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FRANK FERNANDEZ 10342 S.W.134th
Place
Miami, Florida 33186
Telephone: 305-386-8246
Cellular: 786-553-3283
frank.fernandez@waypoint2580.com
Background
Experienced healthcare supply chain strategist, nationally recognized for innovative thinking, leadership,
creativity, technical knowledge, and the ability to translate vision into reality. Varying scopes of
responsibility, over a 40-year career, at all levels of health care Supply Chain administration and
operations in hospitals and health care organizations. Recognized nationally as an expert in centralized
supply chain operations, health care distribution, direct distribution models, group purchasing
organizations, supplier diversity, performance improvement, and supply chain automation. Lifetime
Member - Fellow of the Association for Healthcare Resource and Materials Management – American
Hospital Association (AHRMM). Founder of waypoint2580, Florida based supply chain strategic advisory
services.
Employment History
2016 – Present waypoint2580
Miami, Florida
Principal Officer - Chief Supply Chain Strategist
President and Founder of waypoint2580, a Subchapter S corporation, registered in the State of Florida ,
established to provide supply chain strategic services, subject matter expertise, advisory services,
operational assessments, B2B linkages, and business developments services, to various constituents,
including but lot limited to, healthcare organizations, individuals, manufacturers, not-for-profit
organizations, and suppliers.
1983-2016 Baptist Health South Florida
6855 Red Road
Coral Gables, Florida 33143
Positions held at this institution:
1996 – 2016: Assistant Vice President, Supply Chain Services
Executive level and Senior Management Group position at Baptist Health South Florida, a leading integrated
delivery network comprised of six hospitals and several satellite administrative, diagnostic and treatment facilities.
Responsibilities included enterprise-wide Supply Chain administration, supply chain automated systems design and
implementation, GPO relations, sourcing and contracting for all commodities, Strategic Supplier Relations, 340B
drug procurement, Pharmacy Contracting, Affiliate Programs (domestic and international), Supplier Diversity,
Logistics, and Procurement. Responsible for o staff of over 120 FTEs. Member and past Chair of the national
Premier GPO’s Strategic Advisory Committee. Founding member and past Chair of the Premier GPO’s Supplier
Diversity Committee. Served as Member of the Board of Directors of the Florida State Minority Supplier
Development Council (NMSDC). Served as Member of the Board of Directors of Combined Services, Inc. (CSI), a
Florida corporation, co-owned by region hospitals, that operates a shared laundry facility.
1983 - 1996: Assistant Vice President, Baptist Hospital of Miami
Senior Department Head level position at a private, not for profit community hospital and health system.
Responsibilities included administration of Purchasing, Facilities Support, Inventory Control, Shipping, Receiving,
Print Shop, Mailroom, Linen Services, Central Service (sterile processing), Distribution and related services.
Responsible for the hospital’s Materials Management Information System. Responsible for negotiating contracts for
capital equipment, medical supplies and services. Responsible for the design an implementation of all procurement
and distribution functions for Baptist Hospital of Miami, and related entities. Responsible for a staff of 70
employees, and an annual operating budget of $5 million. Responsible and accountable for purchases in excess of
$40 million annually. Responsible for coordinating the Continuous Improvement Initiative at Baptist Hospital of
Miami. Represented Baptist Hospital on the Florida Sterling Council for quality. Served as Lead Examiner for the
Florida Sterling Council's Florida Governor's Sterling Award for Quality, a Baldridge-based quality award for Florida
enterprises. Promoted to Assistant Vice President in 1994.
1973-1983 Public Health Trust of Dade County (now Miami-Dade County)
Jackson Memorial Hospital
1611 N.W. 12th
Avenue
Miami, Florida 33136
Positions held at this institution:
1980-1983: Administrator of Materials Management
Responsible for the centralized Materials Management Department in a 1250 beds licensed teaching hospital,
affiliated with the University of Miami School of Medicine. The department included the functions of shipping,
receiving, inventory control, Central Stores, Central Service, in-house laundry, duplicating services, hospital
mailroom, hospital messenger service, and U.S. Postal Service contract station. Responsible for a staff of 153
employees, with an annual budget of $7.4 million dollars. Served as Chairman of the hospital’s Products Evaluation
and Standardization Committee, which recommended bid awards for all medical/surgical supplies based on
established criteria. Reported directly to the Chief Financial Officer for the Public Health Trust.
