Meet the Faculty

Dean

Aja Tulleners Lesh, PhD, RN

Dean and Professor, School of Nursing

Phone: (626) 815-5384

Email: alesh@apu.edu

Office location: Building One, School of Nursing

Associate Deans

Bonita L. Huiskes, PhD, FNP-BC, RN

Associate Dean, Division of Graduate Departments and Associate Professor

Phone: 626 815-6000 ext.5382

Email: bhuiskes@apu.edu

Office location: Building One, Room #311
Constance Milton, PhD, RN

Associate Dean, Administration and Accreditation and Professor

Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5532

Email: cmilton@apu.edu

Office location: Building One, Room #301
Grace Moorefield, PhD, APRN-BC

Associate Dean, Division of Undergraduate Departments and Professor

Phone: (626) 815-6000 ext. 5377

Email: gmoorefield@apu.edu

Office location: Building One, Office #313
Renee Pozza, PhD, RN, CNS, FNP-BC

Senior Associate Dean for Academic Initiatives and Innovation and Professor

Phone: (626) 815-5403

Email: rpozza@apu.edu

Office location: Building One, Room #304
Sheryl Tyson, PhD, APRN, CNS

Associate Dean of Research, Executive Director Institute of Health Research and Professor

Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5942

Email: styson@apu.edu

Office location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #236

Professors

Lina Badr, PhD, PNP, FAAN

Professor

Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6178

Email: lbadr@apu.edu

Office location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #242
Vicky R. Bowden, DNSc, RN

Vice Provost; WSCUC Accreditation Liaison Officer; Professor, School of Nursing

Phone: (626) 815-2034

Email: vbowden@apu.edu
Pamela Cone, PhD, RN, CNS, PHN

Professor

Phone: (626) 815-5466

Email: pcone@apu.edu

Office location: Building One, Room #357
Vivien Dee, PhD, RN, NEA-BC,FAAN

Professor

Phone: (626) 815-5387

Email: vdee@apu.edu

Office location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #235
Felicitas dela Cruz, DNSc

Executive Director Office of Evaluation and Assessment, Professor

Phone: 626-815-5395

Email: fdelacruz@apu.edu

Office location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #233
Teresa Dodd-Butera, PhD; RN/DABAT

Professor

Phone: 626-815-2120

Email: tbutera@apu.edu

Office location: San Diego Regional Campus, Office #107
John Doyle, PhD, MFCC

Professor

Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5215

Email: jdoyle@apu.edu

Office location: Monrovia Regional Site
Elaine Goehner, PhD, RNC, CPHQ

Department Chair Entry Level Master's and Professor

Phone: (452) 698-9221

Email: egoehner@apu.edu

Office location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #241
Patricia Frohock Hanes, PhD, MSN, MAED, MS-DPEM, RN

Professor

Phone: (626) 815-5052

Email: phanes@apu.edu

Office location: Building One, Room #342
Nabil Hanna, MD

Professor

Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5411

Email: nhanna@apu.edu

Office location: Building One, Room #346
Lowell Renold, Ph.D.

Professor

Phone: Ext. 5593

Email: lrenold@apu.edu

Office location: Monrovia Regional Site, #347
Leslie Van Dover, PhD, MScN, PN, RN, FNP-BC

Professor

Phone: (626) 815-5378

Email: lvandover@apu.edu

Office location: Building One, Room #355
Cheryl Westlake, PhD, RN, ACNS

Professor

Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5587

Email: ccanary@apu.edu

Office location: Monrovia Regional Site, Office #231

Associate Professors

Najood Ghazi Azar, PhD, MSN

Department Chair, 2+2 BSN Transfer, LVN-BSN Programs and Associate Professor

Phone: Extension 6314

Email: nazar@apu.edu

Office location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #216
Frank Berry, Ph.D.

