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Administration Programs
Kathleen G. Burke, PhD, RN and Health Leadership Programs Director, Center of Professional Development
Teaching In her role as Program Director for the Nursing Administration and the Health Care Leadership programs, Dr. Burke develops and directs the Nursing and Health Care Nursing Administration and Health Leadership curriculum and is the Course Director for the N748 Leadership in Health Care, N650 Health System Analyses and the N653 Nursing Consultation courses. In addition, Dr. Burke guest lectures in both the graduate and undergraduate programs in the area of leadership development. Dr. Burke has published several articles and book chapters in the area of advanced practice, health care technology, nursing education and nursing leadership.
Kathryn H. Bowles, PhD, RN,
FAAN
Director of Nursing Research, VNA of Greater
Philadelphia
Victoria L. Rich, PhD, RN,
FAAN Associate Executive Director, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Assistant Dean of Clinical Practice, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
Currently, as the Chief Nursing Officer at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) and Assistant Dean of Clinical Practice, University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing, Dr. Rich has provided significant clinical leadership in development of a patient safety culture for the nursing profession. The leadership she provides is derived from the extensive programmatic experience she obtained while functioning in the role of Vice President of Patient Care at University Community Hospital in Tampa prior to her position at HUP. As a member of the Florida Hospital Association Patient Safety Commission and the Tampa Bay Coalition for Patient Safety, she has contributed to several initiatives to raise awareness of medication safety. She is a national consultant to hospital administrators and educators throughout the country and serves as an advisor and content expert in patient safety for the National Voluntary Hospitals of America (VHA) and Premier Hospitals. Dr. Rich has developed a corkscrew model of complex circularity that is used to develop a culture of systemic mindfulness in error reduction. This model, in use in settings nationally and internationally, was featured in the report: State of the Science Symposium of Safe Medication Administration published in the March 2005 American Journal of Nursing.
Teaching Dr Rich is currently the Co-Course Director in the N650 Health System Analyses.
Susan K. Keim, MS, RN
Teaching
Adam B. Sherr, MSEd
Teaching Mr. Sherr is the co-course director in NURS 748 -Leadership Development for Health in the Health Leadership program. In addition, he assists in curricular development and student advising.
Letty Roth Piper, MSN Lecturer
Teaching Ms. Piper has taught Financial Management for Nursing Executives at the post master's level for over 20 years. She has conducted numerous seminars and published numerous articles on Financial Management. At this school, she is the lead lecturer in the Business of Nursing and assists in N653 Nursing Consultation.
Glenn A. Fuir, CFA, CPA, CMA, CFM Lecturer
Before joining the Federal Reserve, Glenn worked in the banking industry for 13 years, mainly as an accounting manager at a community bank. Glenn spent three years preparing business forecasts within the asset and liability management function at Summit Bancorp.
Glenn is a member of the CFA Society of Philadelphia and the Institute of Management Accountants. He holds an MBA degree from Rider University and a BA degree from Ursinus College.
Teaching In addition to serving as a Course Director in N610 Health Economics and Accounting and Co-Course Director of N652 Applied Finance, Glenn is an adjunct professor for Drexel University, where he teaches principles of finance and accounting.
Christie DiMichele, MSN, RN, CNAA Lecturer
Teaching At the School of Nursing since 2006, Ms. DiMichele is actively involved in the Nursing and Health Care Administration Program. She is a preceptor for Graduate nurses in N650 Health System Analysis and an occasional lecturer for graduate level classes.
Arthur H. Piper, CPA Lecturer
Mr. Piper has a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Scranton and has a long career in senior financial management positions, most notably as the former Associate Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. He has also been the Vice President for Finance and Operations at Fulton County Medical Center and has been the Vice President of the Consulting Division at MedQuist, Inc.
Teaching He currently co-teaches the Business of Nursing course in this school with his wife, Ms. Letty Piper.
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Dr.
Burke received her MSN from Widener University and her PhD from the University
of Pennsylvania. She has held a variety of administrative positions in the
School of Nursing and the University of Pennsylvania Health System over the last
24 years. Dr. Burke has been the Director for the Center for Professional
Development for the last twelve years and in 2006 was appointed as Program
Director for the Nursing and Health Care Administration and the Health
Leadership Program. Dr. Burke’s expertise is in the area of leadership and
professional development. Her more recent work addresses leadership development
in long-term care settings. Dr. Burke is an advisory board member of the
Johnson and Johnson Wharton Health Care Leadership Program and appointed member
to the Commission on Accreditation for the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
Dr. Bowles holds a BSN
from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, an MSN from Villanova, and a PhD from
the University of Pennsylvania. In addition to her position at the Penn School
of Nursing, she is the Beatrice Renfield Visiting Scholar for the Visiting Nurse
Service of New York, a Senior Fellow in the Leonard Davis Institute, a faculty
member in the Ackoff Center for Advancement of Systems Approaches, and director
of the Health Informatics Minor. Dr. Bowles leads a program of research in the
use of information technology to improve healthcare for elders and support
healthcare provider’s decision-making regarding hospital discharge referrals for
high-risk elders.
Dr. Rich is a
leading authority on patient safety including the application and evaluation of
systems and devices. With over twenty years experience in Healthcare
Administration, Dr. Rich received her PhD from the University of Pittsburgh in
Nursing Administration, her MSN from the University of Pittsburgh, also in
Nursing Administration and her BSN from the Indiana University of
Pennsylvania, Summa Cum Laude.
Ms. Keim
received her Master’s Degree at the University of Maryland with a major in
Nursing Administration and a minor in Clinical Medical-Surgical Advanced
Practice. She spent thirteen years at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions in
a variety of progressive management positions in the Department of Medicine. She
has expertise in the areas of performance appraisal, professional advancement
ladders, systems development and adult teaching and learning theories.
Mr. Sherr works full time
at Penn Nursing as the Director of Student Registration and Information. He
received his MSEd from the University of Pennsylvania and is currently enrolled
in a Doctorate of Education Program at Penn's Graduate School of Education and
is on Dissertation Status. His dissertation subject is the study of
institutional philosophies in regard to undergraduate student leadership
development. 
Ms.
Piper received her Bachelor's and Master's in Nursing from the University of
Pennsylvania. She has been the Nurse Executive at two academic medical centers,
including the University of Vermont, a number of community hospitals and a
Nursing Management Consultant with Coopers and Lybrand. Ms. Piper continues to
practice as an executive consultant to Academic Medical centers and Health
Systems. 
Glenn is a
manager in the Community Regional Supervision Unit of the Supervision,
Regulation and Credit Department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.
Glenn joined the Reserve Bank ten years ago as a surveillance analyst. Before
assuming his current position in 2004, Glenn spent two years managing a unit
responsible for monitoring the credit card industry and then transitioned into
a bank examiner position.
Ms.
DiMichele received her Master's Degree at the University Of Pennsylvania School
Of Nursing with a major in Nursing Administration and a minor from Wharton in
business in 2005. In 2006, she became certified as a Certified Nursing
Administrator, Advanced (CNAA) through the ANCC. She has over twenty years of
experience in nursing. She has spent the majority of her career at The
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in a variety of progressive management
positions. Currently, she is the Nurse Manager of 5E, a Hematology and General
Pediatrics unit at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and a Per Diem
Administrative Nursing Supervisor at Delaware County Community Hospital in
Drexel Hill, PA. She recently received training to become a National League of
Nursing Program Evaluator and is trained to evaluate schools of nursing with the
National League of Nursing Credentialing Center. She specializes in building and
supervising diverse teams.