Dee is a board certified genetic counselor and has been the Director of the Arizona Pregnancy Riskline since 1989. She is a Clinical Lecturer in the Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy at the University of Arizona and teaches genetics and teratology to health professionals. She received a BSN degree from the University of Bridgeport in 1975and her Master’s degree in Genetic Counseling from Sarah Lawrence College in 1981. At the University of Connecticut from 1981‐1989, Dee provided prenatal, pediatric, and cancer genetic counseling, and developed the Connecticut Pregnancy Riskline. She was Director of the Genetic Counseling Graduate Program at University of Arizona until its closure in 2005. She served as President of OTIS from 1999‐2001 and Executive Director from 2005‐2012.