Professional Experience

Becky is the firm’s Nurse Paralegal.  She is a native Minnesotan, but was raised in Simsbury, Connecticut.  She graduated from Duke University with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and began her nursing career at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.  Over the years she has worked at private physicians’ practices in Maryland, including The Washington Clinic, and Upjohn Healthcare Services.  The majority of her nursing career was spent at Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic States, as an Advice Nurse for over 15 years and then as a Risk Manager.

In 2004, Becky graduated summa cum laude from Villa Julie College with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing Paralegal Studies.  During her years there, she was inducted into Lambda Epsilon Chi, the national paralegal honor society and Alpha Chi, a national college honor society.  She was also named 2004’s Most Outstanding Part-Time Student.  While at Villa Julie, she designed an Independent Study at the Community Conferencing Center, an Alternative Dispute Resolution program in Baltimore City, where she worked with juvenile first-time offenders, their victims, and families.

In her free time, Becky enjoys traveling with her family.  Her husband,  David, is a software engineer and her son,  Brooks, is a student at Bard College.  A few of her favorite adventures have included climbing three of the 49 High Peaks in the Adirondack Mountains of New York, scaling Mount Snowden, the highest mountain in Great Britain, and hiking on a glacier in Norway.  Other interests include genealogy, fencing, and photography. 

Community service is also important to Becky.  She was appointed to the Family Life Advisory Committee in Frederick, Maryland by the Board of Education in 2000 and continues to serve.  She is an Emergency Preparedness Volunteer Nurse for the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.  Becky is past Regent for the Frederick Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Professional Organizations

American Society of Healthcare Risk Managers

Maryland Society of Healthcare Risk Managers

American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants

Publications

“Tourette Syndrome,” Nursing Spectrum,” March 19, 2001, Vol. 11 No. 6DC.  Also available at www.nursingspectrum.com.

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