1979-1980
Assistant Administrator of Materials Management
Reported to the Administrator of Materials Management. Directly responsible for the functions of the hospital’s in-
house laundry, duplicating services, hospital messenger services, hospital mailroom and U.S. Postal Service contract
station. Responsible for carrying out special projects assigned by the Administrator. These included reviewing
specifications for supplies, designing materials handling and inventory control procedures, developing and
preparing statistical graphs and charts illustrating productivity, monitoring departmental budgets, and preparing
reports on departmental activities to administration. Served as a labor relations coordinator for the department, in
a highly unionized environment. Responsible for all personnel actions. Coordinated and conducted training in the
use of hospital-wide materials handling systems.
1977-1979
Assistant Administrator, Clinical Services, Maternal & Child Services Hospital Center
Administratively responsible for four Special Care patient departments within the Hospital Center. These patient
care departments comprised the Regional Neonatal Intensive Care Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital. Provided
administrative direction, logistical support, and managerial direction to the Hospital Center. Worked within the
structure of a multi-disciplinary management team, along with the Nurse Manager, and the Physician Medical
Director (University of Miami School of Medicine Faculty Department Chair). Responsibilities included interviewing,
selecting, training, staffing, and supervising non-clinical personnel, analyzing monthly budget reports, coordinating
capital equipment purchases, solving problems with ancillary services, planning and controlling inventory of capital
equipment and medical supplies, and serving as administrative liaison for physicians, nurses, patients, family, and
visitors.
1974-1977
Cultural Specialist, Community Mental Health Program
Member of a mental health care team composed of a psychiatrist, psychiatric social worker and cultural specialist.
This team developed and administered mental health treatment and related social services to the client population.
Community organizer. Developed and conducted recreational therapy sessions under the supervision of a
psychiatric social worker. Gathered demographic information of residents in the catchment area. Served as
eligibility coordinator for the program, including interviewing clients to determine financial eligibility for program
participation. Trained other staff members in the process. Served as liaison between the program and the
governing agency on patient financial eligibility questions.
EDUCATION Miami Florida, Florida International University
Bachelor of Arts, 1976
CAREER PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS and BOARD SERVICE
 Board of Directors, Florida State Minority Supplier Development Council
 Fellow and Life Time Member of the Association for Healthcare Resource and Materials Management (AHRMM)
of the America Hospital Association.
 Member, Institute for Supply Management (ISM)
 Board of Directors of Combined Services Incorporated (“CSI”) a 501 Miami, Florida company that functions as a
shared cooperative laundry service, owned by several not for profit health systems in South Florida
 Chairman, Premier Strategic Advisory Committee, of the Premier Group Purchasing Organization
 Board of Directors of the Coalition for Healthcare standards
 Founding Member, Premier Supplier Diversity Committee.
 Technology Committee, Association for Healthcare Resource and Materials Management (AHA)
CAREER SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
 Speaker – Association for National Accounts Executives (ANAE), Regional Meeting – December, 2015
 Panelist – Association for National Accounts Executives (ANAE), Annual Meeting – June, 2015
 Keynote Speaker, Supply Chain Impact on Healthcare Industry, South Florida Chapter – November, 2013
 Himss09 – Symposium on Supply Chain Automation, April, 2009
 Panelist, HIDA Executive Forum, March, 2008, Miami , Florida
 Panelist , Coalition for Healthcare eStandards (CHeS) Media Event - August , 2007
 Speaker, Premier Breakthrough Series, Orlando, Fl, 2006, Topic: "Data Synchronization through the use of
eStandards".
