Law School
Indiana University, J.D., cum laude, 1985
Law School Graduation Year
1985
College
Indiana University, B.A., with distinction, 1982
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Eta Sigma; Alpha Lambda Delta; Dean's List; Merit Scholarship. Seminars: HIPAA & COBRA: Coordinating the New Health Care Law & the Old, sponsored by the 1998 Mid-America Human Resources Symposium, Cincinnati, Ohio, June 15, 1998; HIPAA, NMHPA, MHPA - The Remaining Unanswered Questions, sponsored by the Central Indiana Chapter Certified Employee Benefit Specialist (CEBS), April 30, 1998. Publications: Nondiscrimination Rules for Welfare Benefit Plans, 9 IBJ No. 4 (May 9-15, 1988); Strikes and the Obligation to Continue Group Health Coverage Under COBRA, 39 Labor L.J., No. 11 (November, 1988); Repeal of Code Section 89 - Good News, Bad News, 10 IBJ No. 36 (December 18-24, 1989); How to Coordinate Employee Benefits with the Americans with Disabilities Act, 17 ALI-ABA Course Mat. J., No. 4 (February, 1993); Coordinating Employee Benefits with the Americans with Disabilities Act, ALI-ABA Course Mat. J. (September, 1993); A Day as a Medical Intern, 85 IMSB No. 7 (March, 1996); Companies Prepare for Speedy 401(k) Rules, 17 IBJ No. 24 (September 2-8, 1996); In Some Courts, It's Still a Man's World, 17 IBJ No. 26 (September 16-22, 1996); Health Care 1997-1998 Legislative Update, Issues in Business (September, 1997). Featured in “Significant New Requirements for Group Health Plans, ” Indiana Constructor, October/November 1997. Selected for the 2000 “Forty Under 40, ” Indianapolis Business Journal. Member: Team 100—Women Leaders for Lugar 2000; 10th Anniversary Celebration Committee for the Richard G. Lugar Excellence in Public Service Series - 1999; Chairman of the Fund Raising Committee, 1997, 1998 and 1999. President, 2000— and Member of Board of Governors and participant in the Richard G. Lugar Excellence in Public Service Series; Former Member of WEB, Inc.; Published in Who's Who in American Law; Published in Strathmore's Who's Who; Former Member of Network of Women in Business; Board Member of Social Health Association of Central Indiana 1994-2000; President, 1999-2000 , Program Committ