She is a clinical educator and adjunct faculty for Master’s and Doctoral students at the University of Vermont in Burlington, VT. Ann’s areas of expertise and research interests include heart failure care management, palliative care, evidence based practice, and health literacy with numerous publications and national presentations in each area. She currently serves on the Advocacy Committee for the Heart Failure Society of America, the Membership Committee for the American Association for Heart Failure Nurses, Membership Chair for the Vermont State Nurses Association and Governance Chair for Kappa Tau, the local chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society. To compliment her practice as an advance practice nurse, Ann is also a Bowenwork Practitioner.