Leadership & Staff

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Our leadership, faculty, and staff are dedicated to serving the Conway School of Nursing community in its devoted mission to prepare nurse leaders.

Faculty Leadership

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Marie Nolan, PhD, RN, FAAN

Dean and Ordinary Professor

Office: Conway 345
Phone: 202-319-5400
Email: [email protected]

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Martha Scheckel, PhD, RN, CNE

Vice Dean | Associate Professor | Director of Center for Future Faculty

Office: Conway 349
Phone: 202-319-6459
Email: [email protected]

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Eileen Caulfield, PhD, RN, NEA-BC

Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs

Office: Conway 322
Phone: 202-319-6482
Email: [email protected]

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Sandra O’Brien, PhD, CNE, CFNP, PHCNS-BC, RN

Associate Dean for MSN & DNP Programs | Director, FNP Program

Office: Conway 256
Phone: 202-319-6536
Email: [email protected]

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Cari Selzer, DNP, APRN, ACNP-BC, CCAPP

Associate Dean for Online Learning | Director, AGACNP Program

Office: Conway 267
Phone: 202-319-6655
Email: [email protected]

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Lauren Arrigoni, DNP, CPNP-PC, RN

Assistant Dean for MSN & DNP Programs | Director, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Program

Office: Conway 346
Phone: 202-319-6173
Email: [email protected]

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Kristina Leyden, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC, CHSE

Assistant Dean for Accelerated BSN

Office: Conway 339
Phone: 202-319-6892
Email: [email protected]

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Our Faculty

Meet the faculty of the Conway School of Nursing.

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Conway School Staff

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Angela Cooper

Director, Finance & Operations
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Kimberly Walsh

Director, Undergraduate Academic Programs
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Cherise Carpenter

Director, Undergraduate Clinical Partnerships & Placements
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Hamilton Paine

Director of Simulation
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Gary Kaplan

Assistant Director of Clinical Simulation
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Donna Murphy Gonella, BS, BSN, RN

Program Manager, Undergraduate Clinical Partnerships & Placements
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Ashhadulla Shaik

Manager of Technology & Data Analytics
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Stephanie A. Adams

Administrative Assistant / Contract Specialist
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Barbara Dominguez

Graduate Clinical Coordinator
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Samantha Gregori

Administrative Assistant
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Eliza Hemenway

Multimedia & Teaching Technology Specialist
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Lisa Populoh

Success Coach
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Supraja Satti

Laboratory & Teaching Specialist
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Chavonne Thomas

Administrative Assistant for Undergraduate Programs
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Eva Velasquez

Simulation Coordinator
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