Gator Nurse Mentorship

&
Career Networking
Program
2019 Mentor “Look Book”
Barbara Geiger, Rebecca Jones,
BSN 1974 BSN 1974
Nursing specialty:
(Retired) Nursing specialty:
Ambulatory/ Nursing
Primary Care; Administration
Nursing Title:
Administration/Leadership CEO/President & Visiting
Title: Chief Nurse Professor
Hospital/Institution: Hospital/Institution:
North Florida/South Georgia Chamberlain College of
Veterans Health System Nursing
Email: Email:
[email protected] [email protected]
Geographic region: Geographic region:
Gainesville, FL SE Florida; Midwest U.S.
Debbie Pusateri, Peggy Rodebush,
MSN 1997 MSN 1985
Nursing specialty:
Emergency Services Nursing specialty:
/Observation Critical Care; COO
Medicine; Administration; Clinical Informatics;
Leadership Development Healthcare Executive roles
Title: Nursing COO, CNO;
Title: Vice President Managing Healthcare Partner
Hospital/Institution: (Retired)
Florida Hospital Hospital/Institution:
AvMed SantaFe; Multiple
Email: debbie.pusateri@ Academic Medical Centers;
flhosp.org Healthcare Consulting
Geographic region: Email: [email protected]
Orlando; Central Florida Geographic region: Global
Robin McKenzie, Patricia Tischler, BSN 1980
MSN 1990
Nursing specialty:
Nursing specialty: Nursing Administration; MCH
Critical Care;
Leadership Title:
Nursing Program Director
Title: CCRN, Captain, Ph.D Hospital/Institution:
(Retired) New York-Presbyterian
Queens
Hospital/Institution:
Navy Nurse Corps Email: [email protected]
Email: Geographic region:
[email protected] New York City, NY;
Geographic region: Florida Long Island, NY

Jessica Benson, Jessica Camp,

BSN 2003 BSN 2005

Nursing specialty: Nursing specialty:

Anesthesia Anesthesia

Title: CRNA, DNP Title: CRNA

Hospital/Institution: Hospital/Institution:
Health Park Medical Center Shands Hospital

Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Geographic region: Geographic region:

Fort Myers; Southwest Florida Gainesville, FL
Rachael Drayton, David Penoyer, BSN 1973
BSN 1997
Nursing specialty:
Nursing specialty: Anesthesia
Anesthesia;
Military Nursing, Title: Certified Registered
Operating Room Nurse Anesthetist (retired)

Title: Staff CRNA Hospital/Institution:

Venice Regional Bayfront
Hospital/Institution: Health
North Florida Regional Email:
Medical Center [email protected]
Email: [email protected] Geographic region:
Geographic region: Venice/SW Florida
Gainesville/Ocala
Allison Sammons, Amy McGreane, BSN 2004,
BSN 2006, MSN 2006, DNP 2010
DNP 2012
Nursing specialty:
Nursing specialty: Adult, Surgery, Derm
Dermatology
Title: ARNP
Title: Nurse practitioner
Hospital/Institution:
Hospital/Institution: VA Medical Center
ClearlyDerm
Email: Email:
[email protected] [email protected]

Geographic region: Geographic region:

South Florida Jacksonville
Ann-Lynn Denker, Lisa Hollingshead,
BSN 1973; BSN 1979
MSN 1974
Nursing specialty:
Nursing specialty: Education
Research,
Education, Practice, ARNP Title: Manager, Learning &
Development
Title: Hospital/Institution:
Chief Clinical Officer Orlando Health

Hospital/Institution: Email:
Plaza Health Network [email protected]
Email: [email protected]
Geographic region: Geographic region:
Miami; South Florida Orlando, FL
Versie Johnson- Rose Sherman, BSN 1976
Mallard,
MSN 1996 Nursing specialty:
Nursing specialty: Nursing Leadership
Women's Health;
Education/ Administration Title:
Title: Professor & Director
Department Chair & Associate Leadership Institute
Professor
Hospital/Institution: Hospital/Institution:
UF College of Nursing Florida Atlantic University

Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Geographic region:
Gainesville; North Central Geographic region:
Florida South Florida
Susan Stone, Mary Tittle, BSN 1979; MSN
MSN 1990 1981; PhD 1988

