Mari is a staff nurse at Rochester Methodist Hospital in Rochester, MN. In 1984, she received her BSN from Winona State University in Winona, MN. She has worked on an inpatient urology nursing unit for the past 17 years. Mari is actively involved as a unit preceptor and the chair of the practice education committee. She presents at the Urology Level I class that is held every year. Mari is active in SUNA and has served as chapter president, member-at-large and as co-chair for the Spring Upper Midwest Chapter seminar for the past 9 years. She has spoken locally at UMC seminars and nationally at the annual SUNA conference.