AREAS OF EXPERTISE

ACHEIVEMENTS

•  Maintained a compassionate holistic health/counseling practice named "The Oyster & The Pearl", specializing in Whole Food Nutrition, Botanical Medicine, Homeopathy, and Advanced Bach Flower Therapy for adults, children, individuals, couples, families and community.

• Created and facilitated a progressive relationship/referral based clinic management, marketing and sales strategy as a consultant for natural health care, chiropractic and wellness clinics in California, Montana, Vermont, Hawaii, Idaho and Washington.

•  Developed and implemented a highly successful sales/marketing/referral outreach to over 160 medical, dental, naturopathic and chiropractic clinics in the North Seattle area and managed 14 licensed massage therapists and 4 front desk staff in a franchised Elements Therapeutic Massage studio.

• Pioneered, directed and facilitated the medical/dental/chiropractic/veterinary clinic direct hire and temporary staffing outreach for the franchised Express Employment Professionals in Shoreline, WA and recruited licensed and non-licensed health care professionals as candidates.

• Earned high profitability by creating and maintaining an outstanding customer/practitioner loyalty and referral network, founded an integrative community outreach, instructed mother/infant wellness classes and conducted herbal workshops, scheduled natural health care consults with clients and customers, formulated herbal extracts, natural cosmetics and natural supplements, and dispensed homeopathic medicines as Lead Practitioner and Executive Director of The Natural Apothecary, the first test market store of nutritional, herbal and whole food products company, “New Chapter Vitamins” in Brattleboro, Vt.

• Created and facilitated the first-of-its-kind and highly successful holistic and homeopathic personal rehabilitation programs and support groups used for domestic violence & sexual abuse victims and offenders at the local and statewide corrections facilities for the State of Montana district and justice courts in Helena, MT.

• Developed, presided and managed the fundraising, lobbying, legislative effort while recruiting for membership and managing volunteers in the grassroots effort of the state-wide organization, Idaho Coalition for Natural Health, as its President and contributed in the authoring and passage of the Naturopathic Licensing Act of 2005, a law to protect and defend Idaho’s health freedoms. Later contributed and led, as the Legislative Consultant to the ICNH member efforts, the successful opposition of SB 1425, a bill written to threaten Idaho’s natural health care law, in the 2008 legislative session.

• Created the legislative outreach program known as “WING!”  ~ Wellness Information & Networking Group for the National Coalition for Natural Health in Washington, D.C. as their National Grassroots Organizer.

• Traveled nationally establishing “WING” programs for health freedom advocacy organizations and positively influenced natural heath care legislation in 10 states.

• Established a successful real estate business in two states, Idaho and Washington, selling residential and new construction homes, townhouses and condos for brokerages of Windemere, Prudential and Keller Williams.

• Managed staff, guest services and hospitality duties for a Victorian Bed & Breakfast, 40 room Country Inn and Wilderness Resort as a Professional Innkeeper.

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY   

1980 - Present

                             Ph.D. in Botanical and Homeopathic Medicine                                  

The Oyster & The Pearl – Practitioner/Consultant/ Clinic Management

 2010 - 2011  Contract Work

            Operations/Marketing Manager – Elements Therapeutic Massage - WA

             Director of Medical Staffing – Express Employment Professionals - WA

   2003 - 2010

          Holistic Homeopathic Practitioner -Private Practice -Idaho

                     Grassroots Organizer/Lobbyist - ID  

                National Grassroots Organizer & “WING” Coordinator

Licensed Idaho & Washington Realtor - Boise/Puyallup

   2000-2003

President, Idaho Coalition for Natural Health - Idaho

     Clinic Director- Bach Flower & Homeopathy - Montana/Idaho

Licensed Idaho Realtor - Boise

Housekeeping Manager - Redfish Lake Lodge - Stanley, ID

  1996-2000

          New Dimensions Healing-Montana/Hawaii  

Professional Innkeeper/Assistant Manager - Mountain Meadow Inn -

Helena, MT

 1993-1996

 Rehabilitation Programs for Montana District/Justice Courts

Professional Innkeeper/Co-Manager - Barrister B & B - Helena, MT

    1991-1993

The Natural Apothecary - Executive Director - Vermont                                                                                    

  EDUCATION

1998

Acacia Health Center Educational Services, Solona Beach, Ca.

                      Advanced Bach Flower Therapist                             

 1988

Union University, Los Angeles, Ca.: Ph.D. of Botanical & Homeopathic Medicine                                                     

 1985

Dominion Herbal College, Burnaby, B.C.: Masters Degree, Health Science of Herbal Medicine,                                  

  1983

Dominion Herbal College, Burnaby, B.C.: Chartered Herbalist Degree, Health Science of Herbal Medicine                 

 1982

Health Ministry, Dallas, Texas:  Certification in Herbology, Certified Herbalist Degree                                               

    1980

Nature’s Sunshine Products, Spanish Fork, Utah: Certified Herbal/Nutritional Specialist                                     

References Available Upon Request



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