Nursing specialty: Nursing specialty:

Educator Educator; Critical Care

Title: Retired Professor Title: Retired Professor

Hospital/Institution: Hospital/Institution:
Valencia College University of South Florida; St.
Petersburg College
Email: Email:
[email protected] [email protected]. com

Geographic region: Geographic region:

Orlando; Central Florida St. Petersburg, FL; Clearwater
Teena White, Tara Bertulfo,
DNP 2010 BSN 1992,
MSN 1996
Nursing specialty: Nursing specialty:
Education Women's Health
(NP)/ nursing
Title: education
Professor of Nursing Title: Clinical Assistant
Professor
Hospital/Institution:
Indian River State College Hospital/Institution: Georgia
Baptist College of Nursing,
Email: [email protected] Mercer University
Geographic region: Email:[email protected]
Southeast Florida Geographic region:
Southeast/Atlanta
Zoe Paiva, DNP 2013 Patricia Sassner,
MSN 1997
Nursing specialty:
Family Practice Nursing specialty:
Primary Care
Title:
Nurse Practitioner Title:
ARNP, Clinical Instructor
Hospital/Institution:
West Volusia Medical Hospital/Institution:
Associates Gainesville VA; Santa Fe
Email: [email protected] College

Geographic region: Email: [email protected]

Central Florida/Volusia County Geographic region:
Gainesville, FL
Karen Reynolds,
DNP 2012

Nursing specialty:
Geriatrics

Title: Clinical Nurse Specialist

Hospital/Institution: Sarasota
Memorial Health Care System

Email: karen-
[email protected]

Geographic region:
Sarasota - South West Florida
Joan Drane, BSN 2003 Rita Kobb, BSN
1981, MSN 1996
Nursing specialty:
Informatics Nursing specialty:
Gerontology;
Title: Telehealth
Nurse Systems Analyst,
Nursing Informatics Title: National Telehealth
Training Center Director
Hospital/Institution:
UF Health Shands Hospital/Institution:
VA Medical Center
Email: [email protected]
Geographic region: Email: [email protected]
Gainesville; North Central Geographic region:
Florida Gainesville; North Florida
Susan Baum, Linnea Schramm,
BSN 1986 BSN 1982, MSN
1987
Nursing specialty:
Legal aspects Nursing specialty:
of practice Psychiatric
Nursing;
Title: Legal Nurse Consultant Healthcare Regulation;
Medical Malpractice
Hospital/Institution: Law firms
Title: Attorney
Email: [email protected]
Email: linnea.schramm@
Geographic region: gmail.com
Orlando, FL Geographic region:
Chicago, IL
Jennifer Hedrich, BSN 1994 Sarah Miller, BSN 2014

Nursing specialty: NICU Nursing specialty:

Obstetrics - Labor and
Title: Delivery; Women's Health
Registered Nurse-Critical Care
Title: RN
Hospital/Institution:
Lee Memorial Health System Hospital/Institution:
UF Health Jacksonville
Email: [email protected]
Email:
Geographic region: [email protected]
Southwest Florida Geographic region:
Jacksonville; North Florida

Judy Silverman, BSN 1975

Nursing specialty:
NICU, OB, midwifery

Title: RN

Hospital/Institution:
Northside Hospital Atlanta

Email:
[email protected]

Geographic region:
Atlanta
Christine Agenor, BSN 2008 Jo (Jodi) Irving,
Honorary Alumna
Nursing specialty:
Mental Health Nursing specialty:
Psychiatric-Mental
Title: Nurse Manager Health Nursing

Hospital/Institution: Title: Professor Emeritus

Bay Pines VA
Hospital/Institution:
Email: [email protected] UF College of Nursing

Geographic region: Email: [email protected]

Tampa, FL
Geographic region: Gainesville
and nationally
Linda Mays,
DNP 2015

Nursing specialty:
Psychiatric
Mental Health

Title: Assistant Professor

Hospital/Institution:
University of Miami

Email: [email protected]

