Educational Background
BS Health Administration, State University of New York College at Fredonia (1986)
MS Health Administration, D’Youville College, Buffalo, New York (1995)
Thesis: The Effects of Capitation on Access and Quality of Healthcare (brilliant)
MBA Strategic Management, University at Buffalo, New York (2002)
Board Certified Healthcare Executive (2003)
Fellow, American College of Healthcare Executives (2007) Professional Background
I have 20 years of healthcare management experience as a corporate strategist, at systems in New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Maryland. My most rewarding professional experience was being a key member of an executive management team responsible for analyzing and implementing three-way, full asset merger proceedings, including negotiating position, community benefit, clinical integration, and state and federal filing procedures. The new entity is now called KaleidaHealth, in Buffalo, New York.
I have extensive knowledge and experience in strategic planning, organizational change, new service development, service line analysis, feasibility studies, project management, and budgeting/cost analysis (are you still awake?). Oh yes - also office politics, the art of schmooze, and how to be the first to pilfer office furniture when someone resigns…
My Thoughts on Teaching
I believe learning should be fun - if it's not fun, why do it?
Personal
I love to fish for pike and (monster) muskie, although sometimes I like to fish like Henry Ford and not use any bait(!). I also LOVE boating, scuba diving and pretty much all water-related sports/activities. I am currently working on becoming an established color pencil artist, and hope to sell my wares on street corners when I retire. My main objective in life at the moment is trying to stay sane with my 3 year old son and 2 year old boy/girl twins.
I am a two-time triathlete, terrible saxophone player, Stephen Colbert groupie, and diehard Bears fan (long live Ditka!). I once jumped out of a plane with a flimsy parachute and hyperventilated during the entire free fall. I am afraid of spiders. I love learning new things and trying to outsmart my husband, who, much to my chagrin, is a useless-trivia king. An example of my useless trivia facts? Apparently the guy who played Fraiser’s father on the TV show used to be a JCAHO surveyor; he was bored with his life (go figure!) and decided to take an acting class…. I am a much better person for knowing this.
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