Board Officers (L-R): Chair Marcus Osborne,
Vice Chair Kerri Schuiling, Secretary Peter Schwartz,
Treasurer Michael Steinmetz
CHAIR
Marcus Osborne, MBA
Board of Directors Member Since 2017
In May 2025, Frontier Nursing University announced that Marcus Osborne had been selected to serve as the Chair of FNU’s Board of Directors. A member of the Board since 2017, Osborne brings unique experience and perspective that makes him an ideal leader to help guide Frontier in the years ahead.
“We are incredibly fortunate to have someone as innovative and collaborative as Marcus in this role,” said FNU President Dr. Brooke A. Flinders. “His profound professional experience and unique expertise have made him a valuable member of the Board. He is uniquely equipped to lead Frontier into the next chapter.”
Born in Ashland, Kentucky, Osborne graduated from Transylvania University in 1997 with a degree in political science. He then took an internship role in the White House, participating in a study forecasting the impact of the internet and digital economy.
After working a number of years as a management consultant in Boston, Massachusetts, he served as the Chief Financial Officer for the Clinton Foundation’s Health Access Initiative. During his time with the Health Access Initiative, the focus was specifically on how to address the HIV crisis globally, particularly the massive gap in treatment and care faced by underserved populations around the world.
“The work wasn’t pushing a specific care delivery model, but helping people get fundamental access,” Osborne said. “As an example, at that time, in South Africa they had millions of people who were HIV positive and less than 10,000 were under treatment. We were focused on what needed to happen strategically to lower the cost of these drugs, and not just by a little. The meds were being produced very inefficiently, which massively drove up the cost. What we found was partnering directly with manufacturers, providing help around supply chain and purchasing, enabled us to access much lower prices which supported the expansion of treatment globally.”
Osborne left the Clinton Foundation and earned his master’s in business administration degree with honors from the Harvard Business School. For 15 years, Osborne worked at Walmart in various roles, including the Senior Vice President of Health Transformation. He then served as CEO of RightMove, a digital musculoskeletal care solution created with the Hospital for Special Surgery. Currently Osborne is Vice President of Consumer Journey Management at Kaiser Permanente.
Osborne initially joined the FNU Board of Directors after being contacted by then-President Dr. Susan Stone and former Board Chair Dr. Michael Carter.
“I think they were looking for someone who could represent a different perspective, particularly around the labor market for healthcare workers,” Osborne said. “I didn’t come from the world of hospitals and traditional health systems. The world I understood is what we now call ASCs – alternative sites of care. Retail healthcare. Virtual healthcare.”
One of Osborne’s first tasks as Board chair was to work with the Board and FNU leadership to gather opinions and insights from all angles and develop the 2030 strategic plan. In doing so, they evaluated many aspects of the current and future state of healthcare in the United States. What changes, if any, did FNU need to make?
“I tend to think of the world and the problems we face through a supply chain mentality,” Osborne said. “The supply chain in healthcare is healthcare providers. We need to have an understanding of how healthcare providers get created and understanding of the trends and where everything is moving. What are the innovative and creative ways we can come up with to try to create more providers of care? FNU is producing care providers who are trained and equipped to deliver advanced care to other humans.”
“We need to transform healthcare and improve care for people and improve outcomes. We talk about provider and healthcare professional burnout, the aging population of some of those professionals, and we think about the undersupply of providers and health professionals.”
While the 2030 Strategic Plan is focused on the next few years, it is just the tip of the iceberg as the university focuses on its long-term future. Osborne points to the impact that AI and big data will have on how healthcare is delivered.
“There are really interesting forces that are going to profoundly change healthcare over the next 10 to 20 years,” Osborne said. “Machine learning and big data enable enriched personalization at the individual level — to know sooner what is going on with someone’s health. There is also a massive revolution occurring in innovation in diagnostics, testing and assessments, imaging and labs, and our ability to better understand health issues sooner.
