Juuka, North Karelia, Finland
Confidential posts Member of Parliament 1991-1994. Member of the Social Affairs and Health Committee, Member of the Committee of Labour Affairs, vice member of the Committee for the Future. Chairperson of the Council for Equality 1992-1995. Parliamentary Trustee of the Social Insurance Institution 1991-1999. Several municipal and regional positions of trust: for example Member of Juuka Municipal Council 1981-1984, 1989-1995, 2009-2012 and Chairperson 1989-1992 and Vice-chairperson of Juuka Municipal Council 1992-1995. Chairperson of Council for Hospital Region 1989-1995 and Vice-chairperson of Goverment for Hospital Region 1995-1998. Work experience Nurse, Chief Nurse, Public Health Nurse and Nursing Director in Nursing Homes, in Health Care Centres and in a Central Hospital 1969-1989. Researcher, Assistant and Vice-professor in Kuopio University 1987-1988. Senior Advisor for Health Care in the Department of Social Welfare and Health, Provincial State Office of Eastern Finland 1989-2000. Project coordinator of the Liberty of Life Through Social Technology 1995-1999. External evaluator at the R&D Department of EU Commission 1998-2004. Pre-doctorial studies in Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium 2000-2004. Director of Nursing Services in Juuka Health Care Center 2008-2013. Retired 2013. Free-lance Project Developer and Planner 2013-.
Project developer and manager for tourism and culture