Joanne Blinke
Administrative Assistant

Joanne Blinke is an administrative assistant for The Hilltop Institute's clinical and quality management, rate setting, and information systems and programming units. She also performs as Hilltop's receptionist. Ms. Blinke is proficient in various types of office equipment and software, including Microsoft Office, Access, Word Perfect, and desktop publishing.

Previously, Ms. Blinke was an administrative assistant for the Center for Progressive Learning, Inc., a non-profit state agency for the developmentally disabled. In this capacity, she provided administrative support to the director of health services and nursing staff, processed annual nursing health assessments and medical billings, helped with the layout and editing of a quarterly newsletter, designed brochures, and created an Access database that produced monthly reports. She also provided support to care providers and served as an advocate for clients. Before that, Ms. Blinke provided administrative and technical support at a television and radio rating company, and was a branch coordinator for a major record company.

Ms. Blinke's continuing education efforts include coursework in business and communications, as well as on-going seminars in new office technologies and software packages.