Brief description of job: Responsible for overall operations of a 50-bed, long-term-care, acute hospital.

Educational degrees: Pre-occupational Therapy, University of Central Oklahoma; Bachelor of Science, occupational therapy, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center; Master of Health, health administration and policy, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.

Memberships in professional, civic organizations: American College of Healthcare Executives, member: 2007 to present; Norman Rotary Club: 2007 to present. Community service, civic endeavors: Bridges, career coach volunteer: 2007 to present; Epworth Church, board of trustees: 2003 to present.

Previous endeavors: Neighborhood Services Organization, board of directors: 2006-2007; Hospice of Green Country - Tulsa, volunteer-group leader: 1999-2003; Catholic Worker Hospitality House, New York, Catholic Worker Free Health Clinic, Philadelphia, resident volunteer-house supervisor.

If you could make a difference in the world, what would you do?

ÒI have the opportunity to touch the lives of individuals who are going through life-altering medical events that may change their lives as they know them forever. If one person is comforted, healed, dies peacefully Ð has had a positive experience Ð I am making a difference in the world.Ó

What are you going to be for Halloween?

"A cat. I may be a Cheshire -- broadly grinning; or a Siamese, slender, blue-eyed, short-haired domestic; or a Persian -- stocky, round-headed with a long, silky coat; or a wild cat; or a scaredy-cat. Depends on how I feel that day."