Launch Nursing

School of Nursing Faculty and Staff

Teresa Beach, EdD, RN
Dean, School of Nursing & Associate Professor
email: [email protected]
Phone: 434-791-4770
Office: Riverview 224
Wendy Childress, MSN, RN
Assistant Professor
email: [email protected]
Phone: 434-791-7209
Office: Riverview 236
Kathy ClineDr. Kathy Cline, DNP, RN
Associate Dean, ABSN Program
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 757-378-6382
Office: Norfolk, VA Campus
Jay Hatfield
Simulation Technologist
email: [email protected]
Phone: 434-791-7217
Office: Riverview 256
Kimberly Lott, EdD, RN
Associate Professor
email: [email protected] 
Phone: 434-791-4711
Office: Riverview 229
Ryan Holley-Mallo, PhD, DNP, NP-C, FAANP
Associate Professor
email: [email protected]
Phone: 434-791-7111
Karen Oaks, DHEP, MSN, FNP, RN
Assistant Professor and Simulation Coordinator
email: [email protected]
Phone: 434-791-7220
Office: Riverview 240
Izy Obi, DHEP, MA, NCC, SSYB-C
Director of MSN Clinical Placement/SSPP
email: [email protected]
Phone: 434-791-7115
Office: Riverview 233

Lisa L. Onega, PhD, RN, MBA, FNP-BC, CNS-BC, GNP-BC
Associate Dean of Graduate Nursing Programs and Professor of Nursing
e-mail:  [email protected]
Phone:  434-791-4285
Office:  Riverview 230

Dustin Spencer, DNP, NRP, FNP-C, PMHS, ENP-BC, PMHNP-BC, CNL, CNE
Interim Assistant Dean Graduate Programs
Associate Professor, Graduate Nursing Program
email: [email protected]
Phone: 434-791-7111
Office: Riverview 226