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Chris Amorsino
Instructor Biographies
Chris has been a freelance business writer for nearly 15 years, and is a master at wordsmithing. Previously, Chris worked as the sales
promotion officer for an insurance company and spent more than five years as the Senior Editor for an international trade association.
April Arnold
April Arnold has ten years of experience in the Healthcare Information Technology field. She started her career as an Implementation and
Support Specialist at MEDITECH. In her role she traveled throughout the United States and Canada and Implemented Inpatient Electronic
Health Records (EHR) to a wide variety of hospitals including Children, Teaching, Critical Access and Acute Care. After being promoted
to a Marketing Consultant for MEDITECH, she began Marketing and Selling the MEDITECH EHR to all Hospitals throughout the state of
Tennessee and West Virginia. April is currently a System Analyst with Saint Francis Hospital and Saint Francis Healthcare Partners.
Portia Bachman
Portia Bachman is an executive with experience in both government and the private sector. She is a small business owner in health and
fitness for 6 years and a leader and operational manager for more than 10 years at CIGNA, Aetna and CT state government. Her expertise
includes motivating & leading change, strategic planning & goal-setting and delivering results.
Al Beland
Al has been in the field of search and rescue for decades as both a provider and an instructor. As a former member of the Civil Air Patrol
and a Navy veteran, he brings a wealth of experience to Capital’s Search & Rescue and PCA programs. Al is currently an active member of a
canine search and rescue team and has participated in hundreds of searches for missing and lost persons.
Rich Contrastano
Rich has over 20 years of experience as a video producer and editor, having produced hundreds of commercials for a local cable provider.
As an experienced Final Cut Pro video editor, he has been recognized nationally as the recipient of four Telly Awards and, most recently, the
Gold Winner of the International Hermes Creative Award for video editing. Rich is a graduate of the communications program at Central
Connecticut State University.
Matthew J. Cook, MPH
Matt has been working closely with community health centers and physicians on the adoption, implementation, and use of health
information technology (IT) for over five years. He leads a team developing educational modules on the meaningful use of HIT for the
CT Regional Extension Center and works closely with the CT Department of Social Services on the administration of the Medicaid EHR
Incentive Program. Matt earned a master of public health degree from UCONN and a graduate certificate in biomedical informatics from
Oregon Health & Sciences University.
Marguerite Haaga
Marguerite has been a paramedic and an American Heart Association instructor for over 20 years. She has over 15 years of experience as an
EMS instructor and has been teaching for Capital Community College for over 10 years.
Debra Lamont
Debra started in the field of computer training in 1985 as a way to provide small business owners an understanding of how best to use
technology to their benefit. A trained teacher and former college professor, Deb is a graduate of the University of Bridgeport and the
University of Connecticut with a Master of Arts degree in Instructional Media and Education Technology.
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