 Speaker, Association for Healthcare Resource and Materials Management (American Hospital Association),
Orlando, Florida, 2006. Topic: "A Materials Manager's Guide to Supplier Diversity"
 Speaker, Lawson Software annual user group convention, "CUE", Orlando, Fl, 2006, Topic: "Using Process Flow
to Ensure Data Integrity"
 Faculty, Association for Healthcare Resource and Materials Management (American Hospital Association), 2004,
Topic: Materials Management 401 (Advanced course on supply chain automation in healthcare)
 Keynote Speaker, Kimberly Clark Healthcare, Latin American Network For Diversity (LAND), Hispanic Heritage
Month, “Embracing Diversity and Incorporating it in Business Strategy”
 Speaker-Panelist, Cardinal Health National Sales Meeting – Buckhead, Georgia
 Speaker, Association for Healthcare Resource and Materials Management (America Hospital Association),
Orlando, Florida, 2004. Topic: "Web-Based RFP Application, an In-House Solution"
 Speaker, HIMSS Conference, 2003, San Diego, CA. Topic: Supply Chain Automation
 Speaker, Association for Healthcare Resource and Materials Management (American Hospital Association), 2003,
San Diego, CA. Topic: Supply Chain Automation: Lessons Learned to Ensure Success
 Speaker, Association for Healthcare Resource and Materials Management annual meeting, 2004, Nashville, TN.
Topic: Incorporating Supplier Diversity into the Health Care Supply Chain
NOTABLE CAREER ACCOMPLISHMENTS
 Designed and consolidated supply chain functions for the newly merged Baptist Health South Florida.
Consolidated four purchasing offices into a corporately managed centralized procurement function. Instituted a
continuous replenishment supply chain process including elements of Just-In-Time ordering, Stockless
Purchasing and self-distribution. Designed and instituted a nationally recognized activity based medical surgical
supply distribution agreement which was he first of its kind for Baptist Health and for the Distributor. Designed
and implemented Baptist Health’s inter-entity distribution system. Managed a highly compliant GPO
contracting strategy, while maintaining a high level of independent self-contracting activity.
 Instituted a method for improving inventory turnover rates by computer-assisted analysis of desired days of
inventory for high-dollar usage items and the application of Just in Time (JIT) techniques. Implemented EDI
purchasing. Implemented an automated par level replenishment system for remote locations; the first of its
kind that interfaced to a procurement system. Implemented an electronic requisitioning system for remote
computer ordering.
 Pioneered the use direct computer-to-computer links for electronic transmission of purchase orders without
manual intervention, in 1988.
 Chairman, Safety Committee, Baptist Hospital of Miami
 Founding Member, South-East Florida Association for Hospital Purchasing and Materials Management (Past
President and Treasurer)
 Member, Board of Examiners, Florida Governor’s Sterling Council. Senior Examiner and Team Leader, for the
Florida Governor’s Sterling Council’s Sterling Award for Quality, a Malcolm Baldrige-based quality award
process. Associate Member, Florida Sterling Council.
ARTICLES AND PUBLICATIONS – Sample
 “Capturing Consumption Transactions in a Complex IDN Environment Operating a Centralized Distribution
Center (Self Distribution) and a Single ERP”, January, 2016 (Unpublished).
 "A nimbler way to process an RFP", Materials Management in Healthcare, December, 2005
 “Understanding e-Commerce to Exercise its Full potential”, Materials Management in Healthcare, January 2002.
 “Healthcare Reassesses an Internet-Based Supply Chain”, Purchasing News, December, 2000
 “Distribution with a Twist”, Materials Management Magazine, October, 2000
 “The Sterling Challenge – Healthcare Sector Section” (Introduction and four chapters), Florida Sterling Council,
1994.
 “Sticking To The Basics While Exploring New Directions”, Hospital Materials Management, November, 1987
 “Free Money from the Post Office – How To Save Money On Your Hospital Marketing Promotions and PR
Mailings”, Hospital Topics, January-February, 1985.
 “Capturing Patient Charges Gains New Meaning Under DRG’s”, Hospital Topics, January-February, 1985
 “ABC Analysis – A Basic Guide To One Of The Most Useful Technique In Inventory Control”, Hospital Topics,
May-June, 1985.
 “Central Service/Materials Management: Meeting the Challenge of DRGs”, Hospital Topics, Nov-Dec, 1984.
