COURSES TAUGHT:

HNES 261 - Food Selection/Preparation Principles

HNES 261L - Food Selection/Preparation Principles Lab

HNES 270 - consumer Issues in Nutrition

HNES 361 - Food Production Management

HNES 361L - Food Production Management Lab

HNES 455/655 - Sports Nutrition

HNES 460L - Food Production Management Lab

ADFH 411 - Food and World Culture

EDUCATION:

EMPLOYMENT HIGHLIGHTS:

Heartland Health System, Fargo, ND 58103; Director of Food and Nutrition Services for seven (7) years.

Major accomplishments:

• Wrote and implemented one-week cycle menu for patients to decrease food and
  labor costs, and inventory, while increasing patient satisfaction, to 97%.
• Chair, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organization's (JCAHO), Care of Patients (TX) Committee.
• Consolidated two kitchens into one.
• Initiated Nutrition Hostess and Spoken Menu program, the first hospital in North Dakota to do so.

MeritCare Medical System, 1 year; Manager of Dining Services.

Doublewood Inn Best Western, Fargo, 1 year; Operation Consultant.

Scottsdale Healthcare Center, 2 years; Director of Food and Nutrition Services; Administrator in training

Forum Group, Inc., Peoria, AZ, Luxury Retirement Community, 1 year; Assistant Director of Food and Nutrition Services.

REGISTRATIONS, LICENSURE:

North Dakota Board of Dietetic Practice License No. 568

American Dietetic Association Member No. 717004, Registered Dietitian

Licensed Nursing Care Institution Administrator, No. 950, State of Arizona

PROFESSIONAL AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS:

Society of Healthcare Food Service Managers, HFM, since 1996

Elected to HFM 2001-2004 Board of Directors March, 2001

American Dietetic Association, since 1987

North Dakota Dietetic Association: Board of Directors Finance Director/Convention Planning Liaison 2004-

Fargo/Moorhead Dietetic Association: Media Spokesperson and Chair of Media Committee