My professional journey began in California, where I had my first job and then built my first practice. Then, I made a move to Intermountain Health in Salt Lake City, Utah, which would become my professional home for over three decades. Along the way, my personal and professional milestones overlapped in significant ways: as my kids were born, I was building my first practice. As my family grew and changed, so did my work. 

At Intermountain, I had the opportunity to establish an internal medicine practice with another female physician - a partnership that taught me invaluable lessons about collaboration and mutual support.  I started developing my leadership skills as I served on the board of trustees for our newly formed medical group and later when I was named to the board for the entire health system.

As I transitioned into system leadership roles, I focused on enhancing patient experience and then provider experience and well-being. I firmly believe successful initiatives must benefit not only patients and families, but also clinical teams and physicians. As the system leader for physician and APP experience, I created our first peer support program and well-being strategy.