This document is a resume for Sally K. Steffes-Lovdahl, who has over 20 years of experience in business management, research, and teaching. She holds a Ph.D. in Behavioral Neuroscience and seeks a flexible work schedule using her expertise in neurochemistry, management skills, and ability to promote teamwork. Her background includes positions as an adjunct professor, research assistant, nonprofit director, and consultant.

1. Sally
K.
Steffes-­‐‑Lovdahl,
Ph.D.
9052
Cornwell
Drive,
Wake
Forest,
NC
27587
|
989-­‐‑992-­‐‑7134
|
sally.lovahl@gmail.com
Objective
With
20+
successful
years
of
experience
in
business
management,
purchasing,
cost
analysis,
human
behavior
analysis,
scientific
research
&
data
management,
and
teaching
math
&
sciences,
I
am
seeking
a
flexible
work
schedule
in
related
fields
with
companies
concerned
with
bettering
the
quality
of
life
for
all
people.
I
bring
expertise
in
brain
neurochemistry
of
behavior,
strong
organizational
skills,
top-­‐‑level
management
experience,
along
with
an
agreeable
and
influential
personality
style
that
promotes
healthy
teamwork
and
productive
interdepartmental
relationships.
I
thrive
on
detail-­‐‑
oriented
tasks,
am
extremely
organized
and
can
demonstrate
a
proven
track
record
for
on-­‐‑time,
on-­‐‑budget
project
management.
My
hallmarks
are
integrity
and
respect
for
others,
creative
solutions,
and
risk
management.
Education
PH.D.
|
BEHAVIORAL
NEUROSCIENCE
|
2011
|
CENTRAL
MICHIGAN
UNIVERSITY
M.S.
|
EXPERIMENTAL
PSYCHOLOGY
|
2009
|
CENTRAL
MICHIGAN
UNIVERSITY
M.A.
|
COUNSELING
|2000
|
BIBLICAL
THEOLOGICAL
SEMINARY
PARALEGAL
CERTIFICATE
|
1992
|
SOUTHEASTERN
PARALEGAL
INSTITUTE
B.S.
|
BUSINESS
AND
PSYCHOLOGY
|
1980
|
BOWLING
GREEN
STATE
UNIVERSITY
Employment
History
ADJUNCT
PROFESSOR
|
NATURAL
SCIENCES
|
COLLEGE
AT
SOUTHEASTERN
|
2014-­‐‑
PRESENT
LEAD
CONSULTANT
|
DESIGN
AND
LAUNCH
OF
FAMILY
COUNSELING
PROGRAM
|
NEW
YORK
|
2012-­‐‑2013
GRADUATE
RESEARCH
ASSISTANT
|
CENTRAL
MICHIGAN
UNIVERSITY
|
2007-­‐‑2011
Studied
neurodegenerative
and
mental
health
disease
processes
involving
the
basal
ganglia
of
the
brain.
Sought
early
detection
of
disease
manifestation
to
better
ameliorate
disease
progression.
Mentored
Several
Undergraduate
Seniors
in
the
design
and
execution
of
Honors
Theses
on
related
topics.
PRESIDENT
|
ROBERTSON
TECHNOLOGIES
|
2005-­‐‑2007
Managed
network
of
start-­‐‑up
profit
and
non-­‐‑profit
companies
organized
for
the
research
and
development
of
diagnostic
medical
software
and
brain
chemistry
assessment
based
on
observed
and
self-­‐‑reported
symptoms.
Responsibilities
included
coordination
of
strategic
marketing
plans,
origination
of
joint
venture
proposals,
patent
applications,
fund
development,
budget
analysis,
product
licensing,
liaise
for
legal
and
public
affairs,
grant
writing,
development
of
human
resource
policies,
sourcing.

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2
VP
BUSINESS
DEVELOPMENT
&
CLINICAL
DIRECTOR
|
ROBERTSON
RESEARCH
INSTITUTE
|
2002-­‐‑2004
Developed
broad-­‐‑scale
marketing
plan
and
nationally
accredited
training
program
approved
by
the
National
Board
of
Certified
Counselors
for
the
application
of
brain
chemistry
science
in
the
treatment
of
behavioral
issues.
Created
technical
support
infrastructure
for
healthcare
professionals,
monitored
new
published
research
and
supervised
the
integration
of
cutting-­‐‑edge
science
into
existing
clinical
applications.
Team
leader
in
the
design,
implementation
and
marketing
of
a
personalized,
on-­‐‑line
self
assessment
tool
for
general
public
use
designed
to
help
address
mood
and
performance
issues
through
attention
to
life-­‐‑style,
diet
and
exercise.
