Frontier Nursing University’s Board of Directors is comprised of individuals who are invested in the success and growth of FNU. The Board is integral in leading FNU to carry out the mission we’ve held since 1939 - to educate nurses who are leaders in the primary care of women and families, with an emphasis on underserved and rural populations.
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Michael Carter, Chairman
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Michael Rust, Vice Chairman
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Emma Metcalf, Treasurer
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Elaine Bolle
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Peter Coffin
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Bill Corley
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Vernell DeWitty
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Nancy Hines
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Jean Johnson (On Hiatus)
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Marcus Osborne
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Dr. Tim Raderstorf
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Dr. Joanna Santiesteban
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Kerri Schuiling
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Peter Schwartz
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Maria Small
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Michael Steinmetz
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May Wykle
Roles of the Board include:
- Governance of FNU, ensuring long-term viability of the university
- Sharing the stories of FNU graduates and faculty and the role FNU plays in the nationwide network of nurse-midwives and nurse practitioners
- Ensuring FNU students receive a quality education
- Organizing committees across the U.S. to share stories of FNU and grow our list of donors
"The nurse-midwife and nurse-practitioner programs offered by FNU are consistently top rated. It is because of our strong faculty, determined students, dedicated preceptors, outstanding staff, engaged alumni and committed donors that it is all possible. We are honored to serve as the Board of Directors for such an exemplary institution."
- Michael Carter, DNSc, DNP, FNP, FAAN
Chair, Board of Directors
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FNU welcomed our board members to our Versailles, Ky., campus in October 2023.
FRONTIER TRUSTEES
The Frontier Trustees are a group of individuals organized to support the mission of FNU through active engagement in University activities, playing an advisory role in strategic planning, providing thoughtful feedback to the organization, and acting as ambassadors of FNU in their own communities and fields.
MEET OUR TRUSTEES
Mrs. Tia Andrew, Hamilton Parish, Bermuda
Ms. Sarah Bacon, Brooklyn, NY
Mrs. Andrea Begley, Hyden, KY
Dr. Heather Bernard, Hamilton, NY
Gov. Steven Beshear, Lexington, KY
Mrs. Betty Brown, Louisville, KY
Mrs. Amy Pennington Brudnicki, Richmond, KY
Dr. Timothy Bukowski, Chapel Hill, NC
Dr. Wallace Campbell, Berea, KY
Miss Anna Carey, Hyden, KY
Carlyle Carter, Evanston, IL
Mrs. Jean Chapin, Oldwick, NJ
Mrs. Lois Cheston, Topsfield, MA
Bill Corley, Indianapolis, IN
Mrs. Julia Breckinridge Davis, Winston-Salem, NC
Mrs. Selby Ehrlich, Bedford, NY
Mrs. Robert Estill, Raleigh, NC
Mrs. Noel Smith Fernandez, Pomona, NY
Ms. Mary Ann Gill, Versailles, KY
Mr. John Grandin, Chestnut Hill, MA
Dr. Joyce Fortney Hamberg, Southgate, KY
Dr. Horace Henriques, Lyme, NH
Mr. & Mrs. John Hodge, Berwyn, PA
Mrs. Robin Frentz Isaacs, Lincoln, MA
Mrs. Rosemary Johnson, Versailles, KY
Mrs. Mary Carol Joseph, Hyden, KY
Ms. Deborah M. King, Westport, MA
Mrs. Patricia Lawrence, Westwood, MA
Mrs. Marian Leibold, Cincinnati, OH
Dr. Ruth Lubic, Washington, DC
Mr. Robert Montague, JD, Urbanna, VA
Dr. Judy Myers, Ph.D., RN, New Albany, IN
Ms. Barbara Napier, Irvine, KY
Ms. Sandra Napier, Stinnett, KY
Mr. Dean Osborne, Hyden, KY
Mrs. Helen Rentch, Midway, KY
Mrs. John Richardson, Washington, DC
Mrs. Linda Roach, Lexington, KY
Mrs. Georgia Rodes, Lexington, KY
Mrs. Sandra Schreiber, Louisville, KY
Maria Small, MD, MPH, Durham, NC
Mrs. Sherrie Rice Smith, Franklin, WI
Mrs. Austin Smithers, Lyme, NH
Mrs. Robert Steck, Arlington, MA
Mrs. Mary Clay Stites, Louisville, KY
Mr. Richard Sturgill, Paris, KY
Ms. Mary Frazier Vaughan, Lexington, KY
Mrs. LouAnne Roberts Verrier, Austin, TX
Dr. Patience White, Bethesda, MD
Ms. Vaughda Wooten, Hyden, KY