Linda Stanhope is a retired Medical Technologist and Health Science Instructor, where she taught for 24 years for the Amarillo Independent School District in Texas. Currently, she works with first-year Health Science Technology instructors in Texas as an Instructional Specialist and aides’ organizations and districts in staff development and training. In addition, Stanhope works with Texas HOSA (Future Health Professionals) on their competitive event team. Throughout her career, she has earned major awards including the Health Science Lifetime Distinguished Teacher Award and Texas Health Occupations Teacher of the Year. Stanhope holds a Bachelor of Occupational Education degree from Wayland Baptist University. 

Alisha Smith is currently teaching in Humble ISD at Summer Creek High School. She has been teaching there for 8 years and has been with Humble ISD for 14 years. Classes that she has taught are Principles of Health Science, Health Science Theory/Clinical (PCT Certification), Health Science Practicum (CCMA Certification), and CTE Ambassador class. Prior to teaching at Summer Creek, she worked in Special Education as a Physical Therapist Assistant. She has been a PTA for a total of 16 years. Alisha has served on multiple different TEKS committees and assisted with multiple textbook reviews. In 2018 Alisha was awarded THOA's New Teacher Scholarship. She has also served as Area 6 Board Director and is currently THOA's President-Elect. 

Janet DeYear is the co-owner and Training Center Coordinator for the Daniel E. DeYear Training Center, which has been in business since 1984. She and her husband, Daniel, a Fire Chief with Dallas Fire Rescue, have taught thousands of students the life-saving skills of CPR, First Aid and AED usage in schools, healthcare facilities, community organizations and local businesses. Janet is also a BLS Lead Instructor and Training Center Faculty for their business and spends much of her time training, mentoring and supporting her instructors and Training Sites. As a volunteer for the American Heart Association, Janet serves on the Education Subcommittee, mentoring other AHA Training Centers and on the TCC Orientation Task Force, which is creating updated training materials for new and existing Coordinators. Janet and her husband have three grown children, a son-in-law, and a big, friendly Australian Shephard! Janet is a past PTA President, Girl Scout Leader, soccer mom, and Sunday School teacher. In her free time, she loves to travel, play tennis, walk/hike, read a good mystery novel, volunteer at various organizations, and scrapbook her family's activities. 

Daniel is originally from The Bronx in New York City and began his Fire Service Career in the North East. His time in the Texas Fire Service began over 40 years ago. He previously worked for the Carrollton Fire Department for nearly 10 years, serving in several capacities. He then served for two years as an International Fire Marshal for the U. S. Department of State, Foreign Building Operations, where he travelled to more than 35 countries providing fire & life safety to the United States Embassies and Consulates. He has been with the Dallas Fire Department for the past 30+ years and has held every rank up to Deputy Chief. Currently, he is the Deputy Chief of the EMS Division. He also serves as the Chairman of the Texas Commission on Fire Protection, Firefighter Advisory Committee and is a member of the Curriculum and Testing Committee and the Health and Wellness Committees. He was the TAFE 2020 Instructor of the Year. Daniel is a Public Speaker and can be found at chiefdeyear.com and operates under We Are 2nd LLC. He lives in Plano with his wife Janet and they have three grown children. He is an avid snow skier and enjoys baseball, football and auto racing. 

Linda Chandler-Jacobs is a graduate of the University of Texas School of Dentistry in Houston Texas with a degree in Dental Hygiene, class of 1977. Linda has over 45 years of experience in the dental field. Linda has designed and implemented various protocols to enhance the evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of patients with chronic periodontal involvement. Her career research of treatment and practice management have been primarily focused on a direct correlation of the latest research of Pharmaceutical Drugs and how they systemically react with the dental patient. She has utilized preventive, therapeutic and educational methods to identify and treat various complications as they pertain to the dental patient. Linda has used state-of-the art research to active patients with Laser Technology with documented success. Her special interest has been the challenges facing patients with Sickle Cell Disease, the Sickle Cell Trait, diabetes, osteoporosis, and geriatric patients as their compromised medical health jeopardizes all aspects of their dental health. Linda still practices a few days a month to accommodate her loyal patients. Linda now focuses her time and efforts on education and guidance for those individuals in the Dental Profession. Her chief goal is to make sure they fully understand the clinical manifestation of Sickle Cell disease and the Sickle Cell Trait. Linda is one of the founding members of the nonprofit organization. 

Specializes in dental research, dentistry, and treatments for patients with sickle cell disease or the sickle cell trait. See the resume attached. 

