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    4. Nurse Practitioner Entrepreneur Program | 2024 – 2025 Cohort

    Nurse Practitioner Entrepreneur Program | 2024 – 2025 Cohort

    The twelve-month program began October 2024 and concluded September 2025, followed by a 6-month follow-up. Selected fellows participated 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

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