FGCU College of
Health Professions

Departments

Degree Programs

Research Centers

Rebecca Ali, MSN, ARNP-C
Instructor

• office: BHG 148
  
• phone: 590-7514
  
• e-mail: rali@fgcu.edu
  

Janith Beres, MSN, RN
Instructor

• office: BHG 231
  
• phone: 590-7506
  
• e-mail: jberes@fgcu.edu

Deborah Wince Chapa, PhD, ARNP-BC
Assistant Professor

• office: BHG 129
• phone: 590-7589
  
• e-mail: dchapa@fgcu.edu

Maria Ciferni, MSN, RN, CNS
Instructor

• office: BHG 123
• phone: 590-7524
  
• e-mail: mciferni@fgcu.edu

Loureen Smart Downes, Ph.D, ARNP-BC
Assistant Professor

• office: BHG 248
• phone: 590-7449
  
• e-mail: ldownes@fgcu.edu

Tina Ellis, MSN, RN
Instructor

• office: BHG 222
  
• phone: 590-7507
  
• e-mail: tellis@fgcu.edu

Lee Ann Rooney-Giardino, MSN, ARNP-BC
Instructor

• office: BHG 124
  
• phone: 590-7554
  
• e-mail: lgiardin@fgcu.edu

Rosalyn Gross, MSN, ARNP-BC
Instructor

• office: BHG 249
  
• phone: 590-7521
  
• e-mail: rgross@fgcu.edu

Lynda Hagman, PhD, RN
Associate Professor

• office: BHG 244
  
• phone: 590-7508
  
• e-mail: lhagman@fgcu.edu

Kenneth Kirsner, CRNA, MS, JD
Program Director, Nurse Anesthesia

• office: BHG 245
  
• phone: 590-7457
  
• e-mail: kkirsner@fgcu.edu
  

Barbara Kruse, PhD, ARNP
Associate Professor

• office: BHG 118
  
• phone: 590-7516
  
• e-mail: bkruse@fgcu.edu
  

Linda McCash, PhD, ARNP-BC
Assistant Professor

• office: BHG 121
  
• phone: 590-7509
  
• e-mail: lmccash@fgcu.edu
  

Elizabeth Murray, PhD, CNE, RN
Coordinator RN-BSN Program, Assistant Professor

• office: BHG 230
  
• phone: 590-7510
  
• e-mail: emurray@fgcu.edu
  

Anne Nolan, PhD, RN
Associate Professor

• office: BHG 120
  
• phone: 590-7513
  
• e-mail: anolan@fgcu.edu
  

Marydelle Polk, PhD, CNE, ARNP-BC
Program Director, MSN Primary Health, Professor

• office: BHG 250
  
• phone: 590-7518
  
• e-mail: mpolk@fgcu.edu
  

Shirley Ruder, EdD, RN
Assistant Professor

• office: BHG 221
  
• phone: 590-7519
  
• e-mail: sruder@fgcu.edu

Jo Stecher, MA, RN, BC, CCTC
Instructor

• office: BHG 131
  
• phone: 590-7515
  
• e-mail: jstecher@fgcu.edu

Donna Wolf, MSN, ARNP
Instructor

• office: BHG 130
  
• phone: 590-7517
  
• e-mail: dwolf@fgcu.edu

Karen Wright, MSN, ARNP-BC
Instructor

• office: BHG 132
  
• phone: 590-7523
  
• e-mail: kwright@fgcu.edu