DIRECTOR
|
BUCKS
COUNTY
COUNSELING
CENTER
OF
NJ|
2000-­‐‑2005
Founder
of
regional
counseling
center
initiated
as
an
extension
of
an
established
non-­‐‑
profit
organization.
This
venture
realized
independent
operational
profitability
in
six
months,
nine
months
ahead
of
the
strategic
plan.
This
success
was
due
to
strategic
sourcing
of
facilities
and
tight
controls
over
start-­‐‑up
costs,
high
market
need,
and
the
securing
of
significant
financial
partnerships
with
area
businesses
and
organizations.
SUBSTITUTE
TEACHER-­‐‑MATH/SCIENCE/MUSIC
|
VARIOUS
HIGH
SCHOOLS|
1993-­‐‑2013
CONTRACT
PARALEGAL
|
PARALEGALS
PLUS
|
1991-­‐‑1992
Completed
Certificate
Program
at
Southeastern
Paralegal
Institute.
Applied
awarded
skills
in
legal
research
and
writing
proficiency
to
various
contract
positions
in
bankruptcy
law,
banking
law,
criminal
law,
family
law,
and
general
civil
litigation.
Directly
assisted
lead
counsel
in
client
interviews,
deposition
summaries,
legal
research,
discovery
and
trial
notebook
preparation.
SALES
CONSULTANT
–
SELF
EMPLOYED
|
MARY
KAY
COSMETICS
|
1987-­‐‑1990
Received
Eastern
Region
Top
Sales
Award,
1989.
CORPORATE
CONTRACTS
SOURCING
CONSULTANT
|
GENERAL
ELECTRIC
|
1985-­‐‑1986
Principal
in
charge,
responsible
to
review,
re-­‐‑negotiate
and
consolidate
sourcing
contracts
due
to
RCA/GE
corporate
merger
of
world-­‐‑wide
solid
state
operations.
Designed
and
implemented
electronic
contract
templates
to
standardize
terms
and
minimize
legal
review
costs
and
risk
for
multiple
types
of
materials
and
equipment.
SENIOR
BUYER
|
RCA
CORPORATION
|
1980-­‐‑1983
Sourced
and
contracted
>$5
million
annually
in
capital
equipment
used
in
the
manufacture
of
solid
state
devices.
Held
division-­‐‑wide
purchasing
responsibility
for
multi-­‐‑national
production
modernization
program.
Led
sourcing
review
of
facilities
in
Japan,
Hong
Kong,
Singapore
for
production
facilities
in
the
US,
Malaysia,
Taiwan,
Brazil.
Worked
interactively
with
vendors,
engineering
and
manufacturing
to
resolve
production
problems
timely
and
on
budget.
Improved
and
promoted
effective
working
interface
between
the
technical,
operational,
financial
and
legal
departments.

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3
Teaching
and
Public
Speaking
Experience
ADJUNCT
PROFESSOR
OF
SCIENCE
|
2014
–
PRESENT
|
The
College
at
Southeastern
Natural
Sciences
survey
courses
encompassing
foundations
of
chemistry,
biology,
genetics,
physics,
astronomy,
cosmology
and
earth
science.
Excellent
teaching
assessments
by
students
each
semester.
TEACHING
ASSISTANT/GUEST
LECTURER
|2011-­‐‑2013|
Central
Michigan
University
Introductory
Psychology
Honors
Courses
and
Behavioral
Neuroscience
KEY-­‐‑NOTE
SPEAKER
ON
THE
NEUROSCIENCE
OF
HEALTHY
EMOTIONS
&
BEHAVIOR
MODIFICATION
|
2005-­‐‑2013
|
Multiple
Venues
Survivors
of
Suicide
Annual
Conferences,
Annual
Addictions
Recovery
Programs,
AACC
World
Summit
Conference
and
the
AACC
Mid
West
Summit
Series,
County
School
Districts,
Beach
Festivals,
Cable
Television,
&
Syndicated
Radio
Shows
AUTHORED
AND
TAUGHT
NATIONWIDE
NBCC
ACCREDITED
WORKSHOPS
|
2005-­‐‑
2007
|
Robertson
Research
Institute
On
Biochemistry,
Behavior
and
Performance.
Target
audiences
of
medical
and
mental
health
practitioners,
and
educators.