Geographic region:
Miami
Blair Hebner, Karen Hanson,
BSN 2009 BSN 1966,
MSN 1986
Nursing specialty:
Nursing Informatics Nursing specialty:
Med-Surg, hospital education,
Title: Informatics Nurse quality improvement,
accreditation, EMR
Hospital/Institution:
James A. haley VA Hospital Title: Director of Accreditation
Email: [email protected] (retired)
Hospital/Institution:
Geographic region: Florida Hospital (retired)
Tampa; Central Florida Email:[email protected]
Geographic region: Nashville,
TN; Orlando, FL
Kristin McKeon, BSN 1994 Ella Lawson, BSN 1975

Nursing specialty: Nursing specialty:

Med/Surg/Ortho Med/Surg, Infection Control,
School Health, Community
Hospital/Institution: Health
Experience in office, acute,
case management , & Hospital/Institution:
outpatient Retired

Email: Email:
[email protected] [email protected]

Geographic region: Geographic region:

Tallahassee, FL Gainesville, FL
Alice Boyington, Nicole Darrough,
MSN 1986; MSN 2003
PhD 1997
Nursing specialty:
Nursing Radiation
specialty: Oncology
Oncology Title: ARNP
Title:
Director of Nursing Research – Hospital/Institution:
Retired UFHealth Cancer Center at
Hospital/Institution: Orlando Health
Moffitt Cancer Center
Email: deedeeboyington@ Email:
gmail.com [email protected]
Geographic region: Geographic region:
Tampa Bay, FL Orlando
Michelle Serrano, BSN 2009

Nursing specialty:
Oncology; ICU; Trauma; PACU

Title: Senior RN

Hospital/Institution:
UM Sylvester Comprehensive
Cancer Center

Email:
[email protected]

Geographic region:
Miami; South Florida
Jessica Baker, MSN 2014 Rachel Heidgerd,
BSN 2004
Nursing specialty:
Orthopedic Surgery Nursing specialty:
Orthopedics
Title: Nurse Practitioner
Title: ARNP
Hospital/Institution:
Mayo Clinic Hospital/Institution:
UF Health Jacksonville
Email: jessica.n.baker@
gmail.com Email:
[email protected]
Geographic region: Geographic region:
Jacksonville, FL Jacksonville, FL

Kathleen Bagley, BSN 1997, Patricia Burt, BSN 1972, PNP

MSN 2000, DNP 2007 1972, MSN 1981

Nursing specialty: Nursing specialty:

Pediatrics Pediatrics

Title: Nurse Practitioner Title: Pediatric Nurse

Practitioner
Hospital/Institution:
Tree House Pediatrics Hospital/Institution:
Email: Private pediatric office
[email protected]
Email: [email protected]
Geographic region:
Orlando/Central Florida Geographic region:
Daytona/Ormond Beach
Laura Searcy, Chris Schreier ,
BSN 1976 BSN 2008,
Nursing specialty: MSN 2013,
Pediatrics DNP 2018
Nursing specialty:
Title: Pediatric Pediatrics
Nurse Practitioner
Email: Title: DNP, ARNP, CPNP-PC
[email protected] Clinical Assistant Professor

Hospital/Institution: Wellstar Email: [email protected]

Kennestone Hospital/National
Association of Pediatric Nurse Hospital/Institution: UF
Practitioners College of Nursing
Geographic region: Gainesville
Geographic region: Atlanta
Deborah Nuessly, Kara Godwin Wild,
MSN 1995, BSN 2009, MSN 2012
DNP 2010
Nursing specialty:
Nursing specialty: Pediatrics/Pediatric
Pediatrics Neuromuscular and Rare
Diseases
Title: Pediatric Nurse
Practitioner Title: Pediatric Nurse
Practitioner
Email: [email protected]
Hospital/Institution:
Geographic region: Palm UF Health Shands Children's
Beach County Hospital
Email: [email protected]
Geographic region: Gainesville
Joseph Bertulfo, Mary Blehl,
BSN 1993 MSN 2010

Nursing Nursing specialty:

specialty: Public Health Nursing
Administration
(Public Health) Title: School Nurse/Mission
Title: Worker
Deputy Director for the
Division for Heart Disease and Hospital/Institution:
Stroke Prevention Orange County Public
Hospital/Institution: CDC Schools/Saving Grace in
Email: Uganda
[email protected] Email: [email protected]
Geographic region: Geographic region:
Atlanta, GA; Southeast U.S. Orlando/Central Florida

