Work Experience

1998-present - Co-founding Partner, Jentle Harts Consulting (AKA JH Care)

1989-1998 - Co-founder and Co-director - Adult Day Care of Richmond, Inc., Richmond, Indiana.

1987-1989 - Chairman - Adult Day Care of Richmond Task Force

1986-1989 - Clinical Nurse I, Orthopedics and Urology, Reid Hospital and Health Care Services, Richmond, Indiana

To 1986 - 20 years of experience as a registered nurse in various hospital and community settings from the Veteran's Administration in Dayton, Ohio, to Eden Hospital, Castro Valley, California, with a concentration in medical/surgical nursing.

Professional and Leadership Experience 

Ball State University, Ball Memorial Hospital School of Nursing, Graduate of Registered Nurse program, 1964. 

Registered Nurse, past thirty-four years practicing in areas of orthopedics,
neurosurgery, urology, and gerontology. 

Adult Day Care Task Force of Richmond, IN, Chair, 1987-1988. 

Adult Day Care of Richmond, Inc., Co-Founder and Co-Director, 1987-Present. 

Adult Day Care of Richmond, Inc., President, Board of Directors, 1989-1991. 

First English Lutheran Church, President, 1988; Vice President, 1987, 1989, 1990. 

Leadership Wayne County, Board of Directors, 1987-1990. 

Indiana Leadership Initiative, Facilitator, 1997-Present. 

East Central Indiana Alzheimer Advisory Committee, 1998 – present;  Chair 1998-2000. 

Indiana Association of Adult Day Services, Inc., Conference Committee Chair and Board Member at Large, 1995-1999; President, 1994-1995, 2000-Present; Vice President, 1992-1993, 1999.  

Trainer, facilitator and presenter, multiple settings on variety of topics including leadership skills, staff development, how to start adult day services, dementia specific training, certified program assistant in adult day services. 

Alzheimer’s Association of Central Indiana, Professional Education Committee, 2000-Present

Alzheimer’s Association of Central Indiana, State Education Conference Planning Committee, 2003

Indiana Governor’s Task Force on Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias, 2000-Present, Chair 2003

Awards and Honors 

1997 -- Indiana University East, School of Nursing, “Lifetime Achievement Award” 

1996 -- Green Thumb Senior Employment Program, “Elder Employer of the Year” 

1994 -- Chamber of Commerce, Richmond, IN, “Not For Profit Business of the Year” 

1993 -- Indiana Homes and Services for the Aging, “State Community Service Award” 

1991 -- YWCA of Richmond, IN, “Distinguished Woman of the Year” 

1990 -- National Association for Community Leadership, “Distinguished Leadership”


Professional Activity

National Public Radio: National Alzheimer's Association, Public Policy representative for interviews

Dementia Care Mapper, Level I –Basic, Level II-Advanced, Level III-Evaluator, trained by Heather Hill Hospital, Health and Care Center and Bradford Dementia Group, Bradford Institute, Bradford, England

President, Indiana Association of Adult Day Services

Vice-president, Indiana Association of Adult Day Services

Conference and Education Chair, Indiana Association of Adult Day Services

Member, Alzheimer's Association, Central Indiana Chapter, Outreach and Professional Education committees

Co-chair, State Certification of Program Assistant Committee, National Adult Day Services Association

Facilitator and Mentor, Indiana Leadership Initiative

Distinguished leadership award winner from National Association for Community Leadership

Life Achievement Award in Nursing, Indiana University

Member, Indiana Governor's Task Force on Alzheimer's and Related Dementia

National Adult Day Services Master Trainer for Certified Program Assistant Curriculum

Co-developer, training manual for respite volunteers for Christian Caring Community, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Respite Care Program, Richmond, Indiana

Mentor and site supervisor, Indiana University nursing and social work clinical rotations

Mentor, Capital Methodist Seminary, Dayton, Ohio, "Adult Ministries in a Community Setting"

Mentor, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, masters degree in gerontology candidate

National Adult Day Services Association, Inc., Education and Outreach Committee, 2002-Present

Indiana Governor’s Conference On Aging, Conference Planning Committee, 2003

Easter Seals Crossroads Rehabilitation Adult Day Center, Indianapolis, Advisory Board, 2002-Present

SARAH Adult Day Services, Fort Wayne, Advisory Board, 2002-Present