Associate Professor/Curriculum Specialist, School of Nursing; Associate Professor/Curriculum Specialist, Department of Clinical Psychology

Phone: (626) 815-5008

Email: fberry@apu.edu

Office location: Mary Hill Center, Room 232
Linda Crawford, DNP, APRN, NP

Associate Professor

Phone: (626) 815-6000 ext. 5390

Email: ljcrawford@apu.edu

Office location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #238
Tina Escobedo, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC

Assistant Department Chair of Doctoral Programs, Associate Professor

Phone: 626-815-6000 Ext. 3864

Email: tescobedo@apu.edu

Office location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #212
Marie N. Fongwa, PhD, MPH, MSN, RN

Associate Professor

Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5380

Email: mfongwa@apu.edu

Office location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #234
Janice Haley, PhD, APRN, PNP-BC, CNE

Associate Professor

Phone: (626) 815-5394

Email: jhaley@apu.edu

Office location: Building One, Room #336
Anna Marie Hefner, PhD, MAEd, CPNP, RN

Associate Professor

Phone: (626) 815-5397

Email: ahefner@apu.edu

Office location: Building One, Room #353
Catherine Heinlein, EdD, RD, MS, CDE, RN

Associate Director, Neighborhood Wellness Center Azusa and Associate Professor

Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5558

Email: cheinlein@apu.edu

Office location: Building One, #348
Angela Hudson, PhD, PMHNP-BC, FNP

Associate Professor

Phone: (626) 815-600

Email: ahudson@apu.edu

Office location: Building One, Room #348
Aurelia Macabasco-O'Connell, PhD, MSN, ACNP-BC, FAHA

Associate Professor

Phone: (626) 815-6309

Email: amacabascooconnell@apu.edu

Office location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #232
Jane Pfeiffer, PhD, RN

Associate Professor

Phone: 626-857-2265

Email: jpfeiffer@apu.edu

Office location: Inland Empire Regional Campus, Room #208K
Patricia Quinn, PhD, ANP-BC

Associate Professor

Phone: ext. 2159

Email: pquinn@apu.edu

Office location: San Diego Regional Campus, Room #119
Gail Reiner, DNP, FNP-C

Director of MSN Programs, San Diego Regional Center and Associate Professor

Phone: (619) 815-2141

Email: greiner@apu.edu

Office location: San Diego Regional Campus, Suite 300
Diana Rodriguez, PhD, MS, CNS, RN

Associate Professor

Phone: ext. 2150

Email: drodriguez@apu.edu

Office location: San Diego Regional Campus, Room #112
Kathleen Ruccione, PhD, MPH, RN, CPON, FAAN

Department Chair of Doctoral Programs and Associate Professor

Phone: (626) 815-6000 Extension 3050

Email: kruccione@apu.edu

Office location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #241
Nancy Sabin, DNP

Associate Professor

Phone: ext. 2159

Email: nsabin@apu.edu

Office location: San Diego Regional Campus, Room #315
Brent A. Wood, PhD

Director and Associate Professor, Monrovia Regional Site

Phone: (626) 815-6000 ext. 6317

Email: bwood@apu.edu

Office location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #116
Diana Lynn Woods, PhD, APRN-BC, FGSA, FAAN

Associate Professor

Phone: (626) 815-6310

Email: dwoods@apu.edu

Office location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #221

Assistant Professors

James F. Adams, MSN, RN, PMHCNS-BC

Director, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Program and Assistant Professor

Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5943

Email: jfadams@apu.edu

Office location: Building One, Room #316
Rose Theresa Anderson, MSN, BSN, RN, PMHNP-BC

Assistant Professor

Phone: Ext. 2276

Email: randerson@apu.edu

Office location: Inland Empire Regional Campus, Room #M208G
Michelle Becker, MSN, RN, ANP-C

Assistant Professor

Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 4482

Email: mbecker@apu.edu

Office location: Building One, Room #347
Christina Bivona-Tellez, DNP, MPH, BSN, NEA-B

Assistant Professor

Phone: (951) 312-2915

Email: cbivonatellez@apu.edu

Office location: West Campus
Cheryl Boyd, PhD, APRN

Assistant Professor

Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5675

Email: cherylboyd@apu.edu

Office location: Building One, Room #361
Marissa Brash, DrPH, MPH, CPH

Department Chair, Master of Public Health, and Assistant Professor

Phone: (626) 815-6186

Email: mbrash@apu.edu

Office location: Monrovia Regional Site, Suite 604B, Office 306
Debra Clausen, DNP, MSN FNP

