Pima Medical Institute Promotes two Veteran Employees Amy Brown and Jen Spurlin take on new Director Roles
Pima Medical Institute is proud to announce it has named Amy Brown Corporate Director of Regulatory Operations and Jen Spurlin Corporate Director of Education.
Brown has served as a vital part of Pima Medical’s mission for nearly 14 years. She joined Pima Medical Institute’s Denver campus in June of 2003 as a respiratory therapy instructor and was quickly promoted to respiratory therapy clinical director the following year and the program director a year later.
She remained the respiratory therapy program director for nearly five years, until being named campus director of the Aurora, Colorado campus in 2010. With her never-ending quest for continual growth and learning, she joined Pima Medical’s Corporate Education Department in 2013.
Recently, Brown led Pima Medical’s reaccreditation process, working tirelessly to prepare the campuses for their 2016 Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools’ (ABHES) visit. Her knowledge of Gainful Employment, regulatory compliance, ABHES and state accreditation, along with programmatic approvals and changes, license renewals and annual reporting is extensive and comprehensive. Her expertise has been very important to Pima Medical’s success.
“Comprehensive compliance, as well as interpretation of state, institutional and programmatic accreditation, requires organizational leadership that impacts every corner of our colleges,” said Pima Medical Institute President and CEO, Fred Freedman. “Amy’s brand of oversight has been a critical component of our success. She clearly possesses one of the sector’s most insightful minds.”
Brown has a Master of Science degree in Organizational Leadership with a concentration in organizational training and instructional design from Colorado State University.
Spurlin was recently named Pima Medical’s new Corporate Director of Education. She joined Pima Medical’s Denver campus in October of 2004 as a respiratory therapy
instructor and was quickly promoted to the respiratory therapy clinical director later that year. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Respiratory Care from Midwestern State University and a Master of Education in Career and Technical Education from Northern Arizona University.
In July 2011, Spurlin was promoted to the respiratory therapy program director position, and in 2014, joined the Corporate Education Department as the regulatory affairs coordinator. In her most recent role, Spurlin has provided direction and support and been instrumental in the success of many programmatic accreditations, site visits and self-studies. She played a vital role in the recent ABHES campus reaccreditation process.
“Jen has proven herself to be up to the challenge of education director. Her new responsibilities require not only the ability to multi-task, but to give 100 percent to each task,” Freedman said. “We are confident that Jen has the ability to drive the college’s educational initiatives. With 30-plus healthcare programs, we need a leader that will continue our tradition of offering cutting-edge curriculum. Jen is unquestionably the right person for the job.”
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Pima Medical Institute is a private, accredited school dedicated to providing students classroom studies paired with real-world training at medical facilities. Established in 1972, Pima Medical Institute helps students become career ready, focusing exclusively on health care professions, including medical, dental, veterinary and nursing fields. Curriculum includes certificate, associate degree and bachelor’s degree programs, ranging from nursing, medical assistant and radiology technician to veterinary assistant and dental hygienist.
Pima Medical Institute operates 16 campuses as well as an extensive online curriculum. The medical career college has a presence in eight western states with ground locations in Albuquerque, N.M.; Tucson, Phoenix and Mesa, Ariz.; Denver and Colorado Springs, Colo.; Seattle and Renton, Wash.; Las Vegas, N.V.; Houston and El Paso, Texas; Chula Vista, Calif.; and Dillon, Mont. For more information and a complete list of programs offered at each campus, visit pmi.edu or call 1-888-442-5998.