Dr. Nancy Ridenour

Dr. Ridenour’s clinical care experience includes nursing positions in critical care, ICU, med-surg, primary care as a family nurse practitioner, public health and school health. She began her academic career in nursing education at the University of Colorado and continued it at Texas Tech, where she was one of three faculty members involved in starting the College of Nursing. She then served as Dean and Professor at Illinois State University College of Nursing.

There she led the transition from a freestanding, private nursing college to the first health professions college on a large state university campus. Immediately prior to joining Goldfarb, she served as Dean and Professor of The University of New Mexico College of Nursing where she initiated the New Mexico Nursing Education Consortium (NMNEC)-- a collaborative of state and tribal funded nursing programs across New Mexico with a common undergraduate nursing curriculum.

In addition to her academic leadership roles, Dr. Ridenour served as a Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow, Institute of Medicine, in Washington, D.C., where she served as staff on the United States House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means. She is the recipient of two Fulbright-Hays fellowships, participating in study tours of Egypt, Jordan and