Meet the Faculty
Dean
Renee Pozza, PhD, RN, CNS, FNP-BC
Dean and Professor, School of Nursing
Associate Dean
Teresa Dodd-Butera, PhD, RN/DABAT
Associate Dean of Research and Professor
Phone: (626) 815-2120
Alternative Phone: (619) 995-4057
Email: tbutera@apu.edu
Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #301
Ruth Mielke, PhD, RN, CNM, FACNM, WHNP-BC
Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs and Professor
Lynda Reed, DNP, RN, FNP-C
Associate Dean of Evaluation, Accreditation, & Assessment and Associate Professor, School of Nursing
Lori Silao, PhD, RN, MN NNP-BC
Associate Dean, Undergraduate Division and Associate Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6352
Email: lsilao@apu.edu
Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #222
Professor
Marie N. Fongwa, PhD, MPH, MSN, RN
Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5380
Fax: (626) 815-5414
Email: mfongwa@apu.edu
Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #234
Nabil Hanna, MB BCh
Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5411
Fax: (626) 815-5414
Email: nhanna@apu.edu
Office Location: Building One, Room #357
Marcella Hardy-Peterson, DNP, RN, WHNP
Program Director, Professor School of Nursing
Phone: (909) 894-6148
Email: mpeterson@apu.edu
Office Location: Inland Empire Regional Campus, IE 208 Q
Christine Joy Phongdara
Program Director, Entry Level Master's Program at Inland Empire Regional Campus and Associate Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2872
Email: cphongdara@apu.edu
Office Location: Inland Empire Regional Campus, 208 H
Lowell Renold, PhD
Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5593
Email: lrenold@apu.edu
Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #302
Kathleen Ruccione, PhD
Professor, Program Director, SON PhD Program (Interim)
Phone: (626) 815-6000
Email: kruccione@apu.edu
Ebere Ume, PhD
Professor, School of Nursing
Email: eume@apu.edu
Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Monrovia Room #201
Associate Professor
Frank Berry, PhD
Associate Professor/Curriculum Specialist, School of Nursing; Associate Professor/Curriculum Specialist, Department of Clinical Psychology
Marissa Brash, DrPH, EdD, MPH, CPH
Department Chair, Master of Public Health and Associate Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6186
Email: mbrash@apu.edu
Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Suite 604B, Office #306
Karen French, DNP, FNP-C, RN
Department Chair, MSN Family Nurse Practitioner Program at Azusa and Associate Professor
Phone: (626) 815-5075
Fax: (909) 383-6892
Email: kfrench@apu.edu
Office Location: Building One, Room #317
Sabrina Friedman, EdD, DNP, PMHCNS, FNP
Associate Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2265
Email: sfriedman@apu.edu
Office Location: Inland Empire Regional Campus, IERC, Suite 208G
Anna Marie Hefner, PhD, MAEd, CPNP, RN
Associate Professor
Catherine Heinlein, EdD, RD, MS, CDE, RN
Associate Professor
Mary Lynne Knighten, DNP
Associate Professor and DNP Clinical Residency Coordinator
Hong Li, PhD
Director, APU Institute of Health Research and Associate Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6324
Email: hli@apu.edu
Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room 235
Sanggon Nam, PhD, MS
Associate Professor, School of Nursing
Patricia Quinn, PhD, ANP-BC
Associate Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2159
Email: pquinn@apu.edu
Office Location: San Diego Regional Campus, Room #119
Jenna Reyes, EdD, RN, PHN, CHSE
Department Chair, Nursing Education and Associate Professor
Phone: (760) 807-0904
Email: jereyes@apu.edu
Office Location: San Diego Regional Campus, Suite 300, Room #117
Regina Rico, PhD
Director of Skills Labs and Associate Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5272
Email: rrico@apu.edu
Office Location: West Campus, Building One, Room 315
Nancy Sabin, DNP
Associate Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2159
Email: nsabin@apu.edu
Office Location: San Diego Regional Campus, Room #315
Linda Searle-Leach, PhD
Associate Professor
Amanda Thurman, DNPc, MSN, FNP-BC
Program Director, Assistant Professor School of Nursing
Sharon K. Titus, PhD
Associate Professor, School of Nursing
Phone: (630) 780-8756
Email: stitus@apu.edu
Brent A. Wood, PhD
Nursing Site Director, Monrovia Site and Associate Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6317
Fax: (626) 815-5417
Email: bwood@apu.edu
Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #116
