She has over 40 years of nursing education experience. She was most recently Associate Dean of Nursing at Napa Valley College in California, and before that Dean of Health Occupations at Greenfield Community College in Massachusetts. She has served on the Board of Review of the NLN’s Accrediting Commission, held district, statewide and national leadership roles in policy development and continuing education with the American Nurses Association, and was on the California Board of Nursing’s Advisory Committee.