Nurse Practitioner Entrepreneur Program

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About the Program

This year-long, hybrid learning entrepreneur development program provides working NPs with essential leadership and business skills to launch NP-led healthcare enterprises in primary and/or behavioral health services in limited resource settings.

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Nurse Practitioner Entrepreneur Program | 2024 – 2025 Cohort

The twelve-month program begins October 2024 and concludes September 2025, followed by a 6-month follow-up. Selected fellows will participate in leadership retreats, virtual sessions, project mentoring circles, individual executive coaching sessions, and an array of other learning activities.

Bridget Nkatta, DNP, FNP-BC
Sayreville, New Jersey

Carol Carter, MSN, APRN, AGPCNP-BC
Owasso, Oklahoma

Caroline M. Kraft, DNP, MA, PMHNP-BC
Cary, North Carolina

Ciara M. Smith, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC
Bowie, Maryland

Elisheva Reese, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC
Memphis, Tennessee

Emmie Dickerson, MSN, APRN, FNP-C
Panama City, Florida

Gloria Izore, MSN, CRNP, FNP-C
Columbia, Maryland

Lois Walters-Threat, DNP, MS, APRN, PMHNP-BC, NI-BC
Richmond, Virginia

Lutisha T. Crawford, DNP, PMHNP-BC
Mobile, Alabama

Marqueta Abraham, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC
Memphis, Tennessee

Mechell Duran, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, CDCES, BC-ADM, NBC-HWC, LCCE, DipACLM, CBS
Pembroke Pines, Florida

Michelle Von der Heyde, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, AOCNP, PMHNP-BC
Miami, Florida

Nancy Walker, MSN, APRN, FNP-C
Roswell, New Mexico

Natasha Andrews, MSN, APRN, AGPCNP-BC
Mobile, Alabama

Nekisha Bailey, MSN, APRN, FNP-C
Detroit, Michigan

Patricia Howard-Chittams, DNP, AGPCNP-BC, FCN
District of Columbia

Rachel I. Raven, MSN, FNP-C
Gouverneur, New York

Temeka R. Tunstall, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC
Mount Juliet, Tennessee

Tenisha Smith, MSN, APRN, FNP-C
Macon, Georgia

Tonya L. Hensley, DNP, NP, FNP-BC
Marshall, North Carolina

Program Timeline

The program is a twelve-month program that begins October 2024 and concludes September 2025, followed by a 6-month follow-up.
Applications Open

May 21, 2024
Applications Close

June 21. 2024
Selected Participants Notified

July 29, 2024
Program Orientation (Virtual, 1.5 hours)

August 15, 2024, from 6–7:30 PM ET
Leadership Retreat (In-person, Durham, NC @ Duke Health)

October 5-9, 2024

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Four Virtual Sessions

January 18-19, 2025: Web Conference 1 on Zoom – 10–4 PM ET (subject to change)
March 22-23, 2025: Consultative Business Panels on Zoom
April 5-6, 2025: Web Conference 2 on Zoom – 10–4 PM ET (subject to change)
July 12, 2025: Web Conference 3 on Zoom – 10–4 PM ET (subject to change)

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Final Closing Event (In-person, Durham, NC @ Duke Health)

September 26-28, 2025

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