- Program Director: Yellow Ribbon International Suicide Prevention Program®, Light for Life Fnd. Int’l – YRISPP Board Member
- Survivor: Lost brother, Michael Emme 1994
- Consultant: developing state plans/state coalitions and community
- Trainer: community development and suicide prevention gatekeeper training
- Member: Citizen’s Advisory Panel to the CO Gov. Suicide Prevention Advisory Commission, 1998 (Assisted in developing Colorado’s State Plan for Suicide Prevention]
- Founding member: Suicide Prevention Coalition of Colorado (SPCC), 1999 - current
- Interim-Chair, Suicide Prevention Coalition of Colorado, Jan 1999 – May 2000
- Vice-Chair, Suicide Prevention Coalition of Colorado, May 2000 – May 2003
- Member, Suicide Prevention Coalition May 2003 – current
- Advisory Board Member: Assisted in creating the CO Office of Suicide Prevention, and served on the Advisory Board 2003-2005
- Board Member: Appointed by Governor Bill Owens to the Colorado State Mental Health Advisory Board for Service Standards & Regulations (27-10 Board), August 2001 – current
- Coordinator: International Yellow Ribbon Suicide Awareness and Prevention Week – observed internationally the 3rd week of Sept.
- U.S. House Resolution 286 recognizing the Week (9.9.1999)
- U.S. Senate Concurrent Resolution 119, recognizing the Week (9.14.2004)
- Governors throughout give proclamations declaring the Prevention Week.
- Assisted in developing a comprehensive program which is offered worldwide through training seminars, workshops, in-services and presentations. Addressed and worked with over 250,000 youth through presentations, seminars and workshops. 1994 - current
- 17 years as a medical assistant in private family practice. 1979 - 1996
- Certified EMT-B 1983 & 1996
- Health Supervisor, Flying G Ranch – Girl Scout Camp with 150 Campers ages 9 -14 and staff of 50 on a 360 acre ranch / camp where the nearest medial facility was 45 minutes by car / ambulance & 15 minutes by chopper. June – August 1997 & June – August 1998
Appeared in:
- PEOPLE MAGAZINE
- FAMILY CIRCLE MAGAZINE
- Television: Channels 7, 9 & 12 – Denver, CO
- Denver Post - Denver, Colorado
- Rocky Mountain News - Denver, Colorado
- Newspapers throughout the U.S.