The Rush Nurses Alumni Association, also known as NAA or the Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Nurses Alumni Association, supports and engages alumni from Rush University College of Nursing and Rush’s three predecessor schools: Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Hospital School of Nursing, Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing and St. Luke’s Hospital School of Nursing.
The mission of the association is to support Rush University College of Nursing in producing highly prepared nurses while promoting the college and its alumni as innovative leaders in nursing education, practice, research and service.
The association board of directors represents all nursing graduates and works to prioritize and strengthen the college’s strategic goals. Association leaders are nominated and elected by members of the alumni association biannually.
Enhancing the alumni and student experience
The alumni association focuses on the following fundamental areas:
- Strengthening alumni pride
- Supporting the college
Engaging current nursing students
Support student programs
The association’s board of directors works to prioritize and strengthen these areas by supporting and promoting gifts to the Nurses Alumni Association Student Success Fund, with funding for CON students’ professional development and student events that strengthen sense of belonging. Through fundraising and advocacy, the board of directors helps advance these efforts. We encourage you to help support the next generation of CON students by supporting the Nurses Alumni Association Student Success Fund.
If you’d like additional information or have questions about the Nurses Alumni Association, email us at alumni@rush.edu.
Meet our 2025-2027 board of directors
NAA officers
- Stephanie D. Yohannan, DNP, MBA, RN, NE-BC (DNP ’16), President
- Thomas O. Starr, DNP, MSN, RN, CNL, NEA-BC, CCRN-K (MSN ’14, DNP ’18), Immediate Past President
- Steven J. Brockman-Weber, DNP, RN, MS (HAS), NEA-BC, FACHE, FAAN, CENP (DNP ’15), Vice President
- Barbara K. Hinch, DNP, ACNP-BC (MSN ’94, CERT ’95, DNP ’07), Treasurer
NAA board of directors
- Tristan Banks, DNP, MHA, RN, CNL (BSN ’04, DNP ’22)
- Margaret Bavis, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC (BSN ’97, ND ’01)
- Kristina K. Davis, MS, MSN, MPH, RN, CNL, CPHQ (MSN ’16)
- Aaron Franklin, DNP, RN, NEA-BC (MSN ’18, DNP ’21)
- Sheila “Mimi” Guiracocha, DNP (DNP ’21)
- Mike Kremer, PhD, CRNA, CHSE, FNAP, FAAN (PhD ’97)
- Karen Lowe Graham, PhD (PhD ’23)
- Bridget O'Brien Fagan, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, AOCNP (DNP ’98)
- Anita Opdycke, DNP, RN, APRN, PMHNP-BC, NP-C (MSN ’11, DNP ’19)
- Evelyn Senewo, DNP, RN, PHNA-BC, NEA-BC (MSN ’12, DNP ’17)
- Kara Sexton, DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, TNCC (DNP ’23)
- Alexandra Sophia Sontag, MSN, DNP, CNL, RN, APRN, FNP-BC (DNP ’17)
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