“The obvious result is it changes fundamentally the role of providers and health professionals. It has profound potential to massively improve human health. What it also means is you must rethink the role and training of healthcare providers. If you don’t stay ahead, you’re behind.”
VICE CHAIR
Kerri Schuiling
PhD, CNM, NP-BC, FACNM, FAAN
Board of Directors Member Since 2016
Dr. Schuiling, who was a member of the first Community Based Nurse-Midwifery Education Program (CNEP) graduating class at Frontier, was inducted into Frontier’s first Alumni Hall of Fame class in 2025.
Dr. Schuiling holds a BSN from Northern Michigan University, an MSN from Wayne State University, and a PhD from the University of Michigan. She was the third nurse practitioner to practice in western MI and was the first credentialed nurse-midwife at Spectrum Health (now known as Corewell Health) in Grand Rapids, MI. She served as Northern Michigan University’s provost and vice president for academic affairs for eight years before taking on the role of President of the University; a position from which she semi-retired in 2024.
Dr. Schuiling was inducted as a fellow in the American College of Nurse-Midwives in 2003 and inducted as a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing in 2011. She is a recipient of the Kitty Ernst Award (2001) from the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) and the Dorthea M. Lang Pioneer Award (2024) from the ACNM Foundation.
SECRETARY
Peter Schwartz, MD
Board of Directors Member Since 2014
Dr. Schwartz graduated from the Roxbury Latin School, received his bachelor’s degree from Harvard College, and his MD from Boston University. After an internship at the University of Utah and two years in the United States Peace Corps in Western Samoa, he did his Residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Yale University.
He was a member of the Council of the Massachusetts Section of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and was on the Executive Committee of the Massachusetts Medical Society. He was the Chair of the Department of Ob Gyn at Reading Health System and was a Senior Medical Consultant at Stevens & Lee, a law firm dedicated to improving quality of obstetrical care.
Dr. Schwartz served on the Council of the Obstetrical Society of Philadelphia (OSP), eventually becoming its President; on the Council of the Pennsylvania Section of the ACOG, eventually becoming its Chair; on the Ethics Committee of ACOG, eventually becoming its Chair; and on the Ethics Committees of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine and the American Academy of Pediatrics. He received the J. Robert Willson Award from OSP for long and meritorious service to the Society and the profession, and ACOG’s Distinguished Service Award from District III.
TREASURER
Michael Steinmetz
CPA, CMA, CSCA
Board of Directors Member Since 2024
Michael Steinmetz retired from a 37-year career as a financial professional in 2022. He graduated from the University of Kentucky with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting in 1984 and a Master of Business Administration in 1985.
Early in Michael’s career, he earned certifications as a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Management Accountant. In 2017, he added a newly-released certification with the Certified in Strategy and Competitive Analysis credential. After a brief stint in public accounting with one of the “Big Eight” firms, Michael achieved positions at the director or Controller level in the manufacturing, and hospitality industries until 2009 when he joined Frontier Nursing University (FNU).
Approximately 15 years of his experience was with large multinational companies which provided a rich background of international experience. He also has been involved in mergers and acquisitions and an initial public offering. At Frontier, Michael took the lead role in the acquisition and development of the new campus in Versailles as well as the divestiture of operations in Leslie County, KY.
Michael currently lives in the Seattle, WA metropolitan area and serves as a volunteer for the Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) as a mentor for small businesses and as Chapter Treasurer (eff April 2024).
Top Row (L-R): Elaine Bolle, Bill Corley, Vernell DeWitty.
Middle Row: Jean Johnson, Emma Metcalf, Tim Raderstorf
Bottom Row: Maria Small, Tiffany Lea Carta, Tishsa Kartoff
Elaine Bolle, BA, MBA
Board of Directors
Member Since 2024
Elaine Bolle earned BA and MBA degrees at the University of Michigan. She has served as CEO, board director, and advisor, leading domestic and global organizations from start-ups to $750M+ enterprises. This includes senior management roles in strategic marketing and brand management, business development, sales, fundraising, mergers, and acquisitions.
