Prior to her time at the JRCERT, Krista served as a program director for JRCERT-accredited radiography programs for over 25 years. She has worked for certificate, associate, and baccalaureate level programs across Georgia, Idaho, Kentucky, North Carolina, North Dakota, and Wisconsin. She also served as an independent accreditation specialist consultant to radiography programs for 13 years. Krista earned her Master’s Degree in Strategic Leadership from Mountain State University and her Bachelor’s of Radiologic Science Degree from Boise State University. She holds ARRT certification in both Radiography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Krista continues her active membership in the ASRT, ACERT, and AEIRS. In her spare time Krista enjoys the outdoors, camping, cooking, traveling, and being an active pet-foster parent to shelter babies needing a place to recover from trauma or abandonment.