Alumni & Friends

Board of Visitors

Seven leaders from the health care and business communities serve on the School of Nursing Board of Visitors; providing strategic guidance for the school.

Laurie Benson
President, LB Unlimited

Louis C. Bernhardt, MD
Surgeon, Retired

Joanne Disch, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor, University of Minnesota School of Nursing
Director, Katharine J. Densford International Center for Nursing Leadership
Katharine R. and C. Walton Lillehei Chair in Nursing Leadership

Barbara J. Gruendemann, MS, RN, FAAN
Owner, G4 Productions

Maureen McCausland, DNSc, RN, FAAN
Vice President for Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer
University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics

Mary Starmann-Harrison, MS, RN, FACHE
President/CEO, SSM Health Care of Wisconsin

Stephanie L. Swartz, BS, RN
Senior Nursing Consultant, Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center