Certification, Professional Affiliations, and Awards
HEALTH CARE COMPLIANCE ASSOCIATION (HCCA) – Member
Certified in Healthcare Compliance – CHC – since 2001
HEALTHCARE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION (HFMA), WI CHAPTER
Member Board of Directors – 2010 – 2018
- Served as the Compliance/Link (National Regulatory) Committee Chairperson.
- Frequent contributor of articles to the chapter newsletter regarding compliance and regulatory issues.
- President’s Award – Board of Directors in 2015-2016, and again in 2017-2018.
- Awarded in recognition of hard work and dedication above and beyond the call.
- Founders Merit Award – Frederick T. Muncie Gold Award – 2016
- Awarded in recognition of professional volunteer hours.
- Founders Merit Award – Robert H. Reeves Silver Award – 2013
- Founders Merit Award – William G. Follmer Bronze Award– 2011
- President’s Award – Board of Directors in 2015-2016, and again in 2017-2018.
HIPAA COLLABORATIVE OF WISCONSIN (HIPAA COW)
Active member and chairperson of various networking groups from 2001 – present
- Currently the voluntary co-chair of the Privacy Networking Group (since 2024)
- Currently the voluntary co-chair of the Risk Management Networking Group (since 2017),
- Former co-chair of HIPAA Security Networking Group from 2007 to 2015
- Occasional conference speaker since 2001
- Contributing author of a wide variety of deliverables including policies and procedures, and white papers, and primary author of a state-wide benchmarking survey addressing compliance with HIPAA Security regulations and primary author of “Risk Management Policy.”

