Faculty & Staff
The Nursing faculty is comprised of highly-experienced professionals recognized as experts among their peers, representing the major clinical specialties within nursing.
The Nursing faculty is committed to working collaboratively with colleagues in practice to positively influence future nurses and those continuing their education, along with contributing ideas to enhance practice settings. Most faculty are actively engaged in clinical practice through direct care and/or consulting activities at such sites as community health centers, departments of public health, and acute care hospitals, among others.
Dean's Office
Karen Daley, Ph.D., RN
Dean, Davis & Henley College of Nursing
Center for Healthcare Education N376
203-365-7578
daleyk3@sacredheart.edu
Cynthia K. O'Sullivan, Ph.D., APRN, FNP-BC
Associate Dean, Academic Affairs & Global Nursing
Center for Healthcare Education N379
203-416-3792
osullivanc@sacredheart.edu
Jasper Tolarba, Ed.D(c), DNP, MSN, M.Ed., RN, CGNC, FACHE, FAAN
Chair, Nursing Practice, Education, Research & Innovation - Nuvance Health
Center for Healthcare Education N378
203-365-7578
tolarbaj@sacredheart.edu
LuAnn Etcher, Ph.D., GNP-BC, CPG
Associate Dean for Research & Scholarship
Graduate Nursing, Online
203-452-1693
etcherl@sacredheart.edu
Molly Paguaga, Ed.D.
Assistant Dean for Student Success
Center for Healthcare Education N248
203-396-6578
paguagam@sacredheart.edu
Heather Ferrillo, Ph.D., MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, CN
Chair - Undergraduate Programs
Center for Healthcare Education N394
203-416-3931
ferrilloh@sacredheart.edu
Susan Penque, Ph.D., ANP-BC, NE-BC, NC-C
Chair - Graduate Programs
Graduate Nursing, Online
203-396-6718
penques@sacredheart.edu
Nancy Pires ‘87
Assistant to the Dean
Center for Healthcare Education N377
203-365-7578
piresn@sacredheart.edu
Susan Labozzo
Administrative Assistant
Center for Healthcare Education
203-371-7844
labozzos@sacredheart.edu
Faculty
- Jennifer Arsan-Siemasko, MSN, RN-BC
- Christine Coletta, DNP, MSN, RN, CHSE
- Jennifer Comer-Ryan, DNP, MSN, RNC-OB, C-EFM
- Robin Consiglio, MSN, RN, CMSRN
- Tammey Dickerson, MSN, RN
- Mary E. Dietmann, Ed.D., APRN, ACNS-BC, CNE
- Christine (Dixie) Douville, MSN, RN
- Dorothea A. Esposito, DNP, APRN FNP-BC NP-C
- LuAnn Etcher, Ph.D., GNP-BC, CPG
- Heather Ferrillo, Ph.D., MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, CNE
- Kim Foito, MSN, RN, EMT-B
- Constance Glenn, DNP, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, CNE
- Susan A. Goncalves, DNP, MS, RN-BC
- Millie Hepburn-Smith, Ph.D., RN
- Kathleen Jaramillo, Ph.D., RN
- Rebecca Witten Jones, Ph.D., ANP-C, MSN, BS, RN, CNL
- Mary Beth Kaylor, Ph.D., RN
- Jeanette Koziel, MSN
- Tammy Lampley, Ph.D., RN, MSN, CNE
- Marguerite Lawrence DNP, FNP-BC, PHCNS-BC, MA
- Beth Lucca, MSN, RN
- Kerry Milner, DNSc, RN
- Linda Morrow, DNP, MSN, MBA, RN, CNOR, CPHQ
- Chrystyne Olivieri, DNP, FNP-BC, CDCES
- Susan Penque, Ph.D., ANP-BC, NE-BC, NC-C
- Keevia Porter, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, PMHNP-BC
- Shannon Pranger, MSN, RN-BC, CEN, CNE, CHSE
- Gina Reitmeyer, DNP, APRN, MSN, PNP
- Christopher Sage, DNP, RN
- Elizabeth Saska, MSN, RN, CEN
- Melissa Scollan-Koliopoulos, Ed.D., DNP, FNP, PMHMP, CDCES
- Anne Marie Simmons, Ph.D., RN
- Theresa Soltis, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC
- Linda L. Strong, Ed.D., RN
- Tammy A. Testut, Ph.D., RN, CNE
- Maria Torres, MSN, BSN, RN-BC PMHN
- Rhonda Tower-Siddens, Ph.D., MSN, APRN, FNP-C, CNE
- Norman Weller, MSN, RN
Staff
- Alexx Arnold
- Alyssa Balestrieri, BS
- Jason Blando
- Samantha Bomba, MS
- Raheem Davis, M.Ed.
- Lisa Gulli-Martire, BS
- Alexandra Harreys
- Amy Keary, BSN, RN
- Karen Krieger, MS
- Jennifer Marrin Cullinan, BA, BSN, MSN, RN
- Ann Mele, BSN, RN
- Sandra Miller
- Cory O’Connell, MBA, BS, RYT
- Amy Piccirillo
- Elizabeth Potenza, BS
- Eileen Riccardi
- Carrie Sauer, MS
- Brittany Schweig, MA
- Keri Smith, MS
- MaryAnne Turner, MS
Faculty Emeriti
- Linda Cook, DNP, APRN, NNP-BC, Professor Emerita
- Susan DeNisco, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, FAANP, Professor Emerita
- Carol Kravitz, MS, Professor Emerita
- Linda L. Strong, Ed.D., RN, Professor Emerita
- Constance E. Young, Ed.D., Professor Emerita