Assistant Professor

Phone: ext. 5701

Email: dclausen@apu.edu

Office location: Inland Empire Regional Campus, Room #208L
Angel Coaston, MSN, RN, FNP, PHN

Nursing Site Director IERC and Assistant Professor

Phone: 626) 815-6000 Ext. 2225

Email: acoaston@apu.edu

Office location: Inland Empire Regional Campus
Marcia Davis, MN, RN, CPNP

Assistant Professor

Phone: ext. 2274

Email: mcdavis@apu.edu

Office location: Inland Empire Regional Campus, Room #208H
Nemesio Del Rosario, MN/Ed, RN, PHN

Skills Center Coordinator, Assistant Professor

Phone: (626) 812-6000 ext.6312

Email: ndelrosario@apu.edu

Office location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #107C
Melinda Dicken, MSN, RN, CNS

Department Chair of Baccalaureate Nursing, Assistant Professor

Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5936

Email: mdicken@apu.edu

Office location: Building One, Room #314
Meaghan Ellis, PsyD, RN, MSN

Assistant Professor and Program Director, LVN/Upper Division 2+2 Inland Empire Regional Center

Phone: Ext. 2711

Email: meaghanellis@apu.edu

Office location: Inland Empire Regional Campus
Patricia Esslin, PhD, APRN-CNS, CNE

Assistant Professor

Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5941

Email: pesslin@apu.edu

Office location: Building One, Room #363
Shirley Farr, MSN, CNS, RN

Program Director of the Entry-Level Master's Program, Assistant Professor

Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6306

Email: sfarr@apu.edu

Office location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #220
Karen French, MSN, FNP-C, RN, PHN

Assistant Professor

Phone: (626) 815-2340

Email: kfrench@apu.edu

Office location: Building One, Room #343
Ana-Maria Gallo, PhD, CNS, RNC-OB

Nursing Site Director San Diego Regional Campus, Assistant Professor

Phone: 626-815-6000 Ext 2163

Email: agallo@apu.edu

Office location: San Diego Regional Campus, Office #108
Angela Jun, DNP, FNP-BC

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing

Phone: (626) 815-5589

Email: ahjun@apu.edu

Office location: Building One, Room #347
Jade Kay, PhD, MSN, FNP-BC

Assistant Professor

Phone: ext. 6351

Email: jkay@apu.edu

Office location: Monrovia Regional Site
Lori Keith, DNP, WHCNP

Assistant Professor

Phone: ext. 2342

Email: lkeith@apu.edu

Office location: Inland Empire Regional Campus, Room #208-M
Beverly Kelley, MS, RN, CNS, CCRN

Assistant Professor

Phone: (909) 888-9977

Email: bkelley@apu.edu

Office location: Inland Empire Regional Campus, Room #208
Laurie Lang, MSN/ED, BC, RN

Academic Curriculum Specialist, Assistant Professor

Phone: ext. 5599

Email: llang@apu.edu

Office location: Building One, Room #305
Elizabeth Lopez, PhD, RN, FNP-C

Assistant Professor

Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5957

Email: elopez@apu.edu

Office location: Building One, Room #325
Mario Macayaon, MSN/ED, RN, CHSE

Director of Simulation, Assistant Professor

Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2272

Email: mmacayaon@apu.edu

Office location: Building One, Room # 356
Renee Marquez, DNP, MSN, PMHNP-BC

Site Director, High Desert Regional Campus and Assistant Professor

Phone: Ext. 2296

Email: rmarquez@apu.edu

Office location: High Desert Regional Campus
Katie McCoy-Hill, RN, MSN, CNS, ANP-C

Assistant Professor

Phone: (626) 815-5396

Email: khill@apu.edu
Catherine McCoy-Hill,, CCRN, CNS, ANP-C

Assistant Professor

Phone: (626) 815-6000 ext. 5396

Email: khill@apu.edu

Office location: Building One, Room #359
Pamela Surla Milligan, DNP, RNC-NIC, FNP-BC

Assistant Professor

Phone: (626) 815-6350

Email: pmilligan@apu.edu

Office location: Monrovia Regional Site
Elsa Murdoch, DNP, MSN, BSN, CLNC, CPHRM

Assistant Professor, Professional Programs

Phone: ext. 2290

Email: emurdoch@apu.edu

Office location: High Desert Regional Campus, Room #225
Erica Murray, MSN, RN, CNS

