Mark F. Beck has been a massage therapist since 1975 and a massage educator for over 20 years. He has served as a school director and was active in the National Massage School Association (AMTA Council of Schools). He has held several offices in state and national professional associations. Mr. Beck was the owner/director/instructor of Magic Valley Massotherapy Institute from 1980 to 1990 and is currently the owner/director of Cooperative Training Systems (1996 - present). He is recognized as one of the original "thought leaders" in massage education and is the creator/author of Structural Muscular Balancing.Dr. Bonita Broyles is a former course coordinator and instructor at Piedmont… Community College, where she twice received the Faculty Excellence Award, in addition to multiple Outstanding Faculty Awards. She continued her career as a nursing instructor for Columbus Technical Institute, and Patient Teaching and Discharge Planning Coordinator in Gynecology at Mount Carmel Medical Center in Columbus. Currently a part-time nurse and successful Delmar author, Dr. Broyles began working on PHARMACOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF NURSING CARE in its sixth edition, and has written four other Delmar nursing titles. Dr. Broyles earned her B.S.N. from Ohio State University, M.A. in Educational Media from North Carolina Central University, Ed.D. from LaSalle University, and Ph.D. in Adult Education from St. Regis University.
Diann S. Gregory, B.S.N., M.S.Ed., ARNP, CNM, LCCE, has devoted more than 36 years to the nursing field as a staff nurse, patient educator, clinical specialist, author, and educator. Her career began in the Army Nurse Corps as an operating room nurse in Viet Nam, where she received a bronze star for her work in surgery and volunteer work at the local orphanage. Gregory recently retired after 21 years as a full-time educator, including 12 years at Miami Dade College, where her peers awarded her the college's highest honor for professors, the three-year Endowed Teaching Chair. She has also won or been a finalist for several national awards for teaching, service, and learning resource… development, including recognition by the National League for Nursing for an innovative video teaching program she created. Gregory's interactive virtual practice programs are frequently presented at national conferences to demonstrate best practices, and she has developed interactive case studies used by universities throughout Canada.