Personal Interests
Physical Fitness
Extreme Outdoor Adventure
Sea Kayaking, long distance hiking, backpacking
Reading
Music
The Arts
Community Service
President, Board of Directors, South Florida Council, Boy Scouts of America (2013 – 2015)
Member, Executive Committee, Board of Directors, South Florida Council, Boy Scouts of America
Crew Advisor, Crew 43, Venturing BSA high adventure youth group
Assistant Scoutmaster, and Venturing Advisor, BSA Troop 43 and Venturing Crew 43
Member, Board of Directors Girl Scout Council of Tropical Florida
Languages
English, Spanish, and Portuguese

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frank fernandez resume 2017

  • 1. RESUMÉ FRANK FERNANDEZ 10342 S.W.134th Place Miami, Florida 33186 Telephone: 305-386-8246 Cellular: 786-553-3283 frank.fernandez@waypoint2580.com Background Experienced healthcare supply chain strategist, nationally recognized for innovative thinking, leadership, creativity, technical knowledge, and the ability to translate vision into reality. Varying scopes of responsibility, over a 40-year career, at all levels of health care Supply Chain administration and operations in hospitals and health care organizations. Recognized nationally as an expert in centralized supply chain operations, health care distribution, direct distribution models, group purchasing organizations, supplier diversity, performance improvement, and supply chain automation. Lifetime Member - Fellow of the Association for Healthcare Resource and Materials Management – American Hospital Association (AHRMM). Founder of waypoint2580, Florida based supply chain strategic advisory services. Employment History 2016 – Present waypoint2580 Miami, Florida Principal Officer - Chief Supply Chain Strategist President and Founder of waypoint2580, a Subchapter S corporation, registered in the State of Florida , established to provide supply chain strategic services, subject matter expertise, advisory services, operational assessments, B2B linkages, and business developments services, to various constituents, including but lot limited to, healthcare organizations, individuals, manufacturers, not-for-profit organizations, and suppliers. 1983-2016 Baptist Health South Florida 6855 Red Road Coral Gables, Florida 33143 Positions held at this institution: 1996 – 2016: Assistant Vice President, Supply Chain Services
  • 2. Executive level and Senior Management Group position at Baptist Health South Florida, a leading integrated delivery network comprised of six hospitals and several satellite administrative, diagnostic and treatment facilities. Responsibilities included enterprise-wide Supply Chain administration, supply chain automated systems design and implementation, GPO relations, sourcing and contracting for all commodities, Strategic Supplier Relations, 340B drug procurement, Pharmacy Contracting, Affiliate Programs (domestic and international), Supplier Diversity, Logistics, and Procurement. Responsible for o staff of over 120 FTEs. Member and past Chair of the national Premier GPO’s Strategic Advisory Committee. Founding member and past Chair of the Premier GPO’s Supplier Diversity Committee. Served as Member of the Board of Directors of the Florida State Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC). Served as Member of the Board of Directors of Combined Services, Inc. (CSI), a Florida corporation, co-owned by region hospitals, that operates a shared laundry facility. 1983 - 1996: Assistant Vice President, Baptist Hospital of Miami Senior Department Head level position at a private, not for profit community hospital and health system. Responsibilities included administration of Purchasing, Facilities Support, Inventory Control, Shipping, Receiving, Print Shop, Mailroom, Linen Services, Central Service (sterile processing), Distribution and related services. Responsible for the hospital’s Materials Management Information System. Responsible for negotiating contracts for capital equipment, medical supplies and services. Responsible for the design an implementation of all procurement and distribution functions for Baptist Hospital of Miami, and related entities. Responsible for a staff of 70 employees, and an annual operating budget of $5 million. Responsible and accountable for purchases in excess of $40 million annually. Responsible for coordinating the Continuous Improvement Initiative at Baptist Hospital of Miami. Represented Baptist Hospital on the Florida Sterling Council for quality. Served as Lead Examiner for the Florida Sterling Council's Florida Governor's Sterling Award for Quality, a Baldridge-based quality award for Florida enterprises. Promoted to Assistant Vice President in 1994. 1973-1983 Public Health Trust of Dade County (now Miami-Dade County) Jackson Memorial Hospital 1611 N.W. 12th Avenue Miami, Florida 33136 Positions held at this institution: 1980-1983: Administrator of Materials Management Responsible for the centralized Materials Management Department in a 1250 beds licensed teaching hospital, affiliated with the University of Miami School of Medicine. The department included the functions of shipping, receiving, inventory control, Central Stores, Central Service, in-house laundry, duplicating services, hospital mailroom, hospital messenger service, and U.S. Postal Service contract station. Responsible for a staff of 153 employees, with an annual budget of $7.4 million dollars. Served as Chairman of the hospital’s Products Evaluation and Standardization Committee, which recommended bid awards for all medical/surgical supplies based on established criteria. Reported directly to the Chief Financial Officer for the Public Health Trust. 1979-1980