Bolle’s industry expertise includes financial services, consumer goods, and services. Ms. Bolle was the SVP and GM for Western Union, leading the consumer payments businesses worldwide. She was also VP and Sr. Director of Citicorp Global Payments. At Quaker Oats, she conceived, built and managed a new wholesome snack business, “Quaker Chewy Granola Bars”.
She is actively involved in the non-profit world. She and her husband have been supporters of Frontier Nursing for many years, including funding a scholarship. In addition, she is the Past Chair of the Board of Directors for Dress for Success Triangle NC, serving on the board for many years, and now the liaison for the Dress for Success Triangle Advisory Council. Bolle is also an active angel investor, currently focusing on early-stage entrepreneurial ventures.
Bolle lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina with her husband and her Aussie doodle.
William (Bill) Corley
MHA
Board of Directors Member Since 2021
Bill Corley is a Consultant with Integrity Health Strategies. Before joining Integrity Health Strategies, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer at Community Health Network in Indianapolis for 25 years from 1984 to 2009. Before joining Community, Corley served as the President and CEO of Akron General Medical Center in Ohio.
Originally from Pittsburg, PA, Corley received his Business Administration degree from the college of William and Mary. He then furthered his education at Duke University where he received his master’s degree in healthcare management.
Corley began his career as the administrative director at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC, from 1966 to 1967. He then served as the director of plans and operations for the 3rd Field Hospital for the US Army in Saigon, Vietnam. He returned to the United States in 1968 to work as a healthcare consultant with Booz Allen Hamilton in Chicago. He then served as the Associate Hospital Director at the Albert B Chandler Medical Center at the University of Kentucky from 1971 to 1975. In 1975, he was named hospital director of Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
Vernell DeWitty
PhD, MBA, RN, FAAN
Board of Directors Member Since 2023
Dr. DeWitty earned her doctorate from George Mason University, MBA from Howard University, MSN from The Catholic University of America, and BSN from Dillard University.
She has been recognized with numerous awards, including the American Nurses Association 2014 Mary Mahoney Award and the MEMY award from DNPs of Color (DOC).
Dr. DeWitty was the inaugural Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer at the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN). She has also served as an Equity, Diversity & Inclusion senior advisor for the Future of Nursing, Campaign for Action, senior consultant for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for AACN, and CEO of Pourquois Diversity Consulting, LLC.
She spearheaded the Robert Wood Johnson New Careers in Nursing Scholarship Program, a nine-year $44 million national collaboration between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and AACN that aimed to diversify the nursing workforce.
Dr. DeWitty is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, and the American College of Healthcare Executives. She is a graduate of the Maryland Equity and Inclusion Leadership Program at the University of Maryland Shafer Policy Center, and of the Unconscious Bias Learning Lab by Cook Ross. She was awarded a Healthcare Executive in Diversity and Inclusion certificate from the Association of American Medical Colleges.
Jean Johnson, PhD, RN, FAAN
Board of Directors Member Since 2015
Dr. Jean Johnson is dean emerita, professor of nursing, and a professional executive coach at the George Washington (GW) University School of Nursing. As founding dean of the School of Nursing, she developed multiple programs including one of the university’s first online programs. She also served as the interim executive director of the Center for Health Policy and Media Engagement.
A longtime geriatric nurse practitioner, Dr. Johnson focused her research and policy work on patient safety, quality improvement and online education. She was a Fulbright scholar teaching in the graduate clinical pediatric program at the University of Cape Town South Africa and Red Cross Children’s Hospital.
Dr. Johnson served as president of the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF), president of the American College of Nurse Practitioners and member of the National Academy of Medicine Committee on the Future of Primary Care. She was a senior advisor to the development of the Nursing Alliance for Quality of Care and member of the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
She is a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing and recipient of NONPF’s Lifetime Achievement Award. She was awarded GW’s Jane Lingo Alumni Outstanding Service Award for consistently advancing the mission of the university through dedicated volunteer efforts in support of its programs.
