Education – RN, BSN, MA, Licensed Healthcare Risk Manager
Purpose in Running – To continue my service to the Naples and Collier Community.
Contribution – With the recognition that mosquito’s bring disease and are a serious health concern, I will use my healthcare background in collaboration with other team members in evaluating risks and benefits to the methodology of control. As a Licensed Healthcare Risk Manager I am aware of the importance of following defined protocols established by State and Federal guidelines.
Length of time in Naples – Thirty years in Naples, I am a valued and trusted member of the Collier Community recognized for a strong moral and ethical compass. A person of their word.
Business Background –
- 30 years in Healthcare Administration including Acute, Chronic Care, Long Term Care, Specialty Care, Psychiatry, Area Director for two Healthcare Corporations with responsibility for multi-state properties.
- Owner and Editor for Life in Naples Magazine, fifteen years experience as an owner in local print media.
- I am a previous owner and marketed a charter sailing business in the Virgin Island.
- Experienced in Sales, Marketing, and Business ethics
Organization involvement –
- 100 Club of Collier County
- Former member of Avow Woman’s Board
- Greater Naples Leadership (GNL)
- Leadership Institute
- Named Woman of Initiative through the Community Foundation
- Collier County Sheriff’s Office Citizen Review Panel
- Latchkey League
- Circumnavigators Club
- Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
- Holocaust Museum Educational Programs
- Naples Citizens Police Academy
- Established a Nursing Endowment with FGCU
- Mentor in Take Stock in Children for 7 years
- Mentor for Junior Woman of Initiative at Boys and Girls Club 3 years
Charity involvement Fundraising
- Hodges University
- Make a Wish
- Party with a Purpose
- Avow, Baby Basics, Thelma Hodges and Make A Wish Tea
- Bascom Palmer Gala and Brunch
- Holocaust Museum Lunch and Gala
- Youth Haven
- Fl Cancer Specialist Foundation
- NCH Ball
- Avow Foundation.
- Guadalupe
- Immokalee Foundation
My background includes business, advocacy, medical legal & fundraising.