  • 3. Assistant Administrator of Materials Management Reported to the Administrator of Materials Management. Directly responsible for the functions of the hospital’s in- house laundry, duplicating services, hospital messenger services, hospital mailroom and U.S. Postal Service contract station. Responsible for carrying out special projects assigned by the Administrator. These included reviewing specifications for supplies, designing materials handling and inventory control procedures, developing and preparing statistical graphs and charts illustrating productivity, monitoring departmental budgets, and preparing reports on departmental activities to administration. Served as a labor relations coordinator for the department, in a highly unionized environment. Responsible for all personnel actions. Coordinated and conducted training in the use of hospital-wide materials handling systems. 1977-1979 Assistant Administrator, Clinical Services, Maternal & Child Services Hospital Center Administratively responsible for four Special Care patient departments within the Hospital Center. These patient care departments comprised the Regional Neonatal Intensive Care Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital. Provided administrative direction, logistical support, and managerial direction to the Hospital Center. Worked within the structure of a multi-disciplinary management team, along with the Nurse Manager, and the Physician Medical Director (University of Miami School of Medicine Faculty Department Chair). Responsibilities included interviewing, selecting, training, staffing, and supervising non-clinical personnel, analyzing monthly budget reports, coordinating capital equipment purchases, solving problems with ancillary services, planning and controlling inventory of capital equipment and medical supplies, and serving as administrative liaison for physicians, nurses, patients, family, and visitors. 1974-1977 Cultural Specialist, Community Mental Health Program Member of a mental health care team composed of a psychiatrist, psychiatric social worker and cultural specialist. This team developed and administered mental health treatment and related social services to the client population. Community organizer. Developed and conducted recreational therapy sessions under the supervision of a psychiatric social worker. Gathered demographic information of residents in the catchment area. Served as eligibility coordinator for the program, including interviewing clients to determine financial eligibility for program participation. Trained other staff members in the process. Served as liaison between the program and the governing agency on patient financial eligibility questions. EDUCATION Miami Florida, Florida International University Bachelor of Arts, 1976 CAREER PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS and BOARD SERVICE  Board of Directors, Florida State Minority Supplier Development Council  Fellow and Life Time Member of the Association for Healthcare Resource and Materials Management (AHRMM) of the America Hospital Association.  Member, Institute for Supply Management (ISM)  Board of Directors of Combined Services Incorporated (“CSI”) a 501 Miami, Florida company that functions as a shared cooperative laundry service, owned by several not for profit health systems in South Florida
  • 4.  Chairman, Premier Strategic Advisory Committee, of the Premier Group Purchasing Organization  Board of Directors of the Coalition for Healthcare standards  Founding Member, Premier Supplier Diversity Committee.  Technology Committee, Association for Healthcare Resource and Materials Management (AHA) CAREER SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS  Speaker – Association for National Accounts Executives (ANAE), Regional Meeting – December, 2015  Panelist – Association for National Accounts Executives (ANAE), Annual Meeting – June, 2015  Keynote Speaker, Supply Chain Impact on Healthcare Industry, South Florida Chapter – November, 2013  Himss09 – Symposium on Supply Chain Automation, April, 2009  Panelist, HIDA Executive Forum, March, 2008, Miami , Florida  Panelist , Coalition for Healthcare eStandards (CHeS) Media Event - August , 2007  Speaker, Premier Breakthrough Series, Orlando, Fl, 2006, Topic: "Data Synchronization through the use of eStandards".  