Assistant Professor, Program Director, Department of Undergraduate Professional Programs, RN to BSN Program (Online)

Phone: (619) 718-9655 ext. 2138

Email: emurray@apu.edu

Office location: San Diego Regional Campus
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
Sarah Obermeyer, PhD, CNM, WHNP

Assistant Professor

Phone: (626) 815-5935

Email: sobermeyer@apu.edu

Office location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #218
Jill Olausson, PhD, RN, CDE

Chair, Master's of Nursing in Healthcare Administration and Leadership and Nursing Education Programs and Assistant Professor

Phone: (626) 815-6000 ext. 5968

Email: jolausson@apu.edu

Office location: Building One
Debra Palmer, DNP,FNP-BC,ONP-C,RN

Assistant Professor

Phone: (626) 815-2142

Email: dpalmer@apu.edu

Office location: San Diego Regional Campus, #309
Koy Parada, MPH, PhDc

Assistant Professor; Coordinator, International and Urban/Rural Health Nursing

Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5500

Email: kparada@apu.edu

Office location: Building One, Room #348
Marie Podboy, MA, BSN, CFRN

Assistant Professor

Phone: ext. 2131

Email: mpodboy@apu.edu

Office location: High Desert Regional Campus
Orel Ramirez, DNP, MSN-ED, RN, PHN, CCRN

Assistant Professor

Phone: Ext. 2278

Email: oramirez@apu.edu

Office location: Inland Empire Regional Campus, Room #208P
Lynda Reed, DNP, RN, FNP-C

Department Chair of Advanced Practice Nursing, Nurse Practitioner Programs and Assistant Professor

Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5594

Email: lreed@apu.edu

Office location: Building One, Room #317
Nicole Ringo, MSN/ED, RN

Assistant Professor, Entry Level Master's Program

Phone: ext. 6346

Email: nringo@apu.edu

Office location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #208
Diane Sadoughi, MSN, RN, NP

Assistant Professor

Phone: (626) 815-5960

Email: dsadoughi@apu.edu

Office location: Building One, Room #325
Perry Sahagun, MSN, FNP, RN

Assistant Professor

Phone: 626-815-6000 ext. 6311

Email: psahagun@apu.edu

Office location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #207
Karen E. Schaid, MAEd, BSN, RN

Assistant Professor

Phone: (626) 815-6000 ext. 2295

Email: kschaid@apu.edu

Office location: High Desert Regional Campus, Room #222
Geoffrey Schroder, Ed.D, RN, MSN, PHN

Assistant Professor, Department of Undergraduate Professional Programs, RN to BSN Program (Online)

Phone: 626-815-6000

Email: gschroder@apu.edu
James Schwark, MDiv, MSN, CRRN

Simulation and Skills Lab Coordinator, Assistant Professor

Phone: (619) 718-9655

Email: jschwark@apu.edu

Office location: San Diego Regional Campus
Lori Silao, PhD, RN, MN NNP-BC

Assistant Professor

Phone: ext. 6352

Email: lsilao@apu.edu

Office location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #202
Valerie Joy Smith, MSN, RN

Assistant Professor

Phone: (626) 815-6000, ext. 5401

Email: vjsmith@apu.edu

Office location: Building One, Room #344
Janette Tingson, MSN, RN, CPN

Assistant Professor

Phone: (626) 815-6000 ext. 6313

Email: jtingson@apu.edu

Office location: Monrovia Regional Site
Sharon Titus, PhD, MSN, RN

Assistant Professor

Phone: (626) 815-6000

Email: stitus@apu.edu

Office location: Monrovia Regional Site
Katherine Tong, PhD, RN, FNP-BC

Department Chair of the RN to BSN Program and Assistant Professor

Phone: ext. 6325

Email: ktong@apu.edu

Office location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #222
Beth Vawter, MSN, RN, NP-C

Assistant Professor

Phone: x2365

Email: bvawter@apu.edu

Office location: Inland Empire Regional Campus, Room #208E
Janet Wessels, MSN, RN, PHN