Behavior Intervention for Klein ISD 

Professor and adjunct Professor for Fort Bend 

Ms. Felicia Edoghotu is a registered nurse from Dallas, Texas. She has been in the healthcare field for over 15 years. She graduated from the University of Texas in Arlington with her BSN and furthered her education with a graduate degree in Healthcare and Nursing. Her background includes, telemetry medical surgical nursing, quality management, patient safety consultant, and case management. She also is a course provider for the Texas Board of Nursing for over 10 years providing educational workshops for nurses throughout Texas regarding ethical practices and safeguarding nursing licenses. Her goal is to empower and advocate for nurses and healthcare professionals the same way she advocates for her patients. 

Janet DeYear is the co-owner and Training Center Coordinator for the Daniel E. DeYear Training Center, which has been in business since 1984. She and her husband, Daniel, a Fire Chief with Dallas Fire Rescue, have taught thousands of students the life-saving skills of CPR, First Aid and AED usage in schools, healthcare facilities, community organizations and local businesses. Janet is also a BLS Lead Instructor and Training Center Faculty for their business and spends much of her time training, mentoring and supporting her instructors and Training Sites. As a volunteer for the American Heart Association, Janet serves on the Education Subcommittee, mentoring other AHA Training Centers and on the TCC Orientation Task Force, which is creating updated training materials for new and existing Coordinators. Janet and her husband have three grown children, a son-in-law, and a big, friendly Australian Shephard! Janet is a past PTA President, Girl Scout Leader, soccer mom, and Sunday School teacher. In her free time, she loves to travel, play tennis, walk/hike, read a good mystery novel, volunteer at various organizations, and scrapbook her family's activities. 

Daniel is originally from The Bronx in New York City and began his Fire Service Career in the North East. His time in the Texas Fire Service began over 40 years ago. He previously worked for the Carrollton Fire Department for nearly 10 years, serving in several capacities. He then served for two years as an International Fire Marshal for the U. S. Department of State, Foreign Building Operations, where he travelled to more than 35 countries providing fire & life safety to the United States Embassies and Consulates. He has been with the Dallas Fire Department for the past 30+ years and has held every rank up to Deputy Chief. Currently, he is the Deputy Chief of the EMS Division. He also serves as the Chairman of the Texas Commission on Fire Protection, Firefighter Advisory Committee and is a member of the Curriculum and Testing Committee and the Health and Wellness Committees. He was the TAFE 2020 Instructor of the Year. Daniel is a Public Speaker and can be found at chiefdeyear.com and operates under We Are 2nd LLC. He lives in Plano with his wife Janet and they have three grown children. He is an avid snow skier and enjoys baseball, football and auto racing. 

Ms. Felicia Edoghotu is a registered nurse from Dallas, Texas. She has been in the healthcare field for over 15 years. She graduated from the University of Texas in Arlington with her BSN and furthered her education with a graduate degree in Healthcare and Nursing. Her background includes, telemetry medical surgical nursing, quality management, patient safety consultant, and case management. She also is a course provider for the Texas Board of Nursing for over 10 years providing educational workshops for nurses throughout Texas regarding ethical practices and safeguarding nursing licenses. Her goal is to empower and advocate for nurses and healthcare professionals the same way she advocates for her patients. 

Dr. Jean Morency began his medical education at Roosevelt University in Chicago, graduating with High Honors and receiving two different degrees: one in Biology and one in Chemistry. He then went on to earn his Doctorate of Dental Medicine (DMD) at the Harvard University School of Dental Medicine. In addition to these prestigious degrees, he continued his post-graduate education by completing a Prosthetic Dentistry program and earning a Master of Science, as well as a teaching Fellowship. He’s enjoyed educating and training future dentists for the past 30 years. Throughout Dr. Morency’s career, he has prioritized advanced, world-class training and education to elevate his abilities and allow him to provide exceptional care to his patients. He took this passion for learning and attended the Las Vegas Institute for Advanced Dental Studies (LVI). This elite dental organization provides its doctors with advanced training and certifications that are respected throughout the field of dentistry. He completed the Master’s Course in Aesthetic Dentistry, and eventually earned the Degree of Graduate of the Institute, an honor only achieved by 600 other dentists. Dr. Morency now ranks among the top 3% of dentists worldwide with this prestigious degree. Dr. Jean Morency’s unique background and indebt knowledge of sickle cell disease makes him the ideal “Potter” to restore dental patients who are affected by sickle cell disease. 

Health Science Instructor 18 years | NATCEP Program Director 12 years | CNA, Microbiology, Principles of Health Science, Medical Terminology teaching experience | BSN, RN from Morningside College - 38 years | Med/Surg, Skilled Nursing, Critical Care, Home Health nursing experience | co-author of G-W’s Introduction to Medical Terminology| TX-HOSA Competitive Events Team Member | wife for 33 years | mom of 3 | mother-in-law of 2 | Kiki(grandma) of 2!!! 

