She also serves as the Vice President of Business Affairs for Mayo Medical Laboratories. She is a frequent speaker on legal, regulatory, and ethical issues surrounding laboratory practices and genetics testing. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire, with a degree in Psychology and English, and obtained her law degree from William Mitchell College of Law. Prior to joining Mayo she was a shareholder at the law firm of Dunlap & Seeger, P.A. in Rochester, MN.