Mentoring Opportunities
A core tenet of the Florida Cancer Registrars Association (FCRA) is that we all succeed when we work together. Whether you’re just starting out in the field or you’ve been working as a medical professional for decades, a mentoring relationship will help you reconsider and improve your approach to the work you do.
Want to be Successful?
Talk to Someone
Who’s Been There.
You learn a lot in the classroom and on the job but to really excel as a cancer registrar, you’ll want to connect with one of our experienced mentors. They’re cancer registrars who are at the top of their field. They’re dedicated to their work, they’ve faced challenges like the ones you’re encountering and they can help you navigate your career to just where you want it to be.
A FCRA mentor can help you grow your professional network, broaden and deepen your knowledge of the field, build soft skills like communications and relationship-building and hone your technical abilities. A mentoring relationship can help you grow as a person and a professional, setting you up for success at work and beyond.
Meet our Mentors
FCRA Mentors Have a Lot to Offer.
Connect with One Today.
Jennifer Sanky, CTR
Jennifer Sanky is a cancer registrar with more than 12 years of experience. Since entering the field, she has worked at all levels of the Cancer Registry, from case finding and follow-up to Cancer Registry and program management. Jennifer has always been an out-of-the-box thinker with keen interest in CoC Program Management and Survey Preparation. She has a passion for mentoring and has served as Florida State Representative with the NCRA mentoring program since 2014, successfully mentoring three candidates to achieve their CTR certification in 2018. Jennifer currently works as a Cancer Registrar with AdventHealth Orlando.
Her hobbies include cooking, traveling and making wigs.
Heather Burner, CTR
Heather Burner has held the CTR credential for 26 years and has nearly 30 years experience in the cancer registry profession. Her earlier career path as a go-between for radiologists and physicians ordering studies, plus a lifelong desire to “fill in the blanks,” led her to pursue a job opening in the cancer registry field, and she began her new career learning alongside a seasoned CTR for two years. Now, Burner is regional senior manager of Oncology Accreditation Data at AdventHealth Orlando, responsible for cancer program activity at eight facilities in Central Florida. She is a past program chair and current president-elect/secretary for the Florida Cancer Registrars Association. Her passions include spending time with family and friends, knitting, clearing edits and making colorful graphs.
Barbara J. Dearmon, BS, CTR
Barbara J. Dearmon is a former National Cancer Registrars Association president and has held several roles on the Florida Cancer Registrars Association board. Her work as FCRA program chair was particularly fulfilling, as it allowed her to work with other volunteers to coordinate educational programs. Dearmon is passionate about mentoring individuals in the cancer registry profession to groom them for success in becoming a certified tumor registrar. She believes in paying it forward by sharing her skills and knowledge regarding the cancer registrar profession within the community and at college health information technology programs. Dearmon is family-oriented, loves to travel, and enjoys listening to smooth jazz.
Joyce Allan, MPh, CTR
Joyce Allan is the owner of the cancer data management and consultancy company Registry Solutions Inc. She specializes in cancer registry operations, abstracting, staging, mentoring and data reporting. Allan has held several positions within both the Florida Cancer Registry Association and National Cancer Registration Association. She successfully completed a cancer registry pilot program at St. Petersburg College, which resulted in seven individuals earning CTR certification.
Sally Kruse, CTR
Sally Kruse, treasurer of the Florida Cancer Registrars Association (FCRA) is manager of education services for Electronic Registry Systems, where she has worked for more than 20 years (in recent years, taking on a part-time position, after a brief retirement). At Electronic Registry Systems, Kruse is responsible for the training of cancer registrars in computer data entry and end-results reporting. In her position, Kruse also writes procedures and tutorials for cancer registrars and prepares and presents educational workshops. Kruse has been heavily involved with professional organizations at both a national and state level. The National Cancer Registrars Association (NCRA) gave her a Distinguished Member Award in 2014, and a Volunteer Excellence Award in 2010. In addition to serving as NCRA president in 2007–2008, Kruse has held a number of positions with the association, including program chair, public relations director, Eastern Region director, speakers’ bureau chair, treasurer and finance committee chair. Kruse’s FCRA involvement includes a Distinguished Member Award in 2012. She was FCRA president in 2012–2013, and has held positions as vice president, nominating chair, secretary, presidential advisor, treasurer and program chair, as well as editor of the SunTimes.
Jennie Jones, BS, CHDA, CTR
Jennie Jones is the Director of the Cancer Registry at Moffitt Cancer Center. She completed a Bachelor’s degree in Biology at the University of South Florida and is currently working on a Master of Science in Health Informatics with a concentration in Healthcare Analytics through USF’s Morsani College of Medicine. Jennie joined Moffitt in 2008 as an Oncology Data Specialist. She quickly obtained the Certified Tumor Registrar credential in 2009 and served as an Abstractor from 2010 to 2014. Jennie obtained the Certified Health Data Analyst (CHDA) credential in 2013. She was promoted to Supervisor in 2014, served as Manager from 2015 through 2018, and was promoted to Director in January 2019. She is recognized as a leader both locally and nationally, having been nominated for the Moffitt Award of Excellence in 2017, serving on the Board for the Florida Cancer Registrars Association (FCRA), and as a Board Liaison for the National Cancer Registrars Association (NCRA).
Jennie enjoys volunteering with the state and national associations and encourages others to do the same.