Frontier Nursing University announced recently that Marcus Osborne has been selected to serve as the Chair of FNU’s Board of Directors. Osborne, who has served on the Board since 2017, fills the position that was held by Dr. Michael Carter for 23 years until he stepped down from the role in Spring 2025.
“The singular word I would use is extraordinary,” Osborne said about the leadership of Dr. Carter’s tenure on the Board. “You think about the leadership that he brought during times where there was lots of change – the COVID pandemic, some of the political changes that have impacted both education and healthcare. The debt of gratitude that is owed to him is immense.”
A Kentucky native, 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. He then 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. Most recently, he served as CEO of RightMove, a spin-out from the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) providing virtual musculoskeletal care.
“While we will miss Michael Carter, we are incredibly fortunate to have someone as innovative and collaborative as Marcus to be his successor,” FNU President Dr. Brooke A. Flinders said. “His profound professional experience and unique expertise have made him a valuable member of the Board for the past eight years. He is uniquely equipped to lead Frontier into the next chapter.”
“This is a great honor,” Osborne said of becoming Board Chair at FNU. “It’s exciting for me to come into this role and it’s a great time to be at FNU.”
