to represent ASDVS at AHA multi-disciplinary ad hoc committee on Major Transportation Carrier Disasters
• 1990–1991, Elected to Board of Directors of American Society of Directors of Volunteer Services [ASDVS], American Hospital Association [AHA]
  • Chair of Committee on Communications and Chair of Committee on Education

PRESENTATIONS AND CONSULTATIONS:

• 2002, Workshop Presenter, Preparing for JCAHO, American Society of Directors of Volunteer Services National Conference, Seattle WA.
• 2002, Workshop Presenter, Preparing for JCAHO, Eastern Pennsylvania Association of Healthcare Volunteer Services.
• 2002, Workshop Presenter, Preparing for JCAHO, New England Association of Healthcare Volunteer Services.
• 2001, Speaker, Volunteer New Hampshire, International Volunteer Programs.
• 2000, Workshop Presenter, Repositioning the Profession, Maine Directors of Volunteer Services in Healthcare, Portland.
• 2000, Site Visit, Consultation, and Workshop, Prague, Kromeriz, and Usti, Czech Republic [June 20–26].
• 2000, Site Visit, Consultation and Workshop, Bratislave and Nitra, Slovakia [June 14–19].
• 2000, Speaker, Volunteer Recognition Breakfast, American Lung Association–Manchester, New Hampshire [Apr 12].
• 2000, Site Visit, Consultation and Workshop, Riga, Latvia [Mar 9–12].
• 2000, Site Visit and Consultation, Vilnius, Lithuania [Mar 4–8].
• 2000, Workshop Speaker , Repositioning the Profession of Volunteer Administration, New Hampshire Association of Volunteer Administrators [Jan 26].
• 1999, Workshop Leader, Volunteer Programs in Hospitals: Program Establishment and Development, Budapest, Hungary [Mar 17–19].
• 1998, Workshop Leader, Volunteering in Hospitals: An Introduction Prague, Czech Republic [May 22–25].
• 1998, Site Visit and Consultation, Litewska Children's Hospital, Warsaw, Poland [May 19–20].
• 1998, Workshop Leader, Volunteering for the Ill and Disabled with Connections to Hospitals, Budapest, Hungary [May 15–17].
• 1997, Presented "Volunteers in Health Care" at a conference in the Czech Republic to physicians and administrators in hospitals and non-profit organizations from 15 eastern and central European countries [September].