Michelle Van Leer,

BSN 1986,
MSN 2011

Nursing specialty:
Public Health
Title: Director, Health Care
Administration Dept. of
Urology; Patient
Quality/Safety
Hospital/Institution:
UF Health
Email: [email protected]
Geographic region:
Gainesville; North Central FL
Durward Rackleff, Jennafer Clay, BSN 2009
BSN 2011
Nursing specialty: Nursing specialty:
Quality and Patient Infection control
Safety
Title: Title: Infection Preventionist
Senior Director for Quality and
Patient Safety Hospital/Institution:
Hospital/Institution: Florida Hospital Carrollwood
Greater New York Hospital
Association Email:
Email: [email protected]
[email protected]
Geographic region: Geographic region: Tampa
New York

Dorea Fowler, BSN 1991 Elizabeth Loveridge, BSN 1984

Nursing specialty: Nursing specialty:

Rehab Medicare Home Health

Title: Access Case Manager Title:

RN Medicare Home Health
Hospital/Institution: Case Manager – Perdiem
Shepherd Center
Hospital/Institution:
Email: Family Home Health Services
[email protected] Sarasota
Email:loveridge.elizabeth@
Geographic region: Atlanta gmail.com
Geographic region:
Sarasota, FL
Ashley-Marie Bodor, Jason McDowell, BSN 1993
BSN 2014
Nursing specialty:
Nursing specialty: Transplantation and Business
Lung Transplant
Title: Executive Transplant
Title: Institutional Specialist
Lung Transplant Coordinator, Hospital/Institution:
RN Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Hospital/Institution: Corporation
UF Health Email:
Email: Jason.mcdowell@novartis.
[email protected] com
Geographic region:
Gainesville Geographic region:
Southeastern United States
Katie McDowell, BSN 1991

Nursing specialty:
Transplant

Title: Liver & Kidney

Transplant Organ Offer
Coordinator

Hospital/Institution:
UF Health & Sacred Heart

Email:
[email protected]

Geographic region: Gainesville

Jenny Bulot, Sue Cook,
BSN 2001 BSN 1983

Nursing specialty: Nursing specialty:

Cath Lab Pre-Admission
Testing
Title: Cath Lab Coordinator
Title: RN
Hospital/Institution:
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Hospital/Institution:
Martin Memorial
Email:
[email protected] Email:
[email protected]
Geographic region: Geographic region:
Roswell/Atlanta, GA South Florida/Martin County
Tyler Juhan, BSN Sara Levene,
2015 BSN 2003

Nursing specialty: Nursing specialty:

Neurosurgical Plastic surgery
Intensive Care
Title:
Title: RN Nurse practitioner

Hospital/Institution: Hospital/Institution:
UF Health Shands Garramone Plastic Surgery

Email: Email: [email protected]

[email protected]
Geographic region: Geographic region:
Gainesville, FL Ft. Myers; SW Florida
Melinda Morrison, Karen Pane, BSN 1984
BSN 1990
Nursing specialty:
Nursing specialty: Emergency and Administrative
Care for adults Policy
With intellectual/
developmental disabilities; Title:
Hospice; med-surg Emergency/Trauma Nurse;
Administration; Budget;
Title: Nurse Care Coordinator Training; Policy; Planning;
Hospital/Institution: Military
UF Health Jacksonville Hospital/Institution:
Email: Federal Government
[email protected] Email: [email protected]
Geographic region: Geographic region: Any
Jacksonville, FL
Stephanie Weinsier, Rodney G.B. Clements, BSN
BSN 1993, DNP 2011 1996
Nursing specialty: Acute
Care/ER/Occupational Health Nursing specialty: Home
Infusion Therapy
Title: ARNP, Manager Healthy
Living Wellness Center Title: Owner RN Enterprises,
Email: LLC
[email protected] Email:rodney.gb.clements@rn
-enterprises.com
Hospital/Institution: American Hospital/Institution: Coram
Express Wellness Center Healthcare

Geographic region: South Geographic region:

Florida/Ft. Lauderdale area Jacksonville
Eherin Fennell, BSN 2017

Nursing specialty:
Operating Room Circulator

Title: Registered Nurse

Hospital/Institution:
Mayo Clinic

Email: [email protected]

Geographic region:
Jacksonville, FL