Alumni Association

Organized by the Class of 1895, the University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON) Alumni Association is the oldest continuously active nursing alumni association in the nation.

The purpose of the Alumni Association is to unite all UMSON graduates and to support the students and faculty in advancing UMSON and its mission. Members of the Alumni Association foster and promote the general welfare of UMSON; advocate for public and private support for the benefit of UMSON; and provide educational, charitable, and cultural activities for the benefit of UMSON alumni, students, and friends. Read our bylaws.

As an all-inclusive membership organization, any person who has received a diploma or a degree from UMSON is automatically a member of the Alumni Association. There is no membership fee!

Alumni Council Nomination Form

Nominate a University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON) Alumni Council Member

The UMSON Alumni Council is an advisory group for the Alumni Association that meets twice a year to learn more about the latest developments on campus and to discuss alumni related matters, including event planning, student/alumni relations, and raising funds for the School.

Any UMSON alumni or faculty/staff member may recommend candidates to the Nominating Committee for consideration.  For nominations to be considered for the 2025 slate, please submit by June 1, 2024 by completing this form.

Executive Committee

  • Tracie Schwoyer-Morgan, DNP ’10, MS ’00, CRNP, ANP-BC, President
  • Malinda Peeples, MS ’97, RN, CDCES, FADCES, Immediate Past President
  • Sophia Walker Henry, MS ’13, RN, Vice President
  • Julie Riggs, DNP ’19, BSN ’12, CRNP, FNP-C, Communications Liaison
  • Joseph J. McKinney, BSN ’75, RN, CMPIC-ECM, Member-at-Large Representative

Members-at-Large

  • Sarah Ackerman, DNP ’19, FNP-C, CEN
  • Catherine “Katie” Carroll, BSN '03, RN
  • Michelle Dawson, MS ’13, CRNP
  • Vivian Ebbesen-Fludd, MS ’94, RN
  • J Taylor Harden, PhD, MS ’77, BSN ’72, RN, FGSA, FAAN
  • Elizabeth Hill, PhD ’03, RN
  • Tamara L. Hill, DNP ’17, MS ’10, CPNP-AC
  • Beth Ann Martucci, DNP ’10, MS ’99, BSN ’96, CRNP
  • Vannesia D. Morgan-Smith, PhD, MGA, MSN, BSN ’81, RN
  • Kerry Sue Mueller, MBA, BSN ’90, RN, CCRN-K
  • Elizabeth Ness, MS ’93, RN, CRN-BC
  • Oluwatosin “Tosin” Olateju, DrPH, MS ’15, BSN ’11, RN
  • Nicole Ritzau, BSN ’07, RN, BMTCN
  • Ann Roberts, BSN ’93
  • Constance Rose, MS ’10, RN, CRNP
  • Cynthia Sweeney, DNP, BSN ’76, RN, CNOR, NEA-BC, FAAN
  • Elizabeth “Ibby” Tanner, PhD, MS ’74, BSN ’70, RN, FAAN
  • Christine Vaaler, BSN '20, RN
  • Carol R. Wade, DNP ’15, MS ’99, BSN ’93, RN, CRNP

Student Representatives

Katie Bowers, Currently enrolled DNP student
Abaneh Ebangwese, Currently enrolled DNP student
Co-Presidents, Doctoral Student Organization (DSO) 

Amy Zhao, BSN Class of 2023
President, Nursing Student Government Association (NSGA)

Wendy Bonilla and Sherry Rollins, BSN Class of 2023
Co-Presidents, University of Maryland Association of Nursing Students (UMANS)

Past Alumni Association Presidents

2021-2023

Malinda M. Peeples, MS ’97, RN, CDCES, FADCES

2019–2021  Ruth J. Lee, DNP 2010, MS 2004 
2017–2019 Carmel A. McComiskey, DNP 2010, MS 1996 
2015–2017 Christine Kirk Shippen, MS 1998, BSN 1973
2012–2015 Elizabeth A. Ness, MS 1993
2009–2012 Deborah Schofield, DNP 2009, MS 1995, BSN 1992
2008–2009 Pamela Lentz, MS 2000, BSN 1984
2006–2008 Caleb Rogovin, MS 1992
2001–2006 Barbara Resnick, PhD 1996
1997–2001 Maggie Kelly Whall, BSN 1975
1996–1997 Diane L. Krasner, PhD 1998, MS 1994, BSN 1979
1994–1996 Judith Hodge Littlejohn, BSN 1975, MS 1992
1992–1993 Lisa Rowen Moray, MS 1986
1986–1992 Jane Glick Wobbeking, BSN 1972
1985–1986 Linda Williams MS 1970
1982–1984 Jean Warfield Keenan, BSN 1948
1981–1982 Catherine Kerr, MS 1984, BSN 1979
1980–1981 Ruth Busch Lovett, MS 1979, BSN 1975
1978–1980 Claire Payne Greenhouse, BSN 1966
1974–1976 Susan Dorsey Wilson, BSN 1966
1972–1974 Eleanor Slacum, MS 1961
1970–1972 Joyce S. Fletcher, BSN 1956
1966–1970 Jane Brown Johnson, DIN 1947
1964–1966 Solah Marshall Mihm, MS 1964, DIN 1939
1962–1964 Doris M. Stevens, DIN 1951
1960–1962 Elizabeth Roth Hipp, DIN 1929
1958–1960 Norma Schriver Long, DIN 1949
1956–1958 Elizabeth Rohr Singleton, DIN 1947
1955–1956 Mary Francis Dennis, DIN 1947
1954–1955 Martha Curtiss, DIN 1948
1950–1954 Flora Mitchell Streett, DIN 1938
1945–1950 Virginia C. Conley, DIN 1940
1944–1945 Margaret Wilson Webster, DIN 1939
1943–1944 Lillian Kemp McDaniel, DIN 1915
1942–1943 Margaret Wilson Webster, DIN 1939
1941–1942 Ethel Monroe Troy, DIN 1917
1939–1941 Ruth Roush Horrigan, DIN 1935
1936–1939 Bessie Lee Maston, DIN 1920
1935–1936 Ethel Monroe Troy, DIN 1917
1931–1934 Marie Ander Stockett, DIN 1914
1928–1930 Blanche Martin Horine, DIN 1921
1926–1928 Ethel Monroe Troy, DIN 1917
1924–1926 Lillian Kemp McDaniel, DIN 1915
1923–1924 Isabelle Griffith Fleck, DIN 1907
1921–1923 Serina Selfe Bridges, DIN 1916
1920–1921 Millicent Geare Edmunds, DIN 1905
1918–1920 Frances M. Meredith, DIN 1910
1913–1918 Mary E. Rolph, DIN 1895
191?–1913 Clara E. Query, DIN 1906
1903–? Nannie J. Lackland, DIN 1898
19??–19?? Eliza Bond Gray, DIN 1900
19??–19?? Nancy McNabb, DIN 1907
1898–1903? Catherine V. Weitzell, DIN 1894
1897–1898 Elinor Van Santwoort, DIN 1893