Arlene started her career in telecommunications where she worked as manager for Worldcom. In 1996 she left Worldcom to find Voice & Data Group during the deregulation of the phone industry. Arlene grew Voice & Data Group to be the largest distributor for Ameritech (now AT&T) in the Chicago area reaching over $150 million in an 18-month period. Shortly after, Arlene ventured into the health care business where she built and developed a dialysis center then merged it with an existing center under the name Diamond Dialysis. Within a year of opening the center she negotiated the sale to DaVita, a $13 billion public dialysis operator. Arlene went on to design and develop a specialty surgical hospital in Beaumont, Texas whom she partnered with Bob Helms founder of a system of hospitals under Victory Healthcare. Victory Beaumont was then sold to IASIS Healthcare, headquartered in Nashville. For the last 15 years, she operates a medical management company, medical billing company and medical lien funding company. Currently, Arlene is co-founder and managing member of Jorie Healthcare Partners, where she is involved in the daily management of the company.