The Nursing Alumni Council is a way for Duke University School of Nursing 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, 2026 – June 30, 2027
Executive Committee
PRESIDENT:
Nicholas Charles Biondo, BSN'24
VICE PRESIDENT:
Heather B. Keyser, MSN'95
PRESIDENT-ELECT:
Robert Frederick Stern, BSN’19
PAST PRESIDENT:
Andrew R. Benson, MSN'09
MEMBER AT LARGE:
Kathleen E. V. Gallagher, BSN'75
MEMBER AT LARGE:
Judith A. Thorpe, BSN’77
MEMBER AT LARGE:
Marianne Tango Williams, BSN'81
MEMBER AT LARGE:
Karen Becky Zagor, BSN'80
Members
Reesa E. Artz, BSN’24
Nicholas Charles Biondo, BSN’24
Maame Fosua Dadson, BSN’27
Christina Dalzell, MSN’08
Susan Cohen Gower, BSN’80
Heather B. Keyser, MSN’95
Barry Cook Lepley, MSN’06
Gwendolyn Ball Rowe, BSN’75
William Beauregard Rowe, DNP’20
Marcelle P. Scheyer, MSN’16
Kimberly Ann Siniscalchi, DNP’19
Robert Frederick Stern, BSN’19
Judith A. Thorpe, BSN’77
Mary Alice Classen Tinari, BSN’74
Jennifer Susan Troutman, BSN’81
Emeriti Members
Sally Ann Bender Addison, BSN’60
Sandra Smith Averitt, BSN’67
Andrew Robert Benson, MSN’09 (Past President)
Nancy S. Coll
Nancy Jo Davenport, BSN’67, MSN’69
Susan Beck Davis, BSN’77, MD’85, HS’85-’88
M. Christine Fulgencio Miller, MSN’99
Kathleen E.V. Gallagher, BSN’75
Constance Cabell Kendall, BSN’84
Carole Ann Klove, BSN’80
Virginia B. Lang, BSN’67
Aliki H. Martin, DNP’13
Marilyn R. McIlvaine, BSN’58
Barbara Nims, BSN’71
Christine S. Pearson, BSN’84
Susan Johnston Rainey, BSN’70
Martha Cohn Romney, BSN’77
Ruth Calvin Scharf, BSN’80
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