Rebecca originally joined the Colorado Health Institute (CHI) as an intern in January 2006. She held a position as a data entry technician for two years while finishing undergraduate coursework before joining CHI full time in May 2008 as a research assistant. In January 2010, Rebecca became a research associate, responsible for workforce survey administration, overseeing data entry, data cleaning and overall data management of the health professions workforce surveys administered by CHI. She also was in charge of maintaining and updating all of the indicators that are posted on the CHI Web site. Rebecca is now a SAS programmer/analyst. Her work includes combining and cleaning data files to answer statistical and analytical questions internally and for external information requests. She also standardizes data for CHI survey files, survey results and input data used for maps.

Before joining CHI full time, she attended Regis University and graduated cum laude with a bachelor of science in mathematics degree. Currently, she is enrolled in the applied mathematics master’s program at the University of Colorado at Denver.

Rebecca grew up in St. Louis, Missouri and moved to Colorado in August 2004. She enjoys spending time outdoors, especially in the mountains. Her interests include working out, snowboarding, hiking, camping and backpacking.