I did my undergraduate work at Penn State, University Park campus; a BS in Individual and Family Studies. After a stint as a social worker in rural Pennsylvania I attended graduate school at Indiana University of PA and attained a MA in Labor Relations. I worked in healthcare management roles in human resources, education and operations for a number of years before returning to graduate school for a doctoral degree. My doctorate is a D.Ed. in Adult Education from Penn State, Harrisburg Campus.
I have been the Chair of the BS in Healthcare Administration Program at Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences since October 2009.