Our Team, Your Educators
Our Team
The United University of Nursing faculty is proud to bring their collective experience and education to Murrieta and the surrounding communities. With a passion for educating the next generation of nurses and allied health professionals, the UUN nursing faculty seeks to make a difference in the lives of each student. United We Learn!
Executive Leadership
John Hong, MD, MBA
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Administration
Talitha Basinski, DNP-Ed., RN
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF NURSING, ADN/BSN PROFESSOR
Karen McDaniel, DNP, GCNS-BC, PHN
DIRECTOR OF NURSING, ADN/BSN PROFESSOR
Adam E. Rowland, Ed.D., M.A., B.A.
DEAN OF CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION, REGISTRAR
Michelle Rowland, DNP-Ed., RN, RNC
DEAN OF NURSING AND ALLIED HEALTH, BSN PROFESSOR
Jennifer Zirzow, MSN, BSN, RN, RNC, IBCLC
DIRECTOR OF SIMULATION, BSN PROFESSOR
Staff
Lisa Ciccone, B.A.
RECRUITMENT AND MARKETING MANAGER
Amy Hinchman, B.A.
- OPERATIONS MANAGER
Nichole MacDonald, B.S.
RECRUITMENT AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH SPECIALIST
Christie Maranville
- ADMISSIONS AND PROGRAM COORDINATOR
Faculty
Amil Alzubaidi, M.A., B.A., MFT
PROFESSOR, ONLINE STUDIES
Eric Buonaccorsi, DNP, RN, RN-BC, CMSRN
BSN PROFESSOR
Jodi Carrithers, MSN, RNC-NIC
BSN PROFESSOR
Camille Chae, MSN, RN
ADN PROFESSOR
Kathleen Diamond, MSN, RNC-NIC, ALS
BSN PROFESSOR
Gene Gushansky, M.A., B.A.
PROFESSOR, ONLINE STUDIES
Norma Hamel, MSN,RN,AGNP-C,ACCNS,CCRN
ADN PROFESSOR
Mark Pahls, Ed.D., M.S., M.B.A., B.S.
PROFESSOR, ONLINE STUDIES
Alex Ruud, M.A., B.A.
PROFESSOR, ONLINE STUDIES
Stephanie Sotelo, MSN, RN, RNC-NIC
- NRP INSTRUCTOR, BSN PROFESSOR
Roxanna Stead, DNP, BSN, RN, PHN, FNP
ADN PROFESSOR
Alumni
Julia Robinson, DNP, RN, FNP, GCNS-BC, PHN
DEAN EMERITUS