Assistant Professor

Phone: (619) 718-9655, Ext. 2164

Email: jwessels@apu.edu

Office location: San Diego Regional Campus, Room #117
Jie Yu, PhD, RN

Assistant Professor

Phone: ext. 6322

Email: jyu@apu.edu

Office location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #205

Instructors

Margaret Brady, PhD, RN, CPNP-PC

Instructor

Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5431

Email: mbrady@apu.edu

Office location: Building One, Room #309
Beth Colangelo, MSN/ED, RNC

Instructor

Phone: ext. 2289

Email: bcolangelo@apu.edu

Office location: High Desert Regional Campus
Tara Devila, MSN-Ed, RN, PHN

Instructor

Phone: Ext. 2702

Email: tdevila@apu.edu

Office location: Inland Empire Regional Campus, Room #2080
Viann Duncan, MSN, RN

Instructor

Phone: ext. 5010

Email: vduncan@apu.edu

Office location: Building One, Room #345
Lydia Garcia-Usry, RN, MSN, PHN

Instructor, Undergraduate Nursing

Phone: ext. 2293

Email: lgarciausry@apu.edu

Office location: High Desert Regional Campus, Room #200A
Ragi George, MSN Ed, RN

Instructor

Phone: Ext. 2712

Email: rgeorge@apu.edu

Office location: Inland Empire Regional Campus
Brando Gorlero, DC, MEd, BSN, RN

Instructor

Phone: Ext. 2323

Email: bgorlero@apu.edu

Office location: Inland Empire Regional Campus
Heidi Haskins, MSN, FNP-C, RN

Instructor, School of Nursing

Phone: ext. 5961

Email: hdhaskins@apu.edu

Office location: Building One, Room #326
Dayna Holt, MSN, RN, CPN, CRNI, VA-BC

Instructor, Program Director Entry Level Master's Program San Diego

Phone: 2140

Email: dholt@apu.edu

Office location: San Diego Regional Campus, Room #113
Kimberly Hutapea, MSN, BSN

Instructor

Phone: (760) 952-1765

Email: khutapea@apu.edu

Office location: High Desert Regional Campus
Bridget Miranda, MSN, FNP-C

Instructor

Phone: (626) 815-6000

Office location: San Diego Regional Campus, Room #118
Melissa Muddell, MSN/Ed, RN

Instructor

Phone: (909) 720-4099

Email: mmuddell@apu.edu

Office location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #206
Brianna Pack, MBA

Instructor, Chair of Online Education Committee

Phone: (626) 815-6000

Email: bpack@apu.edu

Office location: High Desert Regional Campus
Lynde Peralta, MSN, PHN, BSN

Instructor

Phone: Ext. 2171

Email: lperalta@apu.edu

Office location: Inland Empire Regional Campus, Room #2080
Stephanie Radnoti, MSN, FNP-BC, RN

Instructor

Phone: 626-815-6000 ext. 6329

Email: sradnoti@apu.edu

Office location: Monrovia Regional Site
Arianna Smith, MSN, RN, CPNP-PC

Instructor

Phone: (626) 815-5121

Email: agsmith@apu.edu

Office location: Building One, Room #326
Karen Soikkeli, MSN, FNP-C, RN

Instructor

Phone: Ext. 2118

Email: ksoikkeli@apu.edu

Office location: Inland Empire Regional Campus, Room #208R
Casey Wenner, MSN, RN, PHN, CCM

Clinical Instructor

Phone: 626-815-6000 ext.2872

Email: cwenner@apu.edu

Office location: Inland Empire Regional Campus

Adjunct Professor

Marilyn Klakovich, DNSc, RN, NEA-BC

Director, Continuing Education, Instructor

Phone: (626) 815-5406

Email: mklakovich@apu.edu

Office location: Building One, Room #341

Professors Emeritae

Connie Brehm, PhD, FNP, PHN, RN

Professor Emerita

Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5404

Email: cbrehm@apu.edu

Office location: Building One, Room #303
Phyllis Esslinger, RN, PHN, MSN

Professor Emerita; President, Western Conservancy of Nursing History

Phone: (626) 815-5386

Email: pesslinger@apu.edu

Office location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #236