Faculty & Staff

Professional Excellence Award for Staff (2003-2004), Supervisor of the Semester for work Study (2009), Recognize for 20 years of service (2019), CPR certified, Certified in Mental Health First Aid

Third Grade Teacher (Longfellow Elementary), Computer Teacher (John Paul II Elementary) and Contract Manager (FARR Technologies) 

Mitchell School District (7th/8th grade science instructor)  

I started working in the Behavioral Health field 30 years ago, and I became a licensed therapist in 2004 in Nebraska. The majority of my career was spent in residential, long term, treatment centers for adolescents and adults including four years on an acute psychiatric unit of a hospital in Omaha. I held a variety of clinical supervisory and staff training positions during my years in residential. I started working in private practice in 2016. Licensed Professional Counselor - Mental Health (LPC-MH) South Dakota 2018 - Current.

Lead Pastor At Fusion Church (Mitchell, SD) (2020-Present), Director of Ministries at Fusion Church (2017-2020), Community Life and College Ministry Assistant at GracePoint Wesleyan Church (Brookings, SD)

Senior Pastor at Lake Gibson United Methodist Church, Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion at Florida Southern College, Teaching Associate and Adjunct Professor at Emory University, Youth Minister at Lithia Springs United Methodist Church

Fuller Center for Housing (Global Builders Program Manager & Bike Adventure Trip Leader), Russell Media (Digital Marketing Account Manager), Ball State University (Assistant Lecturer of ESL), Fulbright Student Program (English Teaching Assistant (North Macedonia '12-'13)), Ball State University (Graduate Assistant (ESL Instructor))