Assistant Professor
Christina Bivona-Tellez, DNP, MPH, BSN, NEA-B
Assistant Professor
Nemesio Del Rosario, MN/Ed, RN, PHN
Skills Center Coordinator and Assistant Professor
Phone: (626) 812-6000, Ext. 6312
Email: ndelrosario@apu.edu
Meaghan Ellis, PsyD, RN, MSN
Department Chair, Entry-Level Master's Program and Assistant Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2711
Email: meaghanellis@apu.edu
Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #212
Ragi George, PhD, MSN/ED, RN, GERO-BC, CMSRN, CNE
Assistant Professor, School of Nursing
Phone: (626) 561-2980
Email: rgeorge@apu.edu
Office Location: Inland Empire Regional Campus, Room #208 Q
Dayna M. Holt, CPN, CRNI, VA-BC
Program Director, Entry Level Master's Program at San Diego Regional Campus and Assistant Professor
Phone: (619) 718-9655, Ext. 2140
Fax: (619) 718-9659
Email: dholt@apu.edu
Office Location: San Diego Regional Campus, Room #113
Beverly Kelley, MS, RN, CNS, CCRN
Assistant Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2338
Alternative Phone: (909) 888-9977
Email: bkelley@apu.edu
Office Location: Inland Empire Regional Campus, Room #208K
Mario Macayaon, MSN/ED, RN, CHSE
Assistant Professor
Renee Marquez, DNP, MSN, PMHNP-BC
Assistant Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2296
Email: rmarquez@apu.edu
Katie McCoy-Hill, DNP, APRN, CCRN, CNS
Assistant Professor
Melinda McLaughlin, MSN
Assistant Professor School of Nursing
Phone: (410) 241-3990
Email: mmclaughlin@apu.edu
Pamela Surla Milligan, DNP, RNC-NIC, FNP-BC
Assistant Professor
Elsa Murdoch, DNP, MSN, BSN, CLNC, CPHRM
Department Chair, RN to BSN and Assistant Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2290
Email: emurdoch@apu.edu
Office Location: Inland Empire Regional Campus, Room #208D
Sheryl Nespor, PhD, JD, MSN, BA
Assistant Professor
Phone: (619) 718-9655, Ext. 2168
Email: snespor@apu.edu
Office Location: San Diego Regional Campus, Room #360
Brianna Marie Pack, MBA
Assistant Professor and Chair of Online Education Committee
Phone: (626) 815-6000
Email: bpack@apu.edu
Koy Parada, PhD(c)
Assistant Professor and Coordinator, International and Urban/Rural Health Nursing
David Picella, PhD, FNP, CNS, GS-C
Program Director, MSN Adult Gerontology Nurse Practitioner Program and Assistant Professor
Nicole Ringo, MSN/ED, RN, PhD
Assistant Professor
Lawrence Santiago, EdD
Assistant Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6191
Email: lsantiago@apu.edu
Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #314
Valerie Joy Smith, PhD, RN, MSN, CCRN
Department Chair, Assistant Professor
Janette Tingson, MSN, RN, CPN
Assistant Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6313
Email: jtingson@apu.edu
Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Rom #205
Instructor
Margaret Brady, PhD, RN, CPNP-PC
Credential Director, MSN Pediatric Nurse Practitioner and School Nurse Program and Instructor
Dawn Eliades, MSN, RN
Instructor
Joy Ericson, MSN, RN, CPN
Instructor
Lydia Garcia-Usry, RN, MSN, PHN, DNP
Instructor School of Nursing
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2289
Email: lgarciausry@apu.edu
Office Location: High Desert Regional Campus, Victorville Room #200A
Taemin Jin
Instructor, School of Nursing
Richard Mendez Jr
Instructor
Phone: (626) 815-6000
Email: rmendez@apu.edu
Office Location: Inland Empire Regional Campus, Room 208E
Bridget Miranda, DNP, FNP-C
Instructor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2117
Email: bmiranda@apu.edu
Office Location: San Diego Regional Campus, Room #118
Friary Nguyen, MSN, RN, CNE, CHSE
Instructor, School of Nursing
Jessica Oliver, MSN/ED, RN, CPN
Instructor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2193
Email: joliver@apu.edu
Office Location: San Diego Regional Campus, Room #111
Stephanie Schlosser, MSN-ED
Program Director, Upper-Division Transfer Program and Instructor, School of Nursing
Email: sschlosser@apu.edu
Karen Soikkeli, MSN, FNP-C, RN
Instructor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2118
Email: ksoikkeli@apu.edu
Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #202
Leslie Stephenson, MSN/Ed., RNC-OB, PHN
Instructor
Phone: (619) 718-9655
Email: lstephenson@apu.edu
Office Location: San Diego Regional Campus, Office #116
Professor Emerita
Felicitas dela Cruz, DNSc
Professor Emerita, School of Nursing
Elaine Goehner, PhD, RNC, CPHQ
Professor Emerita, Director of Continuing Education and Adjunct Faculty
Professor Emeritus
