Faculty

Expert Faculty - Unparalleled Experience 

Our faculty is comprised of experts from a broad range of educational, personal, and professional backgrounds. As accomplished leaders, innovators, and educators, they bring real-world experience and creativity to each class - cultivating and inspiring a vibrant learning community. Committed to student growth and professional development, faculty also serve as advisors, influential role models, and mentors who remain part of each student's professional network well past the date of graduation.

 

 

Meet the Faculty

Mia Basic, EdD
Assistant Adjunct Professor
Strategic Human Resource Business Partner
UCSF

Darren Beatty, MS
Instructor
Chief Operating Officer
Plumas District Hospital

Michele Diaz-Nelson, PhD, MS, RN
Assistant Adjunct Professor
Nurse Scientist at Stanford Health Care

Mary Dickow, MPA, FAAN
Instructor
Director of Leadership Development
Organization for Associate Degree Nursing

Ryan D. Edwards, PhD
Associate Adjunct Professor
Research Associate
Berkeley Population Center

Lisa L. Lommel, PhD, RN, FNP, MPH
Associate Director and Clinical Professor
MS - Healthcare Administration & Interprofessional Leadership Program

Mike Taigman, MA, FAEMS
Associate Adjunct Professor
Improvement Guide
FirstWAtch

Robert Wenz, RN, MS, FACHE
Assistant Adjunct Professor
Executive Director-Heart Center
Transplant and Pulmonary Service Lines
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford

Lauren Williams, RN, DM
Associate Adjunct Professor
Director of Global Health Hospital Operations Planning
Partners HealthCare International