I offer this list in grateful appreciation to my wonderful employers who taught me much about news, feature and science writing, editing, fundraising, disability rights, the community college movement and more.

Public Information Officer, Life Span Institute, University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kan.)

Editor, Beach Center on Disability, University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kan.)

Campaign Manager, The Kansas University Endowment Association (Lawrence, Kan.)

Assistant Director of Development, Kansas Public Radio (an affiliate of National Public Radio), University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kan.)

Project Director, Beacon Grant in Leadership Diversity from W.K. Kellogg Foundation and the American Association of Community Colleges to Metropolitan Community College (Omaha, Neb.)

Assistant Director of Public Relations, Metropolitan Community College (Omaha, Neb.)

Editor-Writer, Meyer Children’s Rehabilitation Institute, University of Nebraska Medical Center (Omaha, Neb.)

Director of Public Relations, The Kansas University Endowment Association (Lawrence, Kan.)

Writer, American Academy of Family Physicians (Kansas City, Mo.)