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Advisory Committee

Members
Daniel L. Griffin, BS - Chair of Advisory Committee
Senior Regional Representative for East and Southern Africa, Catholic Relief Services
Sherry Burrell, PhD, RN, CNE
Assistant Professor, M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing, Villanova University
Catherine R. Curley, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor, Director, Center for Global and Public Health, M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing, Villanova University
Robert Helterbran, MBA
Associate Director, Executive MBA Program, Villanova University School of Business
Hezekiah Lewis, MFA
Assistant Professor, Department of Communications, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Villanova University
James O'Brien
Assistant Professor, College of Engineering, Villanova University
Michele R. Pistone, J.D.
Director of Clinic for Asylum, Refugee and Emigrant Services (CARES) & Professor of Law, Charles Widger School of Law, Villanova University
Franklin A. Shaffer, EdD, RN, FAAN, FFNMRCSI
President & CEO, CGFNS International
Patrick Smith, '16 BSN, RN 
PhD Student at Drexel University 
Virgina Smith
Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, Villanova University
Ex officio
Bette Mariani, PhD, RN, ANEF
Vice Dean for Academic Affairs and Associate Professor, M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing, Villanova University

College Mission

As a social service to the community, nursing responds to the needs of the sick, poor and disabled, and promotes wellness as the pre-eminent goal of nursing care.

-from the Fitzpatrick College of Nursing Mission

Center Contact

Catherine R. Curley, PhD, RN
Interim Director, Center for Global and Public Health and Clinical Assistant Professor of Nursing
M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing, Villanova University
800 Lancaster Avenue, Room 388
Villanova, PA 19085
610-519-5969
catherine.curley@villanova.edu

Sandi Schultz
Research, Innovation, and Global Health Initiatives Coordinator
610-519-5480
sandra.schultz@villanova.edu