Nursing Faculty

Arianna M. Anton MSN, RN

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing & Health Sciences
603.526.3795 | arianna.anton@colby-sawyer.edu

Joined the college as an adjunct faculty member in 2014 and assistant professor in 2019. Earned a BS in nursing from Colby-Sawyer College in 2011 and a MSN from Norwich University in 2015. Professor Anton instructs courses in both classroom and clinical settings, including Introduction to Nursing, Nursing Fundamentals, and Critical Care and Medical-Surgical Settings. Professor Anton has worked as a staff nurse in the surgical-trauma intensive care unit at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center since her graduation from Colby-Sawyer. Read more

Kimberly A. Boulanger MSN, RNC-OB

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing & Health Sciences
603.526.3795 | kimberly.boulanger@colby-sawyer.edu

Joined Colby-Sawyer as an adjunct faculty member in 2012 and became full-time faculty in 2019. Professor Boulanger earned her BSN from Western Connecticut State University and MSN from Norwich University. Professor Boulanger teaches courses in maternal and child health care. Read more

Nicole Chartier MSN, RN

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing & Health Sciences
603.526.3795 | nicole.chartier@colby-sawyer.edu

Joined the Colby-Sawyer nursing faculty in 2020. Graduated with a BSN from Colby-Sawyer College in 2011. Post-graduation, she worked as a registered nurse in the Intensive Care Nursery at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. She graduated with her MSN in nursing education in 2020 from Southern New Hampshire University. She assists with academic coaching and nursing simulations for students and is interested in the use of simulation in education to assist students in developing their critical thinking in the clinical environment. Read more

Bianca Fortier MSN, RN, SCRN

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing & Health Sciences
603.526.1713 | bianca.fortier@colby-sawyer.edu

Professor Fortier joined the Colby-Sawyer nursing faculty in 2021. She earned her BSN from Saint Anselm College in 2012 and MSN from Norwich University in 2015. She received a post-master’s certificate in Patient Safety and Quality from Southern New Hampshire University in 2017. Professor Fortier is currently the coordinator for the RN-BS Online Program and teaches coursework related to healthcare research and evidence-based practice. Read more

Ann Fournier PhD, MS, RN, AHN-BC, CNE, CCE

Associate Professor, School of Nursing & Health Sciences
603.526.3642 | ann.fournier@colby-sawyer.edu

Joined the college as an assistant professor in 2019. She holds a PhD in nursing from Rutgers University, an MS in health care administration from New England College and an MSN with a specialty in acute care from Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions. She also holds a BA in French/Spanish from Saint Anselm College. Dr. Fournier has over a decade of teaching experience and has taught many nursing courses in the classroom and clinical settings in a variety of programs at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. Read more

Shari L. Goldberg PhD, RN

Professor, School of Nursing & Health Sciences
603.526.3795 | sgoldberg@colby-sawyer.edu

Joined the faculty in 2002. Teaches the senior nursing capstone courses, community and public health nursing, and the introduction to public health. Appointed to the State of N.H. Public Health Improvement Services Council. Participates in a national effort aimed at integrating public health into undergraduate liberal arts education. The 2009-2010 recipient of the policy research fellowship at George Mason University's Center for Health Policy Research and Ethics. Read more

Kim Grover

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing & Health Sciences
kimberley.grover@colby-sawyer.edu

Professor Grover started her nursing career in 1998 after graduating from Trocaire College in Buffalo, NY. She earned her BSN in 2017 and her masters in nursing education in 2019. Read more

Robin LeBoeuf MSN, CPNP- AC

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing & Health Sciences
603.526.3795 | robin.leboeuf@colby-sawyer.edu

Professor LeBoeuf joined the faculty in 2021. She obtained her BSN from Drexel University and earned her MSN from the University of Pennsylvania with a specialty in pediatric acute and chronic care advanced practice nursing. Professor LeBoeuf has more than 10 years of experience from The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and concurrently practices as an advanced practice nurse in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. Read more

Joan G. Loftus DNP, RN

Director & Chair of Nursing,
Associate Professor, School of Nursing & Health Sciences
603.526.3795 | jloftus@colby-sawyer.edu

