Recognized nationally for expertise in athletic training, sports medicine risk management, and athlete mental health, this expert brings more than 35 years of experience in athletic health care across collegiate athletics, professional football player-safety settings, and academic leadership. Areas of specialization include concussion management, emergency action planning, catastrophic incident response, athlete wellness, sports ethics, pre-participation examinations, and psychological concerns affecting athletes. The expert has extensive experience developing and evaluating policies related to concussion protocols, cardiac clearance, hydration, mental health intervention, and return-to-play considerations for athletic organizations and educational institutions.

A longstanding leader within the National Athletic Trainers’ Association, this expert is a Hall of Fame inductee and recipient of the organization’s Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer honor. Leadership roles have included chairing the Committee on Professional Ethics, serving as liaison to the NCAA Football Rules Committee, contributing to NCAA and NATA consensus statements, and helping develop national standards addressing athlete mental health, concussion care, catastrophic incidents, and professional ethics in athletic training. The expert also participated in policy development involving football helmet contact penalties, defenseless opponent rules, emergency preparedness, and mental wellness guidelines for student-athletes.

Academically, the expert holds a Bachelor of Science in Health Education, a Master of Science in Health Education, and a Master of Social Work degree. Additional credentials include certification as an athletic trainer, certification in Critical Incident Stress Management (CCISM), and licensure as a social worker and athletic trainer in multiple states. Current responsibilities include directing a CAATE-accredited athletic training program, teaching graduate and undergraduate coursework related to sports medicine and psychosocial aspects of athletic care, and providing counseling services involving athlete mental health and crisis intervention.

Beyond administrative and educational leadership, the expert has authored textbooks, journal articles, consensus statements, and sports medicine guidance documents addressing mental health in athletics, concussion management, ethical decision-making, athlete safety, burnout, and risk mitigation. The expert has also conducted independent reviews and policy evaluations of collegiate athletic medicine programs and has served in advisory and reviewer capacities for national athletic, legal, and sports medicine organizations. Expert witness experience spans more than 10 years and includes consultations, depositions, and courtroom testimony involving athletic training standards of care, sports-related risk management, concussion protocols, athlete welfare, and ethical issues in athletic health care.