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Meet Our Alumni

Our alumni community boasts some 14,000 individuals, each with a unique story. Here we introduce a few of the women and men who chose UIC Nursing as a crucial stop on their journeys.

Check back regularly to see how our library of notable alumni has grown.

Yoko Shimpuku
Karen Sikorski
Wednesday, July 12, 2023
2023 UIC College of Nursing Outstanding Alumni Achievement Award Winner
Yoko Shimpuku
Leslie H. Nicoll
Wednesday, July 12, 2023
Editor-in-Chief, CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing
Yoko Shimpuku
Holli DeVon
Wednesday, July 12, 2023
Associate dean for research and Audrienne H. Moseley Endowed Chair in Community Research, UCLA Nursing
Yoko Shimpuku
Yoko Shimpuku
Wednesday, June 21, 2023
Vice president of public relations, Professor, Hiroshima University
Sarah Ailey smiling
Sarah Ailey
Friday, June 24, 2022
Professor, Department of Community, Systems and Mental Health Nursing, Rush University
Lilian Ferrer smiling
Lilian Ferrer
Friday, June 24, 2022
Professor and Vice President for International Affairs, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Woman smiling and posing for photo
Naeema Al-Gasseer
Wednesday, June 15, 2022
World Health Organization Representative in Egypt
Sue Penckofer smiling
Sue Penckofer
Monday, May 23, 2022
Professor Emeritus and Faculty Scholar, Loyola University Chicago, School of Nursing
Nanthaphan “Nan” Chinlumprasert
Nanthaphan ‘Nan’ Chinlumprasert
Friday, February 25, 2022
Member, International Council of Nurses Board of Directors
Karie Stewart
Monday, October 18, 2021
Director of Midwifery Care, University of Chicago Medicine
Sandra Martell
Sandra Martell
Thursday, October 14, 2021
Public Health Administrator, Winnebago County (Illinois) Health Department
Dale Beatty
Dale Beatty
Thursday, October 7, 2021
Chief nurse executive and vice president at Stanford Health Care
Timothy Carrigan
Timothy Carrigan
Thursday, October 7, 2021
CNO and vice president of Patient Care Services at Loyola University Medical Center
Peggi White and son Beau Barber
Peggi White
Tuesday, June 15, 2021
Simulation lab coordinator, UIC College of Nursing Urbana Campus
Tonda Hughes
Tonda Hughes
Thursday, May 20, 2021
Professor emerita, UIC College of Nursing; Henrik H. Bendixen Professor of International Nursing and associate dean for global health, Columbia University School of Nursing
Saria Lofton
Saria Lofton
Thursday, April 29, 2021
Associate member, Cancer Prevention and Control, UI Cancer Center; assistant professor, Department of Population Health Nursing Science, UIC College of Nursing
Forum Patel
Forum Patel
Monday, January 4, 2021
Nurse practitioner; bariatric program coordinator, Sutter Tracy Community Hospital
James Q. Simmons
Wednesday, July 1, 2020
Nurse practitioner behind 'Ask the NP' social media series
Angelique Richard
Angelique Richard
Monday, June 8, 2020
Senior Vice President, Hospital Operations and Chief Nursing Executive, Rush System for Health; Associate Dean for Practice, Rush University College of Nursing
Phyllis Pelt
Phyllis Pelt
Monday, June 8, 2020
Founding Director, UIC Nursing school nurse certification program
JoEllen Wilbur
JoEllen Wilbur
Sunday, June 7, 2020
Professor and Independence Foundation Chair in Nursing, Associate Dean for Research, Rush University College of Nursing; Professor emerita, UIC College of Nursing
Brian M. Stahulak
Brian M. Stahulak
Thursday, May 28, 2020
Vice president and chief nursing officer, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Marilynn Schmidt
Marilynn Schmidt
Monday, November 18, 2019
Counselor of the Foreign Service of the United States of America, Retired
Sheila Dinotshe Tlou
Thursday, October 24, 2019
Former minister of health in Botswana
Elijah Hernandez
Elijah Hernandez
Monday, September 30, 2019
Registered nurse, Memorial Medical Center, Springfield
Mariann Piano
Mariann Piano
Monday, June 24, 2019
Senior associate dean for research, Nancy and Hilliard Travis Professor of Nursing, Vanderbilt University
Julia Cowell
Julia Muennich Cowell
Monday, June 24, 2019
Executive editor, The Journal of School Nursing
Jehad Halabi
Jehad Omar Halabi
Monday, June 24, 2019
Associate professor, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University
Judith McDevitt
Judith McDevitt
Monday, June 24, 2019
Clinical associate professor emerita, UIC Nursing
Mary Crabtree Tonges
Mary Crabtree Tonges
Monday, June 24, 2019
Retired SVP and CNO at UNC Hospitals and associate dean for UNC Health Care in the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Nursing
Guadalupe Niño
Guadalupe Niño
Sunday, June 23, 2019
Circulating nurse, Memorial Medical Center, Springfield
Jennifer Junis
Jennifer Junis
Sunday, June 23, 2019
Senior VP, OSF Saint Gabriel Digital Health
Tombi Smith
Tombi Smith
Saturday, June 22, 2019
Advanced practice nurse, SwedishAmerican Immediate Care
Debbie Simon
Debbie Simon
Saturday, June 22, 2019
Retired regional CEO, UnityPoint Health
Paul Kuehnert
Paul Kuehnert
Friday, August 24, 2018
Associate vice president, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Linda Fahey
Linda Fahey
Thursday, August 9, 2018
Chief operating officer, Decatur Memorial Hospital
Judith Hicks
Judith Hicks
Wednesday, June 27, 2018
Founder and president, Beechwood Health Solutions
Julie Creamer
Julie Creamer
Tuesday, June 26, 2018
President, Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Mary Maryland
Mary Maryland
Sunday, June 24, 2018
Veteran clinician, scholar, administrator, educator
Oluwaseun “Olu” Akorede
Oluwaseun “Olu” Akorede
Saturday, June 2, 2018
Registered nurse, Memorial Health System
Laura Monahan
Laura Monahan
Friday, June 1, 2018
Assistant professor, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Michael Patterson
Michael Patterson
Friday, June 1, 2018
President and CEO, Mississippi Valley Health
Andrea D. Parker
Andrea D. Parker
Friday, June 1, 2018
Executive director, Hult Center for Healthy Living
Brian Brauer
Brian Brauer
Friday, June 1, 2018
Associate director, Illinois Fire Service Institute