Joined faculty in 2008. BSN from Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Penn. in 1985, MSN with a Geriatric Nurse Practitioner certification from Georgetown University, Washington, DC in 1992; and DNP from Wilkes University in 2014. Professor Loftus teaches First Year Nursing Seminar, Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice, and Nursing Leadership. Read more

Kelly A. McCue DNP, MSN, AOCNS, RN

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing & Health Sciences
603.526.3283 | kelly.mccue@colby-sawyer.edu

Dr. McCue joined the college as an adjunct assistant professor in 2021 and was hired full time the same year. She holds a BSN from Southern CT State University, an MSN and CNS from Loyola University Chicago and is a summa cum laude DNP graduate from Northeastern University in Boston. Dr. McCue also has a certification in Advanced Oncology (AOCNS) and a certification in Human Research Protections from the National Institute of Health. read more

Megan McGinnis

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing & Health Sciences
megan.mcginnis@colby-sawyer.edu

Professor McGinnis has been a nurse for seven years and a labor and delivery nurse for six of those years. She began teaching at Colby-Sawyer College in 2022 after receiving her master’s degree from Southern New Hampshire University in 2021. Read more

Benjamin Rieke MSN, RN-BC, CNE, TCRN

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing & Health Sciences
603.526.3976 | ben.rieke@colby-sawyer.edu

Professor Rieke joined the faculty in 2020. He holds an MS in nursing from the University of Texas at Arlington, and a BS in nursing and biology from Baylor University. Board certified in trauma and medical-surgical nursing, he has a clinical background in the care of critically ill adults and patients with traumatic injuries. Read more

Courtney Rogers MSN, MBA, RN, CNE

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing & Health Sciences
603.526.3043 | courtney.rogers@colby-sawyer.edu

Joined faculty in 2019 with a BA from University of New Hampshire; MBA from Southern New Hampshire University; A.D.N. from New Hampshire Technical Institute; MSN from Franklin Pierce University. Professor Rogers teaches Nursing Health Assessment. Professor Rogers has worked as a staff nurse in the intensive care unit and interventional radiology at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Concord Hospital as well as in the perioperative setting. Read more

Julie Steele DNP, CRNA

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing & Health Sciences
603.789.1851 | julie.steele@colby-sawyer.edu

Professor Steele joined the faculty in 2021. She holds a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree from Duke University School of Nursing in Durham, NC, and a Master of Science in nurse anesthesia from Albany Medical College in Albany, NY. She is board certified in nurse anesthesia. Professor Steele's background includes serving as the Clinical Coordinator and Co-Chief Nurse Anesthetist at Concord Hospital and clinical preceptor at Bassett Healthcare in New York. She currently teaches Pharmacology in the ABSN program. Read more

Lindsey M. Thompson MSN, RN, CNL

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing & Health Sciences
603.526.3348 | lindsey.thompson@colby-sawyer.edu

Lindsey M. Thompson, Assistant Professor of Nursing, joined Colby-Sawyer as an adjunct faculty member in 2018 and transitioned to full-time in 2021. She has a robust background in clinical bedside nursing, with experience spanning all adult inpatient populations. Before working at Colby-Sawyer, Professor Thompson served on the Adult Critical Care Staffing Resource Team at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. Read more

Nanci Weinhold BS, RN

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing & Health Sciences
603.526.3884 | nanci.weinhold@colby-sawyer.edu

Nanci Weinhold started teaching clinical at Colby-Sawyer in 2019. She is currently enrolled in an NP program at Regis College, and works at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center as a house supervisor on a per diem basis. As nursing faculty at Colby-Sawyer, she teaches in both the accelerated and traditional nursing programs in the classroom and clinical settings. Read more

Adjunct Faculty

• Christopher Charles
• Miriam Dowling-Schmitt
• Cassi-Mae Gelinas
• Clara Knapp
• Sonya Kuykendall
• Lauren Lefebvre
• Elizabeth McGrath DNP, APRN, AGACNP-BC, AOCNP®, ACHPN
• Joni Menard DNP, RN, CENP
• Tracia O'Shana
• Julia Scavato
• Paula Seaman MSN, MPA, DA, RN, CCISM
• Katie Tennent
• Brianna White DNP, RN, CPN, CNL
• Jennifer Whitton