Emma Metcalf
RN, MSN, CPHQ
Board of Directors Member Since 2018
Emma Metcalf is a successful healthcare executive and retired federal leader with more than two decades of distinguished service at the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. Throughout her career, she demonstrated a strong commitment to operational excellence, strategic leadership, and advancing quality healthcare for veterans nationwide.
As Director and Chief Executive Officer of Veterans Administration Medical Services, she oversaw complex healthcare operations, guided multidisciplinary teams, and implemented initiatives designed to improve patient outcomes and organizational performance.
Metcalf serves on the Government Employee Health Association, and Louisville Urban League Guild, where she provides governance, oversight and strategic guidance. She services as the board of Treasurer FNU and serves as a member of the Finance and Audit, Infrastructure, Facilities and Technology and Executive Committee. Her board service reflects her dedication to ethical leadership, accountability, and organizational effectiveness.
She earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Kentucky, Associate Nursing degree from Jefferson Community College and a Master of Science Nursing degree from Bellarmine College.
Tim Raderstorf
DNP, RN, FAAN
Board of Directors Member Since 2023
Dr. Tim Raderstorf is the Co-founder and Chief Clinical Officer of Steadywell, where he is building an AI-powered system designed to make serious illness care proactive. A nurse through and through, Tim began his career in pediatric hematology and oncology, where he witnessed both the triumphs of treatment and the heartbreak when curative care was no longer possible. Those experiences shaped his belief that healthcare should anticipate needs and better support patients, families, and clinicians.
Before Steadywell, his fourth startup, Dr. Raderstorf spent six years as Chief Innovation Officer at The Ohio State University College of Nursing and became the first nurse in academia to hold that title. He is the author of the award-winning textbook Evidence-Based Leadership, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship in Nursing and Healthcare.
Dr. Raderstorf ’s work has been recognized internationally, including being named one of the TIPS Healthcare Innovations of the Year, and he has received honors such as Early Career Innovator of the Year at Ohio State and induction as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing.
Maria Small, MD, MPH
Board of Directors Member Since 2020
Born in Durham, N.C., Dr. Small earned her bachelor’s degree from Brown University, then completed medical school at East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine. She completed an internal medicine residency at Yale University’s New Haven Medical Center and an OB-GYN residency at Temple University Hospital. She went on to perform a fellowship in maternal-fetal medicine at Yale University and has a master’s degree in public health from Yale.
Dr. Small, who joined Duke University Medical School in 2007, is currently an Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Prior to returning to Durham, Dr. Small served in a variety of instructional positions, including assistant professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Yale University’s School of Medicine and adjunct faculty and associate head of the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Rwanda.
In addition to her professorial endeavors, Dr. Small also sees patients at Duke Birthing Center in Durham, N.C. She is board certified by both the American Board of Obstetrics/Gynecology, Maternal & Fetal Medicine, and the American Board of Obstetrics/Gynecology, Obstetrics & Gynecology. Dr. Small, who speaks Portuguese and Spanish in addition to English, has a special interest in high-risk maternal medical conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, and Preeclampsia.
Tiffany Lea Carta
2026 Board of Directors Student Representative
Lea Carta is a registered nurse, Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE), U.S. Navy veteran, and graduate student in Nurse-Midwifery at Frontier Nursing University. She holds a B.A. in Human Services and Management from Trevecca Nazarene University, a BSN from Lindsey Wilson University, completed graduate studies at the Nashville School of Law, and pursued professional studies in Human Resources, Personnel Development, and Employment Law through Cornell University.
Lea currently serves with the Indian Health Service alongside the Blackfeet Nation in Browning, Montana. Her career has been dedicated to improving access to high-quality, evidence-based care in rural communities and healthcare deserts through clinical service, workforce development, mentorship, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Her professional interests include trauma-informed care, rapid and disaster response nursing, provider wellness, mental health, and strengthening the rural healthcare workforce.
