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Our Leadership

Leadership Team

Valerie Howard, EdD, MSN, RN, CNE, ANEF, FAAN

Dean and Professor

Jennifer Alderman, PhD, MSN, RN, CNL, CNE, CHSE, NEA-BC

Clinical Professor & Interprofessional Education and Practice Director

Brandi Apple, PhD, RN, CNOR, CNE

BSN Program Director & Assistant Professor

Ashley Leak Bryant, PhD, RN, OCN, FAAN

Senior Associate Dean for Strategy and Global Affairs; Frances Hill Fox Distinguished Term Professor & Co-Director of PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center

Lori Byrd, DNP, MSN, RN, CNE

Associate Dean for Strategic Partnerships and Practice

Carol Durham, EdD, RN, ANEF, FAAN, FSSH

Professor & Director, EISLE

Cheryl Woods Giscombe, PhD, RN, PMHNP-BC, FAAN

Senior Associate Dean and Chief Wellness Officer & Levine Family Distinguished Professor of Quality of Life, Health Promotion, and Wellness

Mary Kelly Glidewell, MBA, MS

Director of Administrative Services

Eric Hodges, PhD, FNP-BC, FAAN

Associate Professor & Division Chair, Population and Biopsychosocial Health Innovations

Cheryl Jones, PhD, RN, FAAN

Associate Dean, SON Transformation; Sarah Frances Russell Distinguished Professor; and Director of the Hillman Scholars Program

Mariah Keller

Director of Communications

Kelly Kirby

Associate Dean for Advancement

Jennifer Leeman, DrPH, MPH, MDiV

Jane Sox Monroe Distinguished Professor and Senior Associate Dean for Research

RJ Libunao

Assistant Dean, Information and Instructional Technologies

Kacy McAdoo

Assistant Dean, Office of Student Affairs

Lisa Miller

Associate Dean for Administration

Carrie Palmer, DNP, RN, ANP-BC

Assistant Dean, MSN & DNP Programs & Professor

Audra Rankin, DNP, APRN, CPNP

Assistant Professor; Program Director for Health Care Leadership and Administration; Interim Director, DNP Program

Shielda Rodgers, PhD, RN

Associate Dean for Collective Well-Being & Professor

Nancy Jo Thompson, DNP, MSN-Ed, RN

ABSN Program Director & Assistant Professor

Mark Toles, PhD, RN, FAAN

Professor; Beerstecher-Blackwell Distinguished Term Scholar & Senior Division Chair, Health Systems, Policy and Leadership Innovations

Elizabeth Stone, PhD, MSN, CHSE, FAEN

Assistant Dean, Pre-Licensure Program & Associate Professor

Jessica White, EdS, PhD, MEd, BS

Assistant Dean for Innovation in Teaching and Learning

Jessica Williams, PhD, MPH, PHNA-BC, FAAN

Assistant Dean, PhD Program & Associate Professor

Megan Williams, EdD, MSN, RN, FNP

Associate Professor & Division Chair, Acute Tertiary and Specialty Care Innovations

Abby Yori, MEd

Registrar and Staff Lead

Meg Zomorodi, PhD, RN, CNL, FAAN

Professor & Associate Provost for Interprofessional Health Initiatives, UNC Chapel Hill