College of Nursing

Maryse (dela GRANA) Parrino, BSN
BSN 1974
President

Maryse currently works at her husband Jack’s busy allergy practice in Tampa, Florida.  She has two children, Adriana, 24, who is presently in graduate school at the University of Central Florida studying communication disorders.  David, 20, is in his third year of pre-med at the University of South Florida.  Besides serving as President of the UF College of Nursing Alumni Council, she also volunteers with the Make-A-Wish Foundation, the American Red Cross and the Boy Scouts of America. 

Maryse can be reached at MaryseGP@aol.com

Bonnie (Snider) Pepper, BSN, MSN
BSN 1980
President Elect

Bonnie currently works at the Marcus Institute in Atlanta, Georgia as a pediatric nurse practitioner in the feeding disorder program.  She is single with three children, Suzi, 13, Scotty 21, who is a senior at UF, and Kenny, 23, who graduated from UF in 2006 and is working for Marriott Golf in Phoenix, Arizona.  Bonnie is a Board Member of the University of Florida Alumni Association and Treasurer of the Atlanta Gator Club.  Bonnie received her MSN in 1996 from Georgia State University.  She would love to hear from anyone.

Bonnie can be reached at gatorbonnie@yahoo.com

Patsy Love, RN, BSN
BSN 1990
Treasurer

Patsy currently teaches health assessment at Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach, Florida for all entering nursing students, and does pediatric clinicals in the ER during the summer for senior nursing students.  Patsy is also attending the University of South Florida in the Doctor of Nursing Practice program with an
estimated graduation date of December 2008.  Her oldest daughter is an RN that graduated from UNCC with a Master’s degree in counseling and lives in Orlando where she is opening her own practice specializing in play therapy.  Her youngest daughter is a graduate of the University of Florida with a degree in marketing and lives in North Carolina.  Patsy has five grandchildren that love coming to the beach and going to Gator games with Grandma.
Patsy can be reached at pwlove@bellsouth.net.

Patricia Sassner, BSN, MSN
MSN 1997
Secretary

Pat Sassner is currently working at the NF/SG VA Health care system as a NP in a Primary Care clinic.  She has been an active member of the UF Board of Nursing Alumni Council since her graduation in 1997.  She is very active as a preceptor for the UF NP program.  Pat is also an associate professor, doing clinic rotations for the UF undergraduate nursing program.  She is married with one child. 
Pat can be reached at eaglei23@aol.com.

Barbara “BarBee” (Emmel) Geiger, BSN, MBA
BSN 1974
Past President

BarBee currently works for the NF/SG Veterans Health System in Gainesville, Florida as the Chest Pain Center Coordinator / Systems Redesign Coordinator.  She has been married 33 years to her wonderful husband and best friend, Chuck.  She has three grown children, Macy, Austin and Kent, and a 2 year old grandson, Max. Her hobbies include reading, golf, sewing, cooking and gardening.  She grew up in Gainesville, but lived her married life in many states in the US until she moved back to Gainesville in 2000 to be nearer to her family.  BarBee would love to hear from her 1974 classmates.
BarBee can be reached at barbeegeiger@hotmail.com

Kelli McCall Crews, BSN, MSN
BSN 2001, MSN 2005
Regional Representative

Kelli is board certified as an Adult Nurse Practitioner by the ANCC. She is currently employed by the VAMC in Lake City, FL and works as a nurse practitioner on the telemetry and ICU units. She is also on the Ethics Committee at the VAMC. Kelli enjoys tennis and is a competitive player on the Lake City/Gainesville team. Kelli is married to Chad and they have one son, Gavin. 
Kelli can be reached at kellimc6@hotmail.com

Dee Goff, BSN
BSN 1971
Regional Representative

Upon graduation, Dee spent 15 years as a critical care nurse at hospitals in Florida and Washington.  She then moved away from the bedside and spent 14 years as the Clinical Educator, Quality Assurance Director, and Risk Manager for a large durable medical equipment company.   Since December 199,9 Dee has been the national director of Quality Assurance & Risk Management for Kforce HealthCare.  Her position with Kforce requires her to travel to each of the firm’s healthcare offices located across the country, so she is “in the  skies” on the average of about 2-3 weeks/month.  She has 2 grown children and both of them are Gators!  Her daughter is also a Gator Nurse.  Dee resides in Clearwater.

Dee can be reached at: dgoff@kforce.com

Karen Hanson, BSN, MSN
BSN 1966, MSN 1986
Regional Representative

Karen enjoys working with the alumni council and has been very connected with the college since graduating.  In the late 1970s, she worked with other Central Florida nurses to bring graduate nursing education to Orlando, and subsequently earned her master’s degree at the Orlando campus of the University of Florida.  She currently works at Florida Hospital in Orlando as a Process Architect with the MIS department.  She is involved with coordination and facilitation of training 10,000 clinical staff across 7 campuses for a new electronic medical record.  She has 3 children.  Scott, 38, is a high school administrator and has 2 children.  Brett, 35, works as a government contractor in computer security and has 3 children.  Michelle, 26, is an environmental engineer living in Los Angeles, enjoying single life and pursuing her mountain biking and adventure racing activities. 

Karen is an avid Gator fan, having had season football tickets for 30 years and looks forward to her grandchildren being old enough to accompany her to games.  Cross-stitching is a favorite past-time and she has crafted and donated several pieces for auction at reunion weekends.
Karen can be reached at khanson@cfl.rr.com

Russell Jacobitz, BSN
BSN 1994
Regional Representative

Russell is current the Chief of the Clinical Informatics Service for the
North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System. Russell enjoys golf, men's softball, and ultimate frisbee.  He is married to Kelly, CON class of 98, and is expecting the birth of their first child (Nicholas) in July 2007.

Alice Jackson, BSN
BSN 1977
Member-at-Large

Alice currently works at Florida Hospital in Orlando, Florida as the Administrative Assistant Director for Emergency Services.

Ann Smith, BSN, MSN
MSN 1967
Member-at-Large

Ann is currently retired and residing in Gainesville, Florida.  She joined the Alumni Council during the Spring of 2007.  Her other activities include the board of the University of Florida Retired Faculty, board of the Matheson Museum of Alachua County, and the Gainesville Civic Chorus. 
Ann can be reached at asmith360@aol.com.

Jodi Irving, MS, ARNP, CS
Faculty Member

Professor Irving is advisor and coordinator of the RN/BSN track. She teaches content related to the Professional Socialization Series at the undergraduate level as well as provides instruction in therapeutic communication principles to undergraduates. Professor Irving also teaches psychiatric-mental health clinical nursing at the undergraduate level. At the graduate level, she teaches Family Theory/Therapy content and supervises the family therapy clinical experiences.  In addition, as an ARNP she engages in a private practice that she established in 1973.  She joined the Alumni Council in April 2007 and serves as the Philanthropy Committee Chair.  We are happy to welcome Jodi as a new member!
Jodi can be reached at irvinja@ufl.edu   

Ann-Lynn Denker, ARNP, PhD
BSN 1973
Ex-Officio Member

Ann-Lynn is the current Magnet Project Director/Nursing Research Coordinator at Jackson Health System in Miami Florida.  In addition Ann-Lynn  has a faculty appointment at the University of Miami School of Nursing. Ann-Lynn also serves on the Board of Directors of the Florida Nurses Association and is currently chair of the FNA Polical Action
Committee.
Ann-Lynn can be reached at adenker@um-jmh.org