I am Bonita Annalyn Deen. I am a registered nurse and received my Bachelors degree from Texas Tech University. Go RED RAIDERS!! I recently received my Masters in Nursing Education from WGU. I was a labor and delivery nurse for 10 years prior to beginning my teaching career. I have been teaching health science for the past 12 years. I have taught medical terminology, health science theory, principles of health science and practicum of health science. I have taught the CNA class for the past 9 years at my local high school. I have been involved with HOSA since I have been teaching and have previously been on the Texas HOSA board of directors. I am married to Cody Deen and we have three beautiful children together. I love teaching, especially future health care professionals. 

Since 2012, Jenny Ligon has directed the development of innovative multidisciplinary and multi-generational technical training and professional development programs for the biopharmaceutical and vaccine manufacturing industries as the Associate Director of the National Center for Therapeutics Manufacturing (NCTM). Performing comprehensive needs assessments, building relationships with industrial and academic SMEs, and maneuvering through the complex curriculum development process, her center’s innovative, completely customizable training offerings to rapidly onboard new hires and skill-up incumbent employees. She is completely committed to growing the global biopharma industry, and believes that collaboration and not ‘reinventing the wheel’ is key in order to address current and future workforce demands. With more than twenty-five years of project management, public relations, and business development and administration experience in both the public and private sectors, Jenny is an energetic leader in the biopharmaceutical manufacturing arena. 

Baley Reeves was appointed interim director in 2023 and currently leads NCTM’s mRNA project initiatives. She has over 15 years of experience in downstream processing and over 11 years of experience in biomanufacturing workforce training, and has expertise in the recovery and purification of recombinant proteins, vaccines, and gene therapy products, as well as experience in cGMP manufacturing and process development. Prior to joining NCTM, Baley was a senior scientist at the Biomanufacturing Training and Education Center (BTEC), where she developed and taught courses for biotech industry leaders, regulatory agencies, and the WHO. She has also worked on numerous vaccine-related projects, including a global survey of the vaccine manufacturing landscape with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Baley holds a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Princeton University, where she was a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow. She has authored articles on protein purification in Trends in Biotechnology, Protein Science, Protein Expression and Purification, and Microbial Cell Factories, as well as articles on biomanufacturing training and education published in Chemical Engineering Education. 

Bio Sami Rahman: Sami Rahman is the Director of Simulation and Clinical Labs at Blinn College Health Science Center in Bryan, Texas. She has been at Blinn College since 2006, and a Registered Nurse for 35 years, having a variety of experiences including Pediatric Nursing (primarily Pediatric Oncology), Intensive Care Nursing, Camp Nursing, School Nursing, Teaching (High School and College), and Home Health Care. She is a 2018 Clinical Educator Awardee through NISOD and received recognition in 2008 as an Outstanding Faculty Member at Blinn College. She participated in the initial development and expansion of simulation integration into the curriculum at Blinn College, Health Science Programs. She has worked in collaboration and development for multiple simulations for student learning across the division, including the capstone for their First Semester novice nursing students and the integration of Simulated Patients. As a member of OADN since 2008, she has presented posters and educational sessions for the National Conference annually. She has also served on the OADN Education Conference Planning Committee since 2012 and now serves on the OADN Sim Task force since 2020. 

Bio Denise Guadagnino Combining a successful career with the Walt Disney Company and over 25 years as a registered nurse specializing in the NICU (neonatal intensive care unit) Denise Guadagnino is the Simulation Specialist for Blinn College Health Science and Simulation Lab at the RELLIS campus from 2015 to present. She holds degrees in nursing from Rio Hondo College and organizational development from Azusa Pacific University.  In 2018, she received the NISOD Excellence Award. Denise enjoys collaborating with students and faculty to find innovative ways to develop excellent healthcare professionals. 

I am a clinical teacher for Birdville Center of Technology and Advanced Learning. I teach CCMA, PCT, PHLEBOTOMY, and EKG certification. My career includes 19 years of teaching chemistry, nearly 5 years of nursing and 2 years of clinical instruction. 

Starla brings over 38 years year of teaching and brings a rich background of experience ranging from coaching, athletic training, all levels of Biology, college instruction of Anatomy, and years of on-site medical observation. She has been presenting successful teaching methods with teachers during conferences and staff development workshops for over 25 years. Her teaching experience includes Anatomy and Physiology, Medical Microbiology, Pathophysiology, AP Biology, Pre-AP Biology, and standard Biology. The success of Starla's teaching strategies and increased student understanding of difficult material through the use of hands-on activities and teaching tricks has led her to share with teachers, massage therapists, and medical personnel nationwide. Starla also works with new year teacher mentorship programs to facilitate a successful transition into the teaching profession and staff developments for campus faculty to coordinate a successful and consistent learning environment for students. If you would like to contact Starla about lessons from the modules or to arrange for her to conduct a dynamic workshop for your school or conference, just email her at sewan15@yahoo.com or call her at 806-787-6018. Your instructors will love the time spent in a workshop that gives them fun and successful lessons to take back to the classroom. Massage therapists and medical personnel will love the application of these lessons to their healing practice. 

