Nursing Alumni Council

The Nursing Alumni Council is a way for DUSON graduates to serve the School of Nursing and the alumni community. The council is responsible for the operations of the School of Nursing Alumni Association and recruits members from each of the school’s programs for a term of three years.

Through its volunteer structure, the Nursing Alumni Association’s mission is to build the institution through leadership, philanthropic support, and service to the school.


Nursing Alumni Council: July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2026

Executive Committee


Nicholas Biondo

PRESIDENT:
Nicholas Charles Biondo, BSN'24

Exterior of the School of Nursing

VICE PRESIDENT:
Heather B. Keyser, MSN'95

Andrew Benson

PAST PRESIDENT:
Andrew R. Benson, MSN'09

Becky Zagor

MEMBER AT LARGE:
Karen Becky Zagor, BSN'80

Exterior of the School of Nursing

MEMBER AT LARGE:
Kathleen E. V. Gallagher, BSN'75

Marianne Williams

MEMBER AT LARGE:
Marianne Tango Williams, BSN'81

Members

Reese E. Artz, BSN'24
Sandra Alison Davis, BSN'82
William Beauregard Rowe, DNP'20
Marcelle P. Scheyer, MSN'16
Nikolas James Silva, BSN'20
Robert Frederick Stern, BSN'19
Judith A. Thorpe, BSN'77

Emeriti Members

Sally Ann Bender Addison, BSN'60
Sandra Smith Averitt, BSN'67
Nancy Jo Davenport, BSN'67, MSN'69
Kathleen E. V. Gallagher, BSN'75
Susan M. Glover, BSN'70
Constance Cabell Kendall, BSN'84
Carole Ann Klove, JD, BSN'80
Virginia B. Lang, BSN'67
Aliki H. Martin, DNP'13
Marilyn R. McIlvaine, BSN'58
M. Christine Fulgencio Miller, MSN'99
Barbara Nims, BSN'71
Christine S. Pearson, BSN'84
Susan Johnston Rainey, BSN'70
Martha Cohn Romney, BSN'77
Ruth Calvin Scharf, BSN'80
E. Dorsey Smith-Seed, BSN'60
Judith Krebs Snyderman, RN'64, Hon. '19
Joan M. Stanley, BSN'71
Martha Shawger Urbaniak, BSN'67
Marianne Tango Williams, BSN'81
Barbara Dimmick Yowell, BSN'62
Karen Becky Zagor, BSN'80

Nursing Alumni Council 2024 Visit
Professor Tonia Poteat, Duke University Provost Alec Gallimore, and Interim Dean Michael Relf gather with members of the Nursing Advisory Council
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