Carole Gabriele, DNP, Director of Nursing Programs
Prior to her appointment as the Director of Nursing Programs at Anna Maria College in 2011, Dr. Gabriele served as the director of the School of Nursing for Bridgeport Hospital in Bridgeport, Connecticut, where her responsibilities included the development and implementation of curriculum, program evaluation, and enrollment management initiatives. She is Vice Chair of the Connecticut League for Nursing Deans and Directors, a member of the Housatonic Community College Advisory Board, and a member of St. Vincent's College of Nursing Advisory Board. Dr. Gabriele earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at the University of Bridgeport, a Master of Arts in Educational Leadership from Fairfield University, and a Doctor of Nursing Practice from Case Western Reserve University.

Katharine O'Dell, RN, PhD, CNM, WHNP
Dr. O'Dell is a certified nurse-midwife and women's health nurse practitioner with over 35 years of experience as an RN working in an advanced practice role. She received her original RN education at Rochester Community College and the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. She then received a midwifery diploma from Frontier Nursing Service in Kentucky, a BS from Graceland College in Iowa, an MSN from Case Western Reserve University, and a PhD in Nursing from UMass-Worcester Graduate School of Nursing.

For 12 years, Dr. O'Dell has been a full-time faculty member of the OB/GYN Department at UMass Memorial Medical Center, where she is currently an assistant professor. She also teaches and precepts students of advanced practice nursing at UMass Worcester and within area nursing programs, including Boston University, Boston College, and Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.

Dr. O'Dell's ongoing clinical practice includes outpatient women's health and urogynecology. She is actively involved in several professional organizations, including the American College of Nurse-Midwives and the Society of Urologic Nurses and Associates. Dr. O'Dell has been honored with outstanding teaching and service awards from the UMass Graduate School of Nursing, UMass Medical School, and the Association of Professors of OB/GYN, and was selected as the outstanding nurse practitioner for 2010 within the UMass Memorial clinical system.

Paulette Remijan, RN, MS, APN-BC
Professor Remijan has over 30 years' experience as a Registered Nurse and has practiced as a Nurse Practitioner for the last decade. She is an experienced educator in nursing, teaching full-time across the curriculum for the Associate of Science in Nursing program and the RN-BSN program at Anna Maria College since 2002.

Professor Remijan is a graduate of Anna Maria College with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and received her Master of Science in Nursing with a sub-specialty in Cardiac Nursing from the University of Massachusetts. She is a board member for the Iota-at-Large Chapter of the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society and a gubernatorial appointment to the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing. Her special interest is in the development of professional nursing at all levels of nursing.

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