2010 PRESIDENT
Karen Harmon,
R.N., M.S.N., C.N.S.

Karen has been in the nursing profession for over 20 years and currently is the Perinatal Clinical Nurse Specialist on the Perinatal Special Care Unit at Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women here in San Diego. Prior to this position, Karen was the Clinical Nurse Specialist in Labor & Delivery and High Risk Obstetrics at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in San Diego. Karen has functioned in a variety of roles over her career from staff nurse, to charge nurse, to nurse manager, clinical instructor for SDSU, and now Clinical Nurse Specialist. Her primary passion and focus has been in the area of fetal monitoring and has recently participated in the revision of the newest addition of AWHONN’s Fetal Monitoring textbook due out in 2009.  She has been active as a Legal Nurse Consultant for over 6 years, and has been an active and participative member of the San Diego Chapter of Legal Nurse Consultants.

2010 PAST PRESIDENT
Sharon Rennick,
R.N., B.S.N., C.L.N.C., O.N.C.

Sharon Rennick is the founder of RSMK Medical-Legal Consulting. She is a Registered Nurse and a Certified Legal Nurse Consultant with over 22 years of clinical experience in providing full-range of nursing care to patients and families of all ages from economically and culturally diverse populations. Areas of expertise include Orthopedics, Neurosurgical and Medical-Surgical Nursing. She provides expert review and testimony in her areas of expertise for both Plaintiff and Defense.  During 2006 and 2007, she has served as Secretary of the Board of AALNC-San Diego Chapter and as Co-Chairperson of the Education Committee. She continues serving on the Board of AALNC-San Diego Chapter as President – Elect and will assume the role of Past President in 2010.

2010 TREASURER
Christina A Sanders,
M.S.N., R.N., N.P., C.L.N.C.

2010 SECRETARY

Connie Paine ,
R.N.

Connie has worked in the hospital setting for 36 years, graduating from Swedish Hospital School of Nursing in Minneapolis, MN. (you did have to be Swedish to attend or be blond!)  She worked the first 15 years in med/surg, then completed the Grossmont College ICU certification course in 1988 and has been working in critical care at Alvarado Hospital since then.

She has also cross-trained and worked part time in NICU and interventional radiology. Connie is married to a middle school teacher and has two sons, age 18 and 14.  For fun, she sings bass with the San Diego Sweet Adeline chorus and just came back from Honolulu where the chorus placed 7th internationally.

This chapter of AALNC has been so valuable to me in the form of mentors, contacts and education that I am anxious to contribute to this dynamic group of professionals.

2010 DIRECTOR AT LARGE

MarSue May, RN, B.S.N, L.N.C.C.

MarSue has been a registered nurse for 16 years.  Her clinical background includes Emergency Department and Intensive Care Unit.   In 2002 MarSue established an independent Legal Nurse Consulting firm, Source4 Medical-Legal Consulting.  She holds advanced certifications in Legal Nurse Consulting and also maintains advanced knowledge and certifications in CaseMap and Timemap software, whereby she is a certified trainer.  MarSue has been a board member for the San Diego Chapter AALNC since 2004.

2010 DIRECTOR AT LARGE
Marsha Anderson,
R.N.

Marsha Anderson has been an RN for 15 years.  The majority of her experience has been in the NICU but also includes experience in PICU, pediatrics, adolescents, mother/baby, pediatric home health and Emergency Department.  Marsha spent 3 years as a clinical supervisor in a 36 bed level 3 NICU. She obtained her CLNC in April 2007 and has started her own business, Our Legal Nurse Consultants, LLC.  Marsha is involved with both plaintiff and defense work, primarily in the areas of medical malpractice, personal injury, criminal cases and products liability, and acts as a testifying expert in the NICU realm only.  She has been a certified CPR (Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation) and NRP (Neonatal Resuscitation Program) instructor for the last ten years.  Professional memberships include: American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants (AALNC) both locally and nationally, she is currently serving locally  as marketing co-chair and Director At Large,  National Association of Certified Legal Nurse Consultants (NACLNC),  National Association of Neonatal Nurses (NANN), California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee (CNA/NNOC) and the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce (SDRCC). 

2010 DIRECTOR AT LARGE
Liz Holakiewicz,
R.N., B.S.N., C.C.M., C.L.N.C.P.

Liz has been a certified nurse life care planner and case manager in private practice for 20 years and a member of SDAALNC for 10 years. Having met some of our membership in person and many others over the list serve these past years, she welcomes the opportunity to make a contribution of service to SDAALNC.  For her, the best source of business development over the years has occurred through networking with colleagues, such as that fostered through this organization.

2010 DIRECTOR AT LARGE

Kathleen Loeffler,
R.N., B.S.N  

Kathleen E. Loeffler has 12 years of clinical experience in NICU, Med-Surg, Oncology and possess 23 years of independent Legal Nurse Consulting experience. She is the president of Medical Litigation Consulting Services, a business she started in 1986 which focuses on product liability, medical malpractice, toxic tort and personal injury.  She is a founding member of the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants and the San Diego Chapter.  She is past president of the San Diego Chapter and has held all Board positions except director at large.  She was also on the Nominating Committee for National.  Kathleen is also a member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, San Diego Chapter. Kathleen looks forward to being on this successful, dynamic and professional San Diego Chapter. 

2010 DIRECTOR AT LARGE

Cary Joel, R.N., M.S.N., C.L.N.C.

Cary Joel graduated from Henry Ford Hospital School of Nursing in 1980, back when they used to serve tea on Thursday afternoon.  The majority of her experience has been in Med/Surg and ICU and has worked in hospitals from Washington DC to San Francisco.  Her education includes a BSN from George Mason University in Virginia and MSN from Samuel Merritt College in Oakland, California.  Cary received her certification in legal nurse consulting in 2006 and has been utilizing her skills in the automobile insurance world. She is inspired by this chapter of AALNC and is looking forward to actively contributing to its continued success. 

2010 DIRECTOR AT LARGE

Liz Greer, R.N.,B.S.N.

Liz Greer has been a registered nurse since 1987. It was a second career for her as she received her first degree in 1981 in Business Administration. Her nursing background includes Intensive Care, Cardiac Cath Lab and Interventional Radiology. She is currently working in Electrophysiology Cardiology as the ICD/Pacemaker device nurse specialist at the VA San Diego. She successfully completed the Legal Nurse Consulting program at UCSD and did an internship program with a local San Diego law firm.