Katherine has over 20 years of experience with the geriatric population in skilled nursing facilities, both clinically and administratively. She holds degrees from Columbia College and Bellevue University and has held positions in the LTC setting as Staff Nurse, MDS Coordinator, Director of Nursing Services, Licensed Nursing Home Administrator, Vice President of Operations, and Corporate Quality Assurance Nurse Consultant. She holds certification as a Resident Assessment Coordinator (RAC-CT), is a Certified Legal Nurse Consultant (CLNC), and is certified as a Dementia Care Mapping (Basic) User. She has also completed the Parish Nurse (PN) program.

Trish provides clinical consultation and education based upon evidence-based practices to skilled care facilities in the SE region of the state. She has over twenty-five years of nursing experience, with the last ten years having been focused on geriatrics in the LTC setting. She has worked in both the clinical and administrative areas of LTC and has held positions as Director of Nursing Services, Licensed Nursing Home Administrator, and Corporate Quality Assurance Nurse Consultant.

Katy works in the Kansas City and Northwest MO areas, providing education and trainings on the quality of care and best practices for LTC nursing staff. She participates in the development of a nationwide Center for Nursing Excellence in LTC with the honor society of nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International, and has been recognized with the Research Utilization award from Sigma Theta Tau. Katy provides consultation in management and leadership, legal matters, risk management, and quality care issues.

Carol is the QIPMO team leader, and with more than 16 years experience in the geriatric population in either hospital-based skilled nursing facilities or acute rehabilitation units, she provides clinical consultation to the St. Louis area. At the national level, Carol is a past Chairman of the Board of the American Association of Nurse Assessment Coordinators (AANAC), which represents over 16,000 members working in LTC. She has also served as a member of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) workgroup on Resident Assessment Protocols (RAPs) for MDS 3.0 and holds certification as a Resident Assessment Coordinator (RAC-CT). In 2009, she was on the Technical Expert Panel meeting for the development of new publicly-reported nursing home quality measures.

Sharon has been with QIPMO since 2005, providing consultation and quality improvement training in the Central and Northeast region of the state. Her LTC experience includes being the Director of Nursing for a 60-bed skilled care facility, a staff nurse in an acute care setting, nursing manager, and business technology analyst for an Information Technology Department. She was a case manager and community nurse with the Department of Mental Health, managing a caseload of persons with developmental disabilities and mental health diagnoses. She has provided training on Alzheimer's and other dementias, holds certificationa as a Resident Assessment Coordinator (RAC-CT) and as a Dementia Care Mapping (Basic) User from Heather Hill Institute in Chardon, OH.