Scientific
Skills
&
Abilities
ANIMAL
HANDLING
· Pioneered
in-­‐‑vivo,
microdialysis
research
of
cognitive-­‐‑related
neurotransmission
within
the
basal
ganglia
in
awake,
behaviorally
engaged,
transgenic
mice
modeling
Huntington’s
Disease
to
promote
earlier,
more
effective
treatments
· Assisted
in
state-­‐‑of-­‐‑the-­‐‑art
vivarium
animal
care
program
including
animal
husbandry
producing
hundreds
of
off-­‐‑spring
for
use
in
my
research
· Developed
and
administered
care
regimen
for
experimental
subjects
over
the
course
of
multiple
9-­‐‑12
week
studies
to
ensure
standardized
environmental
controls
and
IACUC
compliance
in
the
event
of
animal
distress
EXPERT
TECHNICAL
SKILLS
· Mouse
intracranial
surgery
for
microdialysis
probe
implantation
· Operant
box
programming
and
operant
training
· In-­‐‑vivo
striatal
microdialysis
of
freely
moving
mice
engaged
in
trained
operant
behavior
· Crafting
in-­‐‑house
microdialysis
probes

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4
· Necropsy
via
anesthetization
with
sodium
pentobarbital
followed
by
exsanguination
with
phosphate
buffered
saline
and
transcardial
perfusion
with
4%
paraformaldehyde
for
the
purpose
of
brain
harvesting
· Time-­‐‑critical
tissue
harvesting
· Brain
tissue
slicing/mounting
and
slide
staining
· High
performance
liquid
chromatography,
DNA
and
mitochondria
isolation,
and
fluorometric
assays
· Experienced
in
developing
dose-­‐‑response
curves
and
IP
and
SC
rodent
dosing
using
Tranylcypromine
· SPSS,
GraphPad,
Microsoft
Office
(Excel,
Word,
Publisher),
Basic
and
MED-­‐‑PC
IV
programming
and
C++
testing
LAB
COMMUNICATION
·
Assisted
PI
in
formulating
IACUC
protocols
including
research,
writing,
defense
and
ongoing
compliance
· Assisted
in
grant
writing
· Authored
and
maintained
lab
notebooks
of
procedural
guidelines,
overseeing
appropriate
compliance
· Designed
excel-­‐‑based
experimental
data
management
program
· Established
open
lines
of
communication
with
suppliers
and
published
authors
in
relevant
fields
of
study
· Coordinated
information
and
designed
posters
for
state
and
national
neuroscience
conventions
LAB
LEADERSHIP
·
Graduate
Teaching
Assistant
for
Behavioral
Neuroscience
and
Honors
Psychology
· Mentored
undergraduate
neuroscience
and
psychology
majors
in
the
art
of
scientific
writing
· Supervised
and
advised
graduate
and
undergraduate
students
on
experimental
design,
data
analysis
and
thesis
writing
· Coordinated
volunteer
help
for
animal
training
and
daily
animal
care
Publications
and
Research
Presentations
“SIMPLY
SEROTONIN”
|
NEVADA
WOMEN’S
MAGAZINE
|
JAN/FEB
2005
“LOOKING
BEYOND
EATING
DISORDERS”
|
CHRISTIAN
COUNSELING
TODAY|
2006,
VOL
1(2)

5. Page
5
BOOK
CHAPTER
|
AUGUST,
2011
· Sandstrom,
M.,
Steffes-­‐‑Lovdahl,
S.,
Jayaprakash,
N.,
Wolfram-­‐‑Aduan,
A.,
&
Dunbar,
G.
Early
Dysfunction
of
Neural
Transmission
and
Cognitive
Processing
in
Huntington’s
Disease,
Huntington’s
Disease,
Intech
Publishing,
www.intechweb.org,
ISBN
979-­‐‑953-­‐‑307-­‐‑066-­‐‑6.
JOURNAL
ARTICLE
|
2008
· Sandstrom,
M.I.,
and
Steffes,
S.
Constructing
inexpensive,
flexible,
and
versatile
microdialysis
probes
in
an
undergraduate
microdialysis
research
lab,
Journal
of
Undergraduate
Neuroscience
Education
(JUNE),
(2008)
Fall
Quarter,
7(1),
A33-­‐‑A47.
REGIONAL
&
NATIONAL
POSTER
PRESENTATIONS
|
2007
-­‐‑
2010
· 2010
-­‐‑
“Comparing
early-­‐‑stage
striatal
neurotransmitter
responses
to
either
operant-­‐‑
based
or
direct
chemical
stimulation
across
freely-­‐‑moving
knock-­‐‑in
150
Huntington’s
model
mouse
genotypes
with
microdialysis.”
M.I.
Sandstrom,
S.
Steffes-­‐‑Lovdahl,
N.
Jayaprakash,
a.
Wolfram-­‐‑Aduan,
M.
Harju,
J.D.
Raak,
J.H.
Wickwire,
R.S.
Koepke,
E.N.
Luck,
C.L.
Cox,
J.A.
Burdick,
K.J.
Cassissi,
C.R.
Hughes,
M.
Lowe.
