Speakers

Daryl G. Smith, PhD
(Retired) Senior Research Fellow and Professor Emerita
Claremont Graduate University

Dr. Daryl G. Smith is Senior Research Fellow and Professor Emerita of Education and Psychology at Claremont Graduate University. Among other published work, she is an author or co-author of Diversity’s Promise for Higher Education: Making it Work (3rd edition), Diversity in Higher Education: Emerging Cross-national Perspectives on Institutional Transformation, Building Institutional Capacity for Diversity and Inclusion in Academic Medicine, Achieving Faculty Diversity: Debunking The Myths, Interrupting The Usual: Successful Strategies for Hiring Diverse Faculty, Organizational Learning a Tool for Diversity and Institutional Effectiveness. Prior to becoming a faculty member, she also served as a college administrator in planning, evaluation, student affairs. She has served as an evaluator and consultant to numerous professional organizations and campuses across the country and to foundations such as the James Irvine Foundation, the Haas Jr. Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the Pew Charitable Trusts, and The Hewlett Foundation. Smith was a Fulbright Senior Specialist in South Africa in 2010 and 2012.

Patricia K. Bradley, PhD, RN, FAAN
Associate Dean for Inclusive Excellence
Associate Professor
Villanova University

Dr. Patricia K. Bradley is an Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Inclusive Excellence at the Fitzpatrick College of Nursing (FCN) at Villanova University. She earned her BSN from Temple University, and her MSN and PhD from the University of Pennsylvania and is a leading expert in psychiatric mental health nursing. Dr. Bradley’s current work focuses on diversity, equity, and inclusion, fostering cultural humility in students and healthcare providers, and eliminating health inequities. Her research and service activities represent her commitment and contribution to ensuring a “voice for the voiceless” and to developing a culture of trust with vulnerable populations who lack access to address their concerns. Dr. Bradley is a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing and serves as Chair of the Academy’s Cultural Competence & Health Equity Expert Panel. She is a member of the AACN’s Diversity Equity and Inclusion Leadership Network (DEILN) and a member of the Diversity Tool Kit Workgroup. In addition to being the FCN’s Chief Diversity Officer, she is co-chair for the college’s Inclusive Excellence Strategic Planning Workgroup.

Speakers

Jack Morris, BA, MA
International Program Manager
University College Dublin (UCD)

Since 2016 Jack Morris has worked in the area of international student recruitment for University College Dublin. Beginning in New York City, Jack mainly focused on full-degree recruitment. Upon returning to Ireland, he began specializing on the area of Study Abroad, where he has worked since 2017.

Beginning in the summer of 2019 Jack moved to become the International Program Manager in the UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems. His responsibilities include recruitment and administration for both semester program and popular Health Sciences Summer School, which runs every June.

Edna Carroll, BSoc, SC, MBSN
Associate Director
University College Dublin (UCD)

Enda Carroll is the Associate Director, Study Abroad & North America at UCD Global and heads the North America division of the office. She provides broad strategic leadership for North America, in addition to leading a team based in Dublin and the U.S. who are dedicated to the support and recruitment of students from the region. Her position involves working collaboratively with UCD’s Schools and Colleges in the areas of academic program development and the management of relationships with UCD’s key partners in North America. In 2011, she established UCD's first North America Global Centre in New York City. She has over twenty years of experience in international education and is an active contributor to study abroad strategy, initiatives, and committees in Ireland at the national sector level. She is the chair of The Forum on Education Abroad board and the first to be based at a member institution outside the United States. She is currently a Master’s graduate student of the Smurfit School of Business and holds a bachelor’s degree in social science from UCD.

Suzanne Shorten
Director of Summer at UCD
University College Dublin (UCD)

Suzanne Shorten is the Program Director of Summer at UCD and overseas all aspects of inbound Study Tours to Dublin’s premier university. She is one of the first faces students meet as they arrive at UCD, and is the primary escalation contact for any emergencies or special needs that students may experience. She leads a dedicated and committed team who are all former students at UCD and are perfectly placed to introduce our guests to everything the college has to offer – whether academically, culturally, or socially.

Suzanne travels extensively throughout the U.S. during the year, forging close personal relationships with American colleges and getting to know their real needs in terms of creating an overseas experience for their students that will affect them for a lifetime. She is also a regular blogger and commentator on issues relating to Study Tours.

Martin McNamara, EdD, MA, MEd, BA, RN, FAAN
Professor
Associate Dean for Gloval Engagement, School of Nursing
University College Dublin

Dr. McNamara is Professor, Associate Dean for Global Engagement, and Program Director for Graduate Program in Leadership, Innovation and Management for Healthcare, and in Health Professions Education at the UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems. He has been a member of faculty since 2000 and served two terms as Dean and Head of School from 2010-2016. He is a Registered Mental Health, General Nurse and Nurse Tutor. He completed his doctorate in 2007 with a sociological investigation into the underlying principles structuring academic nursing in Ireland.

