Christina is a business executive with a broad depth of experience in the business to business and consumer markets on both the agency and corporate marketing side. Driven by a strong work ethic and a passion for planning and implementation, Christina has a track record of achieving tangible results that drive organizations towards success. Christina has directed business and marketing efforts for Shell Oil Company, Constellation Energy, US Steel and Grayco as well as local Houston institutions like The Museum of Fine Arts, DePelchin Children's Center and Allen Harrison.
After graduating with her Bachelor's in Business Administration, Christina began her career with J. Walter Thompson, one of the nation’s foremost advertising agencies. There she held three different positions and gained a great deal of experience in media planning and account management, ultimately overseeing an advertising portfolio valued at over 1.8 million dollars for seven different Shell and Pennzoil companies.
Driven by a strong desire to build business, Christina went to work with Regency Publishing and launched a publication where she became the top salesperson for the southern territory, increasing the sales by 29% each quarter. Later, she helped launch a Houston office for The Point Group, a Dallas based advertising agency, where she led an in-house team to develop public relations, marketing materials, visual identity package and strategic messaging for high-end real estate clients.
Recruited by Constellation Energy Group, Christina served as the Marketing Manager for Texas and later, the National Director of Marketing for the Indirect business segment where she would oversee and execute a multi-million-dollar budget. Collaborating with the senior leadership team, she developed the annual marketing strategy plan and budget to align with and achieve corporate goals.
However, Christina’s favorite title and most valuable position is that of wife and Mother. Married for almost twenty years and mother to four amazing children, Christina realized early on that life’s most valuable blessings can never be earned, they are priceless gifts that must be graciously received and guarded with tempered awe. Christina loves to read, decorate, travel, and laugh with and serve those around her.
Christina serves as the Executive Director at Whitaker Bell where she uses her gifts and experience to oversee the day-to-day operations, marketing, human resources, and accounting at the firm.
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Whether representing premier health care institutions in the Texas Medical Center, leading health science universities, or providers who serve rural communities, we are passionate about healthcare and the providers who deliver it. Each matter is staffed with an in-house nurse legal consultant and prompt reviews from leading experts in the relevant fields are secured.
Such matters have included: successful litigation for a Fortune 500 company in a mixed breach of contract and products liability dispute related to oil country tubular goods (OCTG); securing injunctive relief and proceeding with subsequent litigation and appeals that saved a midstream gas pipeline in a breach of contract dispute; and successful verdict for a Fortune 500 company in commercial lease dispute that threatened the viability of its hospital.
Such matters include issues related to consent, guardianships, emergency detention orders, pandemic visitation guidance and enforcement, trespass warnings and threat prevention, law enforcement intervention, non-party subpoenas, and obtaining court orders for the provision of emergency medical treatment.
The revenue cycle assistance we provide ranges from enforcement actions against payors, coordination with state regulatory departments having jurisdiction over health insurers, and pursuing mediation and arbitration under managed care agreements or surprise billing legislation. Not only have our lawyers secured the recovery of millions of dollars, they have also been instrumental in several facilities staying in business so that they can continue serving their communities. New agreements have also been reached between payors and providers as a result of the work of our attorneys.
Such claims involve general premises liability litigation, including personal injury premises claims, malfunctioning equipment, alleged toxic exposures, negligent activity, and criminal activity on a premises.
Whether pursuing mandamus proceedings, interlocutory appeals, or petitions for review before the Texas Supreme Court, our attorneys have a track record of success at all appellate levels that has been built on excellent written submissions and oral advocacy.
