Nurse Practitioner Entrepreneur Program: 2024-2025 Cohort

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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

Nurse Practitioner Entrepreneur 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.

Learn more about the Nurse Practitioner Entrepreneur Program here