Our Leadership

Christine E. Kasper, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACSM
Dean and Professor
CKasper@salud.unm.edu

Carolyn Montoya, PhD, RN, CPNP, FAAN, FAANP
Interim Executive Vice Dean
Clinician Educator, Professor
cjmontoya@salud.unm.edu

Patricia Ann Watts Kelley, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, GNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN
Associate Dean for Research & Scholarship and Professor
pwattskelley@salud.unm.edu

Barbara Incardona C. Holmes Damron, PhD, MSN, RN, FAAN
Senior Advisor to the Dean and Professor
jemartin@salud.unm.edu

Kristen Ostrem-Niemcewicz, DNP, RN, CNM, FNP-BC, FACNM
Interim Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Education and Executive Director of Undergraduate Programs 
Clinician Educator, Associate Professor
kostrem@salud.unm.edu

Christine Cogil, DNP, MPS, RN, FNP-BC
Interim Assistant Dean of Professional Graduate Programs
Clinician Educator, Associate Professor
ccogil@salud.unm.edu

Vacant
Interim Assistant Dean of Clinical Affairs

Sheila Hundley, DNP, RN, AGNP-BC
Interim FNP Concentration Coordinator, Lecturer III
shundley@salud.unm.edu

Jennifer Schneider, PhD, MA, RN, PMHNP-BC
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Concentration Coordinator
Clinician Educator, Assistant Professor
jsschneider@salud.unm.edu

Melissa Cole, DNP, MSW, RN-BC, NEA-BC, FACHE
Nursing Administration Concentration Coordinator
Clinician Educator, Assistant Professor
mecole@salud.unm.edu

Laura Migliaccio, DNP, RN, CNM
Nurse-Midwifery Concentration Coordinator
Clinician Educator, Assistant Professor
lmigliaccio@salud.unm.edu

Sharon Schaaf, DNP, RN, FNP-BC, AGACNP
AGACNP Concentration Coordinator
Clinician Educator, Associate Professor
sschaaf@salud.unm.edu

Tamara Shannon, DNP, RN, CPNP  
Nursing Education Concentration Coordinator, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Concentration Coordinator
Lecturer I
tamarahall@salud.unm.edu

Stephen Hernandez, PhD, RN
PhD Program Director
Professor
shhernandez@salud.unm.edu

JoEllen Schimmels, DNP, RN, PMHNP-BC, ANP-BC, CNE, FAAN
DNP Program Director
Clinician Educator, Associate Professor
jschimmels@salud.unm.edu