Dr. McNamara’s research interests include the evolution of nursing education in higher education, clinical leadership and the factors enabling and constraining the development of advanced practice nursing roles. He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science (DSc) degree by the University of Connecticut in May 2014 and was inducted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN) in October 2015. He was also made a Fellow of the Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in December 2016 and gained an Executive Certificate in Public Leadership from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government in October 2018.

Speakers

Margaret Rauschenberger, MSN, RN
Professor, Dean of Nursing Emerita, and Associate Dean
School of Adult Learning and New Initiatives
Alverno College

Peg Rauschenberger, MSN, RN, is an associate dean in the School of Adult Learning and New Initiatives in charge of health related programming, and the dean emerita of Alverno College's JoAnn McGrath School of Nursing and Health Professions. She has been consulting and lecturing since 1997, and has presented numerous workshops nationally and internationally on topics including ability-based education, nursing education, child and adolescent mental health care, nursing in corrections, conflict resolution, stress management and the effects of stress on health.

Judeen Schulte, PhD, RN
Professor
JoAnn McGrath School of Nursing and Health Professions
Alverno College

Judeen Schulte, PhD, OSF, is a professor of Nursing at Alverno College where she has taught since 1980. In addition to her nursing expertise, Schulte has given presentations on Alverno’s abilities-based curriculum across the country, as well as around the world. She has also served as a consultant to several universities here and abroad on performance assessment, student learning and abilities-based curricula.

Ann Van Eerden, MSN, MS, RN
Associate Professor
JoAnn McGrath School of Nursing and Health Professions
Alverno College

Ann Van Eerden, MSN, MS, RN, CNE, NCSN, is an associate professor of nursing in the JoAnn McGrath School of Nursing and Health Professions at Alverno College. She also serves as the director of both the Undergraduate Nursing Program and the Health Education Program. She has nearly 40 years of nursing experience and has been teaching since 2008.

Heather Mernitz, MS, PhD
Professor
Alverno College

Heather Mernitz has a BA in Chemistry from Kalamazoo College (MI), and an MS and PhD in Nutritional Biochemistry and Metabolism from Tufts University (MA). Heather is a Professor of Physical Science at Alverno College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where she teaches courses in chemistry, biochemistry, and quantitative literacy. Heather is the Chair of the Council for Student Assessment at Alverno and serves as a consultant on principles and practices of ability-based education and assessment. Heather is experienced in the design and implementation of an all-college external assessment and has led numerous workshops for college faculty on the design and use of active, collaborative, contextual curriculum for undergraduate chemistry majors. Currently, she is focused on building efficient tools and systems to support faculty-driven program assessment.

Speakers

Amy Matthews, DNP, MS, RN, CENP
Chief Nursing Officer
Cheshire Medical Center, a Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health affiliate

Amy Matthews serves as chief nursing officer and vice president of Patient Care Services at Cheshire Medical Center (Cheshire), a not-for-profit community medical center located in Keene, NH. She provides strategic organizational leadership and implements operational goals, financial plans, and community initiatives at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health (D-HH) affiliate.

Dr. Matthews partners with other chief officers and senior leaders in the D-HH system to support the organization's mission. She provides executive leadership for patient care services while finding new ways to improve the patient experience. She serves as a guide to excellence in practice grounded in science but characterized by compassion, respect, and the best possible outcomes for patients, the community, and others.

She has been in the field of nursing since 1985 in health care settings across the country. Matthews relocated to the Monadnock Region in 2000, continuing her career at Cheshire as an emergency department nurse and assuming progressive leadership roles. She is a member the American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL), completing both manager and executive fellowships with AONL. A lifelong learner, she earned an Executive Doctor of Nursing Practice from Fairfield University in Fairfield, Conn., in 2019. Matthews was honored by the Keene Sentinel as one of ten "Extraordinary Women of 2020."

Michael R. Bleich, PhD, RN, FNAP, FAAN
Senior Professor, Director

Langston Center for Innovation in Quality And Safety
Virginia Commonwealth University

Dr. Michael Bleich is a Wisconsin native who has held clinical, consultative, service, academic, and association leadership positions. A recognized scholar and thought leader, Dr. Bleich was one of the five nurses on the committee that wrote the seminal report, The Future of Nursing, Leading Change, Advancing Health issued through the Institute of Medicine; Wisdom at Work: the Importance of the Older and Experienced Nurse in the Workplace published through the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; Men in Nursing: Understanding the Challenges Men Face in this Predominantly Female Profession; and Analysis of the Nursing Workforce Crisis: a Call to Action, both published in the American Journal of Nursing.

Dr. Bleich earned a diploma, BSN, MPH, and PhD from midwestern schools. An inductee of the American Academy of Nursing and the National Academies of Practice. He currently is President and CEO of NursDynamics, LLC and directs the Langston Center for Innovation in Quality and Safety at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing.

Tami Taylor, MSN, MBA, RN, NEA-BC
Chief Nursing Officer
St. David's Round Rock Medical Center

Tami Taylor is a Chief Nursing Officer who works with Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center in Central Texas and provides executive nurse leadership to plan for nursing and strategically guide patient care. Tami has 30 years of nursing experience and is a self-motivated, innovative, energetic, and quality-focused healthcare leader with progressive clinical, administrative, and senior leadership experience in complex healthcare organizations. Tami is a board-certified nurse executive; Nurse Executive Advanced Board Certified (NEA-BC) from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).

Tami holds an MSN degree in nurse executive practice from Research College of Nursing, an MBA from Grand Canyon University. She will graduate in December 2021 with a DNP in executive nurse leadership from Baylor University.

Launette Woolforde, EdD, DNP
Chief Nursing Officer
Lenox Hill Hopsital

Dr. Launette Woolforde is Chief Nursing Officer for Lenox Hill Hospital and the Manhattan region of Northwell Health, the largest healthcare provider in NY State. Launette co-authored the national Scope and Standards of Practice for Nursing Professional Development and served on the Board at the National League for Nursing and the Association for Nursing Professional Development. Launette earned numerous degrees including a DNP from Case Western Reserve University and a Doctor of Education from Columbia University, Teachers College. She is a Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine and of the esteemed American Academy of Nursing.

Kimberly Hatchel, DNP, MHA, MSN, RN, CENP
Chief Nursing Officer
Blake Medical Center

Dr. Hatchel (Kim) brings 30 years of experience, including both patient care and innovative executive leadership. She joined Blake Medical Center in July 2019, from Lexington KY where she was the Market CNE and Senior VP for Saint Joseph Health, a market of 8 hospitals. Dr. Hatchel is a Clinical Assistant Professor for the College of Nursing and Health Innovation at the University of Texas at Arlington. Kim is a member of the State College of Florida Foundation Board of Directors. Kim served on the Society for the Advancement of Disaster Nursing. She currently has chapters in two textbooks… Goodhue (2020) Nursing Management of Pediatric Disaster and Huber 7th edition (2020) Leadership and Nursing Care Management. Kim received her undergraduate degree in Nursing from Austin Peay State University in Tennessee, her master’s degree in Nursing and Health Care Administration from University of Phoenix, and her DNP from Vanderbilt University.

Moderator:

Carol Bradley, MSN, RN, CENP
Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer
Legacy Health System

Carol Bradley is a seasoned healthcare leader who has served as a senior system executive responsible for Nursing, Pharmacy, Care Management, and variety of other operational roles including Supply Chain. Within the system CNE roles, she was responsible for system-wide nursing strategy and integration, nursing practice and education, clinical resource management, care management, pharmacy, and clinical service lines. Carol holds associate and bachelor’s degrees in nursing from the University of Nebraska and a master’s degree in nursing from the University of Arizona. She is a 1991 Wharton Fellow and is certified in Executive Nursing Practice (CENP) by the American Organization of Nurse Executives. She recently completed a term as Board Chair for the Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems. She has contributed to several books and served many years on the editorial board of the Nursing Administrative Quarterly.

Speakers

Margaret Rauschenberger, MSN, RN
Professor, Dean of Nursing Emerita, and Associate Dean
School of Adult Learning and New Initiatives
Alverno College

Peg Rauschenberger, MSN, RN, is an associate dean in the School of Adult Learning and New Initiatives in charge of health related programming, and the dean emerita of Alverno College's JoAnn McGrath School of Nursing and Health Professions. She has been consulting and lecturing since 1997, and has presented numerous workshops nationally and internationally on topics including ability-based education, nursing education, child and adolescent mental health care, nursing in corrections, conflict resolution, stress management and the effects of stress on health.

Judeen Schulte, PhD, RN
Professor
JoAnn McGrath School of Nursing and Health Professions
Alverno College

Judeen Schulte, PhD, OSF, is a professor of Nursing at Alverno College where she has taught since 1980. In addition to her nursing expertise, Schulte has given presentations on Alverno’s abilities-based curriculum across the country, as well as around the world. She has also served as a consultant to several universities here and abroad on performance assessment, student learning and abilities-based curricula.

Ann Van Eerden, MSN, MS, RN
Associate Professor
JoAnn McGrath School of Nursing and Health Professions
Alverno College

Ann Van Eerden, MSN, MS, RN, CNE, NCSN, is an associate professor of nursing in the JoAnn McGrath School of Nursing and Health Professions at Alverno College. She also serves as the director of both the Undergraduate Nursing Program and the Health Education Program. She has nearly 40 years of nursing experience and has been teaching since 2008.