HIGHLIGHTS
 

Instructor/Owner, Central Business School; Marquette, MI (1993 to Present)
Instructor, Career Academy of Marquette; Marquette, MI (June 2005 to Present)
Co-Author, A Monarch Universe Children's Picture Book; Marquette, MI (November 2007)
Co-Creator and Feature Writer, UPfirst.com Upper Peninsula Living E-View; Marquette, MI (1997 to Present)
Certified Coding Specialist - Hospital-based  (CCS) (AHIMA) (September 1997 to Present)
Certified Coding Specialist - Physician-based (CCS-P) (AHIMA) (September 1998 to Present)
Certified Medical Transcriptionist (CMT) (AHDI formerly AAMT) (October 1998 to Present)
Contributor, Health Care Science Technology, Glencoe McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 2004
 

WORK EXPERIENCE

      Instructor/Owner,  Central Business School; Marquette, MI (February 1993 to Present)
    Instructor, Career Academy of Marquette; Marquette, MI (June 2005 to Present)
     Co-Creator, UPfirst.com; Marquette, MI (1997 to Present)
Feature Writer, UPfirst.com; Marquette, MI (August 2007 to Present)
 

Practice Administrator, Marquette ENT; Marquette, MI (June 2005 to June 2007)
Reimbursement Specialist, Cardiology Consultants, P.C.; Petoskey, MI (July 2004 to May 2005)
Coding Coordinator, Door County Memorial Hospital; Sturgeon Bay, WI (September 2003 to April 2004)

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science Degree, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan, April 1989
Major:  English
Minor:  Computer Information Systems 

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Member, American Health Information Management Association (1995 to Present)

Member, The Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity (formerly AAMT) (1997 to Present)

Member, Upper Peninsula Publishers and Authors Association (2008))

PUBLICATIONS

Co-Author, A Monarch Universe Children's Picture Book, November 2007
Co-Creator and Feature Writer, UPfirst Natural Fridays!, August 2007 to Present
Co-Owner, UPfirst.com Picture Books For Children, November 2007

Co-Owner, UPfirst.com, 1997 to Present

Contributor, Health Care Science Technology, Glencoe McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 2004

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