SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Administrator with broad-based management experiences based in food distribution, health care, advanced education, consultations, food purchasing and cook-chill food preparation. Possesses unique blend of interpersonal and varied computer implementation experience. Considered a strong manager with futuristic thinking capabilities.

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EDUCATION

• Texas Christian University
• Bachelor of Science Degree - Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Houston
• Masters - Institutional Administration (Minor - Nutrition), Texas Woman's University
• Registration American Dietetic Association Licensure - State of Texas
• ServSafe® Instructor - The Educational Foundation of the National Restaurant Foundation

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• American Dietetic Association
• Consulting Dietitians in Health Care Facilities
• Dietitians in Business and Communications
• Houston Area Dietetic Association (President 1980 - 81)
• Texas Dietetic Association (President 1997 - 98)
• Professional in the Culinary Arts
• Women's Food Service Forum
• Texas Executive Women (2005 President)
• Praeclarus Business Networking

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

• Houston Junior Form
• Patron Houston Junior League
• Church Affiliation: Chapelwood United Methodist Church

1994 - Present

Owner of a HUB Company, specializing in Food Service Management Consulting and Advisory, Technical and Marketing Services. Representative services are marketed to all areas of food service including premier health care and corporate organizations. Serves as a Clinical adjunct faculty member of the University of Houston, Dietetic Internship Program. Managing partner of accounts and professional staff of 10 employees.

1992 - 1994

Independent consultant providing total quality management, technical, marketing services, nutritional care consultation to extended geriatric care, rehabilitation treatment centers, long term care facilities and hospitals, Coopers and Lybrand, the Norton Group and Glazier Foods Company.

1990 - 1994

HUB Company, a team of experienced management professionals, offering management advisory services including comprehensive facility reviews, performance analysis and operational improvement recommendations to premier health care and corporation organizations. In this role, led team in development of specialty management systems, purchasing, menu planning, computer implementation and quality assurance JCAHO/OBRA/HACCP programs for health care, rehabilitation and long-term care.

1990 - 1992

Responsible for planning, implementing and directing a new department within an established fifty-six year old family business with annual sales in excess of $56 million. Duties include:

• Conducting a seven week training program for sales force
• Assisting in the selection of product to be sold to health care customers
• Development of targets, sales projections and tracking of results
• Ongoing technical support to sales force
• Recruitment of health care sales representative

1989 - 1990

Responsible for Health Care Sales inclusive of street and National accounts for eight operating divisions of White Swan, largest regional distributor in the United States, fifth largest national distributor.

• Projected Health Care annual sales for 1990 ... $121,498,551
• Directed sales activity for twenty percent of total $650,000,000 revenues
• Direct activities of health care specialists in eight operating divisions
• Responsible for securing national account health care accounts ... $18,000,000 for
• 1989
• Responsible for product selection for health care sales
• Editor - Health Care Newsletter with 3,000 distribution
• Responsible for management of White Swan's food service management computerized systems

1980 - 1989

Directed a multi-system department in a 908-bed teaching hospital. Directed 260 employees, managed revenue generation, had extensive medical staff involvement, set policy for care of patients and participated in all day to day operations of the hospital.

• Responsible for $6,500,000 operating budget
• Implemented new revenue generating centers and increased in-patient revenue by $125,000 and cafeteria by $773,000
• Increased contribution margin by 42%
• Planned and implemented $2.5 million food cook-chill preparation renovation project resulting in improved food quality and reduced labor cost
• Served as chairperson and member of numerous hospital committees and task forces that resulted in policy setting
• Established a comprehensive Quality Assurance program which involved on-going monitoring and resulted in compliance with the Regulatory Agencies
• Served as Clinical Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Texas School of allied Health Sciences
• Tested, planned and implemented on-line computer systems for the entire department that increased revenue and reduced food costs by approximately 16%
• Managed and directed a Clinical Research Center for metabolic studies and participated in obtaining funds from the National Institute of Health - Consulted with over 30 hospital in Texas and Louisiana
• Managed a nationally recognized clinical nutrition staff

1977 - 1980

Primary instructor in food services systems management on behalf of the nutrition and dietetics department; provided dietetics management services to two, 240 bed facilities of Bayou Glen Nursing Centers as an external consultant.

1974 - 1981

Responsible for directing and managing the dietetic assistance course to train Food Service Supervisors; concurrent responsibilities for two years as food service director at the First United Methodist Church and two years as a consultant for Glufway Hospital.

1974 - 1981

Responsible for a variety of foods and nutrition curricula including meal management, quantity-- cookery, food purchasing, quantity food production.

1965 - 1970

Responsible for food preparation and feeding through central kitchen facilities, personnel supervision and hiring, menu planning, inventory control and accounting; hospital duties included clinical dietetic and administrative roles, out-patient schools and some consulting.

LIST OF PRESENTATIONS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

REFERENCES

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