Dr. Ruth Rimmer is President & CEO of Care Plans for Life and has been working in the field of burn injury for over 30 years. She received her PhD in Lifespan Developmental Psychology and Certification in Gerontology from Arizona State University. During her tenure at the Arizona Burn Center at Valleywise, she served as the Family Service Director and as the Director of Psycho/Social and Prevention Research. Rimmer was responsible for assisting victims and their families with their rehabilitative needs. She also developed research protocols and published and lectured regarding the psycho/social and pain management issues of burn injury on a national and international level and continues to do pro bono research in these areas. She has been providing life care plans for burn, electrical, amputation, and polytrauma-injured individuals for 20 years and has authored and lectured extensively on the important aspects of burn and electrical injury recovery. She is fluent in Spanish.