Education

• University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, Bachelor of Science in Nursing, 1985
• University of California, San Francisco, CA, Master of Science in Nursing, 1991
  

Certification

• Certified Nurse-Midwife, American College of Nurse-Midwives
• ALSO (Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics), American Academy of Family Physicians
• Certified Childbirth Educator, American Society for Psychoprophylaxis in Obstetrics (ASPO/Lamaze)

Licensure

• Iowa Registered Nurse/APN
• Illinois Registered Nurse
• Missouri Registered Nurse
  

Professional and Academic Positions

• Clinical Nurse II, Childbirth Educator, Saint Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, MO, 1986 -1989
• Childbirth Educator, Family Birthplace Education Center, San Francisco, CA, 1989 –1991
• Staff Certified Nurse-Midwife, University of California Birthing Center, Orange, CA, 1991-1993
• Assistant Clinical Professor, University of California, Irvine, Department of OB/GYN, 1991-1993
• Certified Nurse-Midwife, Private Practice, Pinelake Women's Healthcare, PSC, Mayfield, KY, 1993-1995
• Volunteer Clinical Faculty, University of Kentucky, School of Nursing, 1994-1998
• Staff Certified Nurse-Midwife, Nurse Midwife Associates of Saint Luke's/Shawnee Mission Health Systems, Kansas City, MO, 1995 -1998
• Adjunct Clinical Faculty, University of Missouri, Columbia, Sinclair School of Nursing, 1996-1998
• Certified Nurse-Midwife, Private Practice, Genesis Health Group/Bettendorf OB/GYN Bettendorf, IA, 1998 -2006
• Adjunct Clinical Faculty, University of Illinois-Chicago, September 1999-2006
• Instructor, Maternal-Newborn Nursing, St. Ambrose University, Davenport, IA, 2000
• Certified Nurse Midwife, Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner, Obstetrics Division, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 2006–2011
• Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, 2009-2011
• Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, 2011-

Areas of Research Interest or Areas of Clinical Interest

• Centering Pregnancy prenatal care model
• Minimizing interventions for normal labor