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Professional Committees
* HPA Undergraduate Committee; HPA Undergraduate Advisory Board; HPA Mayers Com.
HPA diversity Committee
• Appointed, Vice Chair, Lewistown Hospital Foundation Board of Trustees
• Appointed, Vice-Chair, Executive Committee, Lewistown Hospital Foundation
• Appointed, Chair, Nominating Committee, Lewistown Hospital Foundation Board of Trustees
• Appointed, Chair, Lewistown Hospital Professional Affairs Committee
• Elected, Pennsylvania Rural Health Association Board of Directors
• Member, Penn State Labor Employee Relations Committee
• Appointed, Penn State Commission for Women
- Elected, Executive Committee
- Member, Wage & Equity Committee
- Member, Mentoring Committee
- Faculty Engagement Committee
• Penn State Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) student mentor
• Member, State College Health Professionals Occupational Advisory Committee, 2009 - present
• Member, Allied Healthcare Workforce Investment Board (WIB) Steering Committee , Harrisburg, 2003-Present
• National Council on Aging (NCOA), MaturityWorks Alliance Planning Committee, 2008-2010
• Panelist, NCOA, Anaheim, CA, 2006
• Vice-President, Penn State Society for the Study of Workforce and Economic Development, 2007
• Association for Gerontologists in Higher Education (AGHE) Representative on Geriatric Education Center Open Committee, 2005; San Diego, CA, 2003 & Richmond, Virginia, 2004-2006
• Pennsylvania Prime Time Health Advisory Committee, 2004
• Pennsylvania Advocates for Nutrition and Exercise (PANA), 2003
• Health and Human Resource Council Committee, Penn State Harrisburg, 2003
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Job History
The Pennsylvania State University
Faculty, Health Policy and Administration
University Park, PA
August 2007 - present
The Pennsylvania State University
Health Educator/Outreach Coordinator Consultant
South Central PA AHEC
College of Medicine
March 2002-2008
The Pennsylvania State University
Continuing Education
Adjunct while completing Ph.D.
April 2003 - present
The Pennsylvania State University
Graduate Assistant
Educational Technology
University Park
August - December 2006
The Pennsylvania State University
Research Associate, Penn State School of Nursing
September 2003 - July 2004
The Pennsylvania State University
Research Assistant, Penn State School of Nursing
University Park
August 2004 - June 2005
The Pennsylvania State University
Freshman Testing Counseling Advising Program
2003 - 2004
University Park
The Pennsylvania State University
Program Assistant, Outreach Program resources
University Park
August 2002 - July 2003
The Pennsylvania State University
PA Area Health Education Center (AHEC)
College of Medicine
Hershey
May 2000 - April 2002
The Pennsylvania State University
Research Technologist, ACTIVE Research Project
Gerontology Center
University Park
1997 - 1999
The Pennsylvania State University
Program Coordinator
Noll Physiological Research Center
University Park
1996 - 1997
State Farm Insurance
Assistant to Regional Manager
January 1990