Speaker, Association for Healthcare Resource and Materials Management (American Hospital Association), Orlando, Florida, 2006. Topic: "A Materials Manager's Guide to Supplier Diversity"  Speaker, Lawson Software annual user group convention, "CUE", Orlando, Fl, 2006, Topic: "Using Process Flow to Ensure Data Integrity"  Faculty, Association for Healthcare Resource and Materials Management (American Hospital Association), 2004, Topic: Materials Management 401 (Advanced course on supply chain automation in healthcare)  Keynote Speaker, Kimberly Clark Healthcare, Latin American Network For Diversity (LAND), Hispanic Heritage Month, “Embracing Diversity and Incorporating it in Business Strategy”  Speaker-Panelist, Cardinal Health National Sales Meeting – Buckhead, Georgia  Speaker, Association for Healthcare Resource and Materials Management (America Hospital Association), Orlando, Florida, 2004. Topic: "Web-Based RFP Application, an In-House Solution"  Speaker, HIMSS Conference, 2003, San Diego, CA. Topic: Supply Chain Automation  Speaker, Association for Healthcare Resource and Materials Management (American Hospital Association), 2003, San Diego, CA. Topic: Supply Chain Automation: Lessons Learned to Ensure Success  Speaker, Association for Healthcare Resource and Materials Management annual meeting, 2004, Nashville, TN. Topic: Incorporating Supplier Diversity into the Health Care Supply Chain NOTABLE CAREER ACCOMPLISHMENTS  Designed and consolidated supply chain functions for the newly merged Baptist Health South Florida. Consolidated four purchasing offices into a corporately managed centralized procurement function. Instituted a continuous replenishment supply chain process including elements of Just-In-Time ordering, Stockless Purchasing and self-distribution. Designed and instituted a nationally recognized activity based medical surgical supply distribution agreement which was he first of its kind for Baptist Health and for the Distributor. Designed and implemented Baptist Health’s inter-entity distribution system. Managed a highly compliant GPO contracting strategy, while maintaining a high level of independent self-contracting activity.  Instituted a method for improving inventory turnover rates by computer-assisted analysis of desired days of inventory for high-dollar usage items and the application of Just in Time (JIT) techniques. Implemented EDI
  • 5. purchasing. Implemented an automated par level replenishment system for remote locations; the first of its kind that interfaced to a procurement system. Implemented an electronic requisitioning system for remote computer ordering.  Pioneered the use direct computer-to-computer links for electronic transmission of purchase orders without manual intervention, in 1988.  Chairman, Safety Committee, Baptist Hospital of Miami  Founding Member, South-East Florida Association for Hospital Purchasing and Materials Management (Past President and Treasurer)  Member, Board of Examiners, Florida Governor’s Sterling Council. Senior Examiner and Team Leader, for the Florida Governor’s Sterling Council’s Sterling Award for Quality, a Malcolm Baldrige-based quality award process. Associate Member, Florida Sterling Council. ARTICLES AND PUBLICATIONS – Sample  “Capturing Consumption Transactions in a Complex IDN Environment Operating a Centralized Distribution Center (Self Distribution) and a Single ERP”, January, 2016 (Unpublished).  "A nimbler way to process an RFP", Materials Management in Healthcare, December, 2005  “Understanding e-Commerce to Exercise its Full potential”, Materials Management in Healthcare, January 2002.  “Healthcare Reassesses an Internet-Based Supply Chain”, Purchasing News, December, 2000  “Distribution with a Twist”, Materials Management Magazine, October, 2000  “The Sterling Challenge – Healthcare Sector Section” (Introduction and four chapters), Florida Sterling Council, 1994.  “Sticking To The Basics While Exploring New Directions”, Hospital Materials Management, November, 1987  “Free Money from the Post Office – How To Save Money On Your Hospital Marketing Promotions and PR Mailings”, Hospital Topics, January-February, 1985.  “Capturing Patient Charges Gains New Meaning Under DRG’s”, Hospital Topics, January-February, 1985  “ABC Analysis – A Basic Guide To One Of The Most Useful Technique In Inventory Control”, Hospital Topics, May-June, 1985.  “Central Service/Materials Management: Meeting the Challenge of DRGs”, Hospital Topics, Nov-Dec, 1984. Personal Interests Physical Fitness Extreme Outdoor Adventure Sea Kayaking, long distance hiking, backpacking Reading Music The Arts Community Service President, Board of Directors, South Florida Council, Boy Scouts of America (2013 – 2015) Member, Executive Committee, Board of Directors, South Florida Council, Boy Scouts of America Crew Advisor, Crew 43, Venturing BSA high adventure youth group
  • 6. Assistant Scoutmaster, and Venturing Advisor, BSA Troop 43 and Venturing Crew 43 Member, Board of Directors Girl Scout Council of Tropical Florida Languages English, Spanish, and Portuguese