Linda Guerra is a certified Medical Technologist with a degree in Clinical Lab Sciences from UT Health San Antonio and also holds a degree in Zoology with a minor in Chemistry from Texas Tech University. Before her career in education, she worked in a Molecular Diagnostics Lab at UT Health and also in the Microbiology Lab at University Hospital for many years. In 1999 she began her teaching career at Samuel Clemens HS in the Schertz Cibolo UC School District where she taught Chemistry and IPC for six years. In the Fall of 2005 she began teaching at Byron P Steele HS the new high school in the district. This year will mark her 24th year in education and her 10th year teaching Health Science Courses. She has taught several health science courses over her career including: Principles of Health Science, Medical Terminology, Medical Microbiology, Pathophysiology and Health Science Practicum certifying students in Medical Assisting. She is actively involved in HOSA as a local advisor for the past 10 years for her school chapter and has served on the Texas HOSA Board of Directors for Area 1 for the past five years. This year she was elected to serve as President of the Board. 

Melissa Rohrbough received a Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology from Southwest Texas University in 1991. She holds a Texas Teaching Certificate for grades 6-12 in Composite Science and holds a Texas Teaching Certificate for grades 8-12 in Health Science. She worked as a laboratory technologist for 6 years before moving to teaching. She taught chemistry and integrated chemistry and physics for ten years before moving to health science in which she is starting her fifteenth year. She has taught various courses in health science including Principles of Health Science, Theory of Health Science, Pharmacology, Pharmacy Technician Certification, Phlebotomy Certification and Clinical Medical Assistant Certification. She is also a HOSA advisor and served 6 years on the Texas Board of Directors for HOSA . She has taught multiple workshops for THOA, Texas Health Occupations Association including Phlebotomy 101 and Haven’t thought of that. These workshops focused on bringing hands on activities with instructional strategies for health science teachers. Her educational philosophy is very simple: she makes her classroom a place where students want to be instead of where they must be. 

Kim Smith began her teaching career in 1981 at Alexander Central High School in Taylorsville, North Carolina. After nine years in the classroom, she served as the Health Occupations Education Consultant and HOSA State Advisor at the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. In 2001 she was named the Assistant Director of National HOSA and later became a facilitator and instructional designer for the Walt Disney Company® and National Geographic Live®. Kim is the owner of CreativEd Services and the author of ten books in the Learning Games and Brain Games and Puzzles series. She is currently a consultant with Integrated Loyalty Systems, helping to improve the patient and employee experience for multiple clients throughout the United States. Kim is a Registered Nurse with a B.A. in Psychology from Lenoir-Rhyne College and a M.Ed. in Curriculum and Supervision from North Carolina State University. 

I have recently retired after 35 years in public education. I began teaching in the sciences, did a stint in special Ed, and then was asked to start a Health Science Program in my school. I started with Principles of HS, and added one class each year until I needed a second teacher. I taught all the different HS courses, plus EMT. I teach EMS classes in my community and serve as a First Responder, as well as CERT Chairman. I love cats and enjoy gardening and home canning. 

Kim Smith began her teaching career in 1981 at Alexander Central High School in Taylorsville, North Carolina. After nine years in the classroom, she served as the Health Occupations Education Consultant and HOSA State Advisor at the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. In 2001 she was named the Assistant Director of National HOSA and later became a facilitator and instructional designer for the Walt Disney Company® and National Geographic Live®. Kim is the owner of CreativEd Services and the author of ten books in the Learning Games and Brain Games and Puzzles series. She is currently a consultant with Integrated Loyalty Systems, helping to improve the patient and employee experience for multiple clients throughout the United States. Kim is a Registered Nurse with a B.A. in Psychology from Lenoir-Rhyne College and a M.Ed. in Curriculum and Supervision from North Carolina State University. 

I am a Registered Nurse with a MSN. I have been a nurse for 25 plus years with a specialty in Women’s Health. I love being a nurse and have been graced with the opportunity to teach what I love to some phenomenal young people that aspire to have a career in the medical field. I currently teach Patient Care Technician, EKG, and Phlebotomy in Alief ISD at the Alief Center for Advanced Careers. As a LVN, I was a CNA Instructor. I have been married for 38 years and blessed with four children and three beautiful grandchildren.