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Mike Shimmens is the Executive Director for 3RNET, the nation’s most trusted resource for health professionals seeking careers in rural and underserved communities. Mike has led 3RNET since 2012. Mike works with a nine-member Board of Directors, leads a staff of three, and empowers the National Rural Recruitment and Retention Network of 54 members to further 3RNET’s mission to improve rural and underserved communities’ access to quality health care through the recruitment and retention of quality health care professionals.

Mike has over 20 years of experience in the recruitment of health care professionals. Prior to leading 3RNET Mike worked for six years at the Missouri Primary Care Association as Director of Recruitment and Workforce Development. There he assisted 21 Community Health Centers and other Missouri hospitals and clinics in their health professional recruitment efforts through the Missouri Health Professional Placement Service.

Mike's first recruitment position in health care was as Director of Medical Staff Development at St. Mary's Health Center in Jefferson City, Missouri. He served in this role for nine years and recruited for all physician specialties and advanced practice nurses at this 167-bed hospital and affiliated clinics.

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Mark Barclay is the Director of Member Services for 3RNET, the nation’s most trusted resource for health professionals seeking careers in rural and underserved communities. Mark serves as the primary support contact for 54 3RNET members, as well as the 5,000+ rural and underserved employers across the country that use 3RNET to improve their recruitment and retention efforts. 

Prior to working for 3RNET, Mark recruited for 36 Critical Access Hospitals and four FQHCs as the Workforce Specialist at the Center for Rural Health at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Mark also helped establish TruServe, a web-based tracking system used by State Offices of Rural Health and Primary Care Offices nationwide. 

Mark has maintained his Certified Physician/Provider Recruitment Professional (CPRP) certification from the Association for Advancing Physician and Provider Recruitment (AAPPR) since 2013.  Mark has both a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree from the University of North Dakota.

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Jackie Fannell is the Provider Retention and Information System Management (PRISM) Program Manager for 3RNET, the nation’s most trusted resource for health professionals seeking careers in rural and underserved communities. Jackie serves as the primary support contact for all PRISM participating states: providing technical assistance and training for the PRISM project and ensuring successful coordination and collaboration of project activities between participating states and the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research at UNC Chapel Hill.

Jackie has over 25 years of experience in non-profit, health care and financial industries. Prior to joining 3RNET, Jackie served as Program Coordinator at the North Carolina Medical Society Foundation where she was responsible for coordinating with the North Carolina Office of Rural Health and the Sheps Center to pilot and then manage the ongoing collection of retention data for health professionals working in safety net practices. Jackie has also held positions as Database Manager at the Eastern North Carolina Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Human Resources Officer at Standard Corporate and Merchant Bank in South Africa and as an Emergency Services Communications Technician at Memorial Medical Center in California.  

Jackie has Certificate in Nonprofit Management from Duke University. She is a member of the International Coaching Federation and is working toward being credentialed as an Associate Certified Coach. 

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Kristine Morin is the Director of Communication and Marketing for 3RNET, the nation’s most trusted resource for health professionals seeking careers in rural and underserved communities. Kristine leads the creation of 3RNET’s communication and promotion efforts to reach health professionals, employers, and 3RNET’s Network Coordinators. She also oversees the planning and committee for 3RNET’s Annual Conference. 
 
Prior to joining 3RNET, Kristine worked for a public relations firm in Las Vegas, Nevada where she coordinated marketing efforts for clients varying from local firefighters to international artists. She also worked as the Communication Coordinator for the North Dakota Center for Rural Health, where she led the communication efforts for several statewide and national grant programs.
 
Kristine has both Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in communication from the University of North Dakota. 

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Michelle Varcho is the Director of Education Outreach for 3RNET, the nation’s most trusted resource for health professionals seeking careers in rural and underserved communities. Michelle leads education-related activities for 3RNET Network Coordinators as well as rural and underserved health care employers nationwide. Michelle focuses on practical, action-oriented training around 3RNET’s recruiting for retention philosophy.
 
Michelle has over 25 years of experience in health-care related human resources both at the local and national level. Prior to joining 3RNET, Michelle was a Human Resources Director for a Federally Qualified Health Center in Jefferson City, Missouri, where she helped the organization grow from five employees in one location to 110 employees in four locations serving over 13 counties. Michelle created and implemented strategies and best practices to overcome the unique barriers to recruiting and retaining providers in the rural health care arena and uses the wealth of expertise she gained in this role to help inform 3RNET trainings she leads.

Michelle has an MBA from Williams Woods University and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Columbia College. She has held a Sr. Professional Human Resources certification since 2003.