A U.S. Navy veteran, Lea was one of only two women selected to serve in a combat training support role for a Joint Special Operations deployment supporting SEAL Team 5, the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) and foreign allies during a deployment in the Persian Gulf. Her nursing background includes trauma and emergency nursing, forensic nursing, interventional cardiac catheterization, rapid response, disaster management, telehealth, public health and rural healthcare. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she served as a frontline clinician, quality assurance leader, and subject matter expert, helping develop and implement telehealth triage services, clinical workflows, quality standards, and staff training that expanded access to care for active-duty service members, their families, veterans and Department of Defense beneficiaries around the world.
Lea is committed to advancing equitable maternal and family healthcare while connecting students and new graduates with opportunities to serve in rural, tribal, and other high-need communities.
Tishsa Karhoff
2026 Board of Directors Student Representative
Tishsa Karhoff, BSN, RN, CLC, is a graduate student in the Nurse-Midwifery program at Frontier Nursing University and serves as a Student Representative on the University’s Board of Directors. She has more than 16 years of nursing experience, beginning her career as a licensed practical nurse before earning her Associate Degree in Nursing in 2018 and Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 2024.
Tishsa currently serves as a labor and delivery nurse, childbirth educator, and certified lactation counselor at a rural hospital in southeast Kansas, where she is passionate about supporting women and families throughout pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum period. Her professional interests include physiologic birth, breastfeeding support, patient education, and expanding access to quality maternity care in rural and underserved communities.
Before entering nursing, Tishsa served in the Army National Guard as a combat medic and deployed to Iraq in 2005. She remains committed to serving and leadership through community volunteerism, student leadership, and advocacy for maternal and newborn health. She has served on Frontier Nursing University’s Student Council and volunteers with local organizations that support individuals and families in her community.
A wife, mother of four, and lifelong learner, Tishsa plans to practice as a Certified Nurse-Midwife in rural southeast Kansas or Indian Health Services, where she hopes to improve access to compassionate, evidence-based maternity care while honoring the unique needs of the communities she serves.
Carrie Belin is an experienced board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner and a graduate of the Johns Hopkins DNP program, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Georgetown University School of Nursing, and Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. She has also completed fellowships at Georgetown and the University of California Irvine.
Angie has been a full-scope midwife since 2009. She has experience in various birth settings including home, hospital, and birth centers. She is committed to integrating the midwifery model of care in the US. She completed her master’s degree in nurse-midwifery at Frontier Nursing University (FNU) and her Doctorate at Johns Hopkins University. She currently serves as the midwifery clinical faculty at FNU. Angie is motivated by the desire to improve the quality of healthcare and has led quality improvement projects on skin-to-skin implementation, labor induction, and improving transfer of care practices between hospital and community midwives. In 2017, she created a short film on skin-to-skin called 
Justin C. Daily, BSN, RN, has ten years of experience in nursing. At the start of his nursing career, Justin worked as a floor nurse on the oncology floor at St. Francis. He then spent two years as the Director of Nursing in a small rural Kansas hospital before returning to St. Francis and the oncology unit. He has been in his current position as the Chemo Nurse Educator for the past four years. He earned an Associate in Nurse from Hutchinson Community College and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Bethel College.
Brandy Jackson serves as the Director of Undergraduate Nursing Programs and Assistant Educator at Wichita State University and Co-Director of Access in Nursing. Brandy is a seasoned educator with over 15 years of experience. Before entering academia, Brandy served in Hospital-based leadership and Critical Care Staff nurse roles. Brandy is passionate about equity in nursing education with a focus on individuals with disabilities. Her current research interests include accommodations of nursing students with disabilities in clinical learning environments and breaking down barriers for historically unrepresented individuals to enter the nursing profession. Brandy is also actively engaged in Interprofessional Education development, creating IPE opportunities for faculty and students at Wichita State. Brandy is an active member of Wichita Women for Good and Soroptimist, with the goal to empower women and girls. Brandy is a TeamSTEPPS master trainer. She received the DASIY Award for Extraordinary Nursing Faculty in 2019 at Wichita State University. 
Dr. Sabrina Ali Jamal-Eddine is an Arab-disabled queer woman of color with a PhD in Nursing and an interdisciplinary certificate in Disability Ethics from the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC). Dr. Jamal-Eddine’s doctoral research explored spoken word poetry as a form of critical narrative pedagogy to educate nursing students about disability, ableism, and disability justice. Dr. Jamal-Eddine now serves as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in UIC’s Department of Disability and Human Development and serves on the Board of Directors of the National Organization of Nurses with Disabilities (NOND). During her doctoral program, Sabrina served as a Summer Fellow at a residential National Endowment of the Humanities (NEH) Summer Institute at Arizona State University (2023), a summer fellow at Andrew W. Mellon’s National Humanities Without Walls program at University of Michigan (2022), a Summer Research Fellow at UC Berkeley’s Othering & Belonging Institute (2021), and an Illinois Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and related Disabilities (LEND) trainee (2019-2020).
Vanessa Cameron works for Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nursing Education & Professional Development. She is also attending George Washington University and progressing towards a PhD in Nursing with an emphasis on ableism in nursing. After becoming disabled in April 2021, Vanessa’s worldview and perspective changed, and a recognition of the ableism present within healthcare and within the culture of nursing was apparent. She has been working since that time to provide educational foundations for nurses about disability and ableism, provide support for fellow disabled nursing colleagues, and advocate for the disabled community within healthcare settings to reduce disparities.
Dr. Lucinda Canty is a certified nurse-midwife, Associate Professor of Nursing, and Director of the Seedworks Health Equity in Nursing Program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She earned a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Columbia University, a master’s degree from Yale University, specializing in nurse-midwifery, and a PhD from the University of Connecticut. Dr. Canty has provided reproductive health care for over 29 years. Her research interests include the prevention of maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity, reducing racial and ethnic health disparities in reproductive health, promoting diversity in nursing, and eliminating racism in nursing and midwifery.
Dr. Lisa Meeks is a distinguished scholar and leader whose unwavering commitment to inclusivity and excellence has significantly influenced the landscape of health professions education and accessibility. She is the founder and executive director of the DocsWithDisabilities Initiative and holds appointments as an Associate Professor in the Departments of Learning Health Sciences and Family Medicine at the University of Michigan.
Dr. Nikia Grayson, DNP, MSN, MPH, MA, CNM, FNP-C, FACNM (she/her) is a trailblazing force in reproductive justice, blending her expertise as a public health activist, anthropologist, and family nurse-midwife to champion the rights and health of underserved communities. Graduating with distinction from Howard University, Nikia holds a bachelor’s degree in communications and a master’s degree in public health. Her academic journey also led her to the University of Memphis, where she earned a master’s in medical anthropology, and the University of Tennessee, where she achieved both a master’s in nursing and a doctorate in nursing practice. Complementing her extensive education, she completed a post-master’s certificate in midwifery at Frontier Nursing University.
Dr. Tia Brown McNair is the Vice President in the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Student Success and Executive Director for the Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation (TRHT) Campus Centers at the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) in Washington, DC. She oversees both funded projects and AAC&U’s continuing programs on equity, inclusive excellence, high-impact practices, and student success. McNair directs AAC&U’s Summer Institutes on High-Impact Practices and Student Success, and TRHT Campus Centers and serves as the project director for several AAC&U initiatives, including the development of a TRHT-focused campus climate toolkit. She is the lead author of From Equity Talk to Equity Walk: Expanding Practitioner Knowledge for Racial Justice in Higher Education (January 2020) and Becoming a Student-Ready College: A New Culture of Leadership for Student Success (July 2016 and August 2022 Second edition).