Morro, Mary Alice

Maryalice Morro, DNP, RN, NEA-BC

Core Faculty, DNP Executive Leadership Track

Lecturer

Dr. Morro is currently a consultant and works with growth-minded business owners and executives through formal and informal coaching, mentoring, teaching and consulting. She is an adjunct faculty for the Citadel’s undergraduate nursing program, and several of Villanova University’s certificate programs. She is the Program Coordinator for the Anne W. McNulty Institute’s Women’s Leadership Development Certificate Program and led the multidisciplinary team in creating this program. Previously, Dr. Morro spent 35 years in government, with 29 years on active duty in the United States Navy, serving around the world in support of peacetime, humanitarian, and wartime missions. She was the Commanding Officer (CEO) of the Pensacola Naval Hospital and Chief of Staff for Navy Medicine East, serving 15 medical commands in the United States and abroad. She was appointed to the Senior Executive Service and was selected to serve as Director (CEO) for the Carl Vinson VA Medical Center in Dublin, GA, transforming an underperforming medical center into a vibrant healthcare center to meet the veterans’ 21st century needs. Dr. Morrow currently serves on the Villanova Fitzpatrick College of Nursing Board of Consultors, Anne W. McNulty Advisory Board and Our Lady of Mercy Community Outreach Services Board of Directors. She holds a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree from Villanova University, MSN from the Catholic University of America, MS from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces and BSN from Villanova University. She is Board Certified by AACN as a Nurse Executive – Advanced.