Dr. Suzanne Phipps, EdD, FNP-BC,  MSN, BSN

Co-Chair, Awards & Recognition Committee; Advisory council member & Founding Member

Dr. Phipps is the Master of Science in Nursing Program Director and a Professor at Olivet Nazarene University.

She previously served as an adjunct faculty member for Rush University Medical Center and University of Illinois at Chicago’s FNP students and taught in a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) Program.

Her professional career includes experiences in field of nursing: as an RN in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU); as a Family Nurse Practitioner in the areas of primary care and retail-health clinics; and managing FNPs.

She completed her doctoral studies at Olivet. Her dissertation is titled, “Intimate Partner Violence in Retail-Health Clinics: The Views of the Family Nurse Practitioners.” Dr. Phipps is passionate about helping victims of intimate partner violence.