Education

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

Certification

• Certified Nurse-Midwife, American College of Nurse-Midwives, 1991, #C59741/1391
• ALSO (Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics), American Academy of Family Physicians, 1999
• Certified Childbirth Educator, American Society for Psychoprophylaxis in Obstetrics (ASPO/Lamaze), 1989

Licensure

• Iowa RN/APN
• Illinois RN
• Missouri RN

Professional and Academic Positions

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