Curriculum Vitae
Name: Mary E. Sapp
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Telephone: 512-441-1087
Education: Master of Theological Studies - 1984
MTS Practicum: Development of Ethical Guidelines for St. Benedict Health Care Center
Oblate School of Theology
San Antonio, Texas
Master of Science in Health Care Administration - 1972
Thesis: Resident Satisfaction in St. Benedict Nursing Home
Trinity University
San Antonio, Texas
Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics and Economics (minor) - 1968
Incarnate Word College/University
San Antonio, Texas
Related Employment:
1/07-currently Adjunct Instructor, St. Edward’s University
1/07-4/11 Intermittent work as a lister and field representative for Westat Corporation, a social science research organization based in Rockville, MD
7/07-2/08 Chaplain, Grace Hospice, Austin, TX
7/04-1/06 Director, Center for Program Coordination, Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services, Austin, TX
1/92-8/04 Executive Director, Texas Department on Aging, Austin, TX
1/91-5/92 Adjunct Instructor, Graduate Program in Social Gerontology
Incarnate Word College, University, San Antonio, TX
9/90-12/91 Town Meeting Specialist for Aged and Disabled Services
Alamo Area Council of Government, San Antonio, TX
11/89-Spring/90 Assistant/consultant to the UTHSCSA Geriatric Education Center with their renewal application for Geriatric Education Center funding from the federal government, San Antonio, TX
1/85-10/89 Executive Director, Benedictine Health Resource Center now
Center for Public Policy Priorities (Austin office of BHRC), San Antonio, TX
6/72-1/85 Executive Director, St. Benedict Health Care Center, San Antonio, TX
Publications: Co-author of Chapter 1, Promoting Health through Public Policy and Standards of Care, GERONTOLOGICAL NURSING – A Health Promotion/Protection Approach (nursing textbook), 1st and 2nd editions by Mickey Stanley and Patricia Gauntlett Beare, F.A. Davis Publishing Company, Philadelphia, 1995 and 1999.
Awards:
-The Texas Catholic Conference, “in appreciation for contributions to the Church of Texas ---1982
-Alamo Area Council of Governments, Regional Citizen ---1987
-Women in Communications, Inc. The San Antonio Chapter, Headliners Award for outstanding achievement in the field of Public Endeavors ---1990.
Other:
-Delegate, White House Conference on Aging, 1995
-Congressional Testimony on behalf of the Catholic Health Association before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Finance, United States Senate Re: The proposed Rule for the Medicare Hospice Program.
- Numerous board, taskforce and committee membership and presentations at the local, state and national levels.