AARC member since 1987
Clinical Supervisor, Respiratory Care
St. Joseph's Mercy Health Center
Hot Springs National Park, AR
Affiliate Activities:
President, Arkansas Society for Respiratory Care, 1995; 1998; 2001; 2006 President Elect, Arkansas Society for Respiratory Care, 1994; 1997; 2000; 2005 Past President, Arkansas Society for Respiratory Care, 1996; 1999; 2002; 2007 Vice President, Arkansas Society for Respiratory Care, 2008 Chairperson, Arkansas Society for Respiratory Care Southeast District, 1989; 1990 Membership Chairperson, Arkansas Society for Respiratory Care, 1992; 1993 Program Committe Chairperson, Arkansas Society for Respiratory Care, 1997; 2000; 2001; 2002; 2003; 2004; 2005; 2008 Program Committee Member, Arkansas Society for Respiratory Care, 1993, 1994; 1995; 1996; 1998, 1999; 2006; 2007 Nomination/Election Chairperson, Arkansas Society for Respiratory Care, 2001; 2002; 2003; 2004; 2005, 2007; 2008 State Respiratory Care Practitioner of the Year, Arkansas Society for Respiratory Care, 1995; 1997; 1998; 2002; 2005 Southeast District Practitioner of the Year, Arkansas Society for Respiratory Care, 1992 Member Ad Hoc Committee, Arkansas Society for Respiratory Care; 1992
Related Organizations:
Regional Faculty for ACLS, American Heart Association, 1990-2008 Regional Faculty for PALS, American Heart Association, 1990-2008 Regional Faculty for NRP, American Academy of Pediatrics, 2005-2008
Education:
M.Ed, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 1994 RRT, National Board for Respiratory Care, 1989 NPS, National Board for Respiratory Care, 1992.
What steps will you take to strengthen international exposure of respiratory care?
1. Attempt to add more nations to the council.
2. Continue to support the International Fellowship Program.
3. Continue to advocate overseas mission by the AARC Executive Board.
4. Hopefully, be able to contact other nation representatives to see how they would react to an association with the AARC.
How would you suggest we recruit and educate the leaders of the future for the AARC?
1. I firmly believe that this needs to begin with student recruitment and education about the AARC. 2. Since students are the leaders of the future, we need to let them know of the many benefits of the AARC such as free student membership. In Arkansas, we offer free registration to the state meeting and try to include the students as much as possible. 3. I see a lot of apathy about the AARC in the field, we as an organization need to reach these and educate them on the many benefits of membership.
With the introduction of the Medicare Respiratory Therapy Initiative Bill in Congress, how are you going to work to get that bill successfully passed?
1. Continue to send out e-mail alerts to membership. 2. Continue to stay in close contact with congress. 3. Need to work on non-AARC members to show them that this impacts them as well. This could help with increase in membership. 4. Continue to back and assist our PACT Committee members. 5. Since Senator Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas is one of our champions in this endeavor, I would work closely with her and our PACT Representatives.