40th
Annual
Meeting,
Society
for
Neuroscience,
Chicago,
IL
(Soc.
Neurosci.
Abs.
36,
2010)
· 2010
-­‐‑
“Investigating
striatal
neurotransmitter
release
capacity
among
freely-­‐‑moving
knock-­‐‑in
150
Huntington’s
model
mice
with
microdialysis
resulting
from
either
an
operant
task
or
elevated
extracellular
potassium.”
M.I.
Sandstrom,
S.
Steffes-­‐‑Lovdahl,
N.
Jayaprakash,
a.
Wolfram-­‐‑Aduan,
M.
Harju,
J.D.
Raak,
J.H.
Wickwire,
R.S.
Koepke,
E.N.
Luck,
C.L.
Cox,
J.A.
Burdick,
K.J.
Cassissi,
C.R.
Hughes,
M.
Lowe.
41st
Annual
Meeting,
Michigan
Chapter
Society
for
Neuroscience,
Central
Michigan
University
· 2010
-­‐‑“Monoamine
and
amino-­‐‑acid
transmitter
release
capacity
in
Huntington’s
mouse
model.”
J.
Burdick,
C.
Cox,
M.
Harju,
N.
Jayaprakash,
R.
Koepke,
E.
Luck,
J.
Raak,
M.I.
Sandstrom,
S.
Steffes-­‐‑Lovdahl,
J.
Wickwire.
Student
Research
and
Creative
Endeavors
Exhibition,
Central
Michigan
University
· 2010
-­‐‑
“In-­‐‑vivo
evidence
for
early
cognitive-­‐‑related
neuronal
dysfunction
in
the
knock-­‐‑
inCAG(150)
mouse
model
of
Huntington’s
disease.”
J.
Burdick,
C.
Cox,
M.
Harju,
N.
Jayaprakash,
R.
Koepke,
E.
Luck,
J.
Raak,
M.I.
Sandstrom*,
and
S.
Steffes-­‐‑Lovdahl,
J.
Wickwire.
Student
Research
and
Creative
Endeavors
Exhibition,
Central
Michigan
University
· 2008
-­‐‑
“Measuring
striatal
monoamine
changes
in
R6/2
transgenic
mice
during
an
operant
task
designed
to
challenge
behavioral
flexibility.”
M.I.
Sandstrom,
S.
Steffes,
A.
Carrasco,
M.
Lupo,
J.
Lee,
T.
Buxton.
38th
Annual
Meeting,
Society
for
Neuroscience,
Washington
DC,
(Soc.
Neurosci.
Abs.
34,
2008)
· 2007
–
“Age
dependent
behavioral
distinctions
following
auditory
stimulation
exposure
between
wild
type
and
R6/2
Huntington’s
model
mice.”
J.
Askew,
C.
Cooper,
M.
deLaFe,
E.
Elam,
P.
Hoskins,
A.
Larder,
M.I.
Sandstrom,
S.
Steffes.
Student
Research
and
Creative
Endeavors
Exhibition,
Central
Michigan
University

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6
· 2007
–
“Neurochemical
changes
within
the
amygdala
and
striatum
related
to
acoustic
startle
and
pre-­‐‑pulse
inhibition
experiences
in
freely-­‐‑moving
R6/2
mice.”
J.
Askew,
C.
Cooper,
M.
deLaFe,
E.
Elam,
P.
Hoskins,
A.
Larder,
M.I.
Sandstrom,
S.
Steffes.
Student
Research
and
Creative
Endeavors
Exhibition,
Central
Michigan
University
· 2006
-­‐‑
“Striatal
glutamate
release
responses
to
startling
noise
pulses
are
not
as
suppressed
by
pre-­‐‑pulses
among
R6/2
transgenic
Huntington’s
model
mice
as
they
are
among
wild
type
littermates.”
K.
Boček,
A.
Carrasco,
C.
Cooper,
M.
deLaFe,
A.M.
Goffus,
S.
Oyster,
K.
Pearsall,
M.
I.
Sandstrom,
A.
Santini
Student
Research
and
Creative
Endeavors
Exhibition,
Central
Michigan
University
AWARDS
&
RECOGNITIONS
• Graduate
Research
Assistantship,
2007-­‐‑2011
• Magna
Cum
Laude;
Central
Michigan
University
2009
and
2011,
Biblical
Theological
Seminary
2001,
Bowling
Green
State
University
1980
• Publication
and
Presentation
Grant,
2008
• President’s
Award
for
Excellence
in
Ministry,
2000
• Cooperative
Publishing
Award
for
Research
and
Writing
Proficiency,
1992
• Outstanding
Manufacturing
Support
Performance
Award,
1982
• Excellence
in
Technical
Service
Award,
1982