Nancy E. Dunlap
Ex-Officio
Birmingham, Alabama
Nancy E. Dunlap, MD, PhD, MBA completed her medical degree from Duke University School of Medicine in 1981. She received an A.B. in Biology from Wellesley College in 1977, a Ph.D. in Microbiology from UAB in 1991, and an MBA from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan in 2008. She has practiced medicine in the field of pulmonary critical care for over 25 years and held executive positions in two academic medical centers, most recently as Dean of the School of Medicine at the University of Virginia. She served as the Medical Director for the Alabama Department of Public Health and Vice President of the University of Alabama at Birmingham Health System.
Throughout her career, she worked to improve healthcare quality and outcomes through more efficient patient care delivery processes and information technology. She is a Scholar in the Lister Hill Center for Health Policy.
Terri L. Poe (BSN 1986, DNP 2013)
Birmingham, Alabama
Terri Poe, DNP, RN, NE-BC is a two-time graduate of the UAB School of Nursing. She is the Chief Nursing Officer and Sr. Vice President at UAB Hospital. She joined UAB in 2009 as Director of Emergency Services where she served for 5 years before accepting the role as CNO in August of 2014. She has a Bachelor of Nursing degree from UAB, a Master of Public Administration from UAB, and received her Doctorate of Nursing Practice from UAB in August of 2013.
Dr. Poe was appointed as the Assistant Dean for Practice at UAB Hospital in the School of Nursing at UAB in 2015. She has a Nurse Executive Board Certification. Poe is the past President of Birmingham Regional Organization of Nurse Leaders (BRONL) and is the President of the Alabama Chapter of the American Organization of Nurse Executives (AlaONE).
Constance Hendricks (BSN 1974, MSN 1981)
Selma, Alabama
Constance Smith Hendricks, PhD, RN, FAAN received her BSN in 1974 and MSN in 1981, both from the UAB School of Nursing. She earned a PhD in clinical nursing research at Boston College where she was the first African-American to complete the nursing doctoral degree at the institution. An outcome of her research was developing a midrange health promotion empowerment theoretical framework, the Hendricks Perceptual Health Promotion Determinants Model©. The framework continues to be utilized by students and research.
She serves on many local, regional, and national committees and boards, and professional and civic organizations. She is the recipient of numerous honors and recognitions. In 2016, she was inducted into the Tuskegee University Nursing Hall of Fame. In 2010, Hendricks was selected as one of two Auburn Full Professors to receive the Charles W. Barkley Endowed Professorship. She was one of 60 UAB School of Nursing ‘Visionary Leaders’ and was chosen as a ‘Legend in White’ by the Montgomery Black Nurses Association. She was selected as the 2007 UAB School of Nursing Distinguished Alumna. She was awarded the 2018 Dr. Lillian Holland Harvey Award by the Alabama State Nurses Association. In 2019, she was inducted into the Alabama Nursing Hall of Fame.
After retiring from Auburn, she was granted Emeritus status. She returned to Concordia College in Selma, Alabama, where she developed a Division of Health Sciences. Dr. Hendricks also served as the Dean and Professor/Director of Nursing at Tuskegee University School of Nursing & Allied Health.
Deborah Grimes (BSN 1986)
New Orleans, Louisiana
Deborah F. Grimes, BSN, RN, JD, MSHQS received her BSN from the UAB School of Nursing in 1986. She is the Chief Diversity Officer for Ochsner Health. In this role, Deborah is critical in leading workforce and employee strategy for Ochsner and further developing policies and practices that promote focused attention to diversity and inclusion matters including recruitment, retention, workforce planning, and career development. Deborah also works within and across the communities Ochsner serves to emphasize the need to reduce disparate health outcomes and improve healthcare equity for all Ochsner patients.
Most recently, Deborah served as the UAB Health System’s first Chief Diversity Officer. She brings a wealth of expertise, knowledge and experience in diversity and inclusion, quality and compliance from her more than 33-year career at UAB. Originally trained as a nurse followed by serving as a risk management healthcare attorney, Deborah also has held several executive leadership positions at UAB Hospital, including director of Joint Commission/Quality Resources, vice president of Quality/Regulatory Affairs and Chief Compliance Officer before being appointed to Chief Diversity Officer.
Deborah is a member and leader of several professional groups, including Black Nurses Association, Society of Human Resources, Birmingham Society of Human Resources, Healthcare Compliance Association and the National Association Society of Healthcare Executives. She was also named one of the 2019 Most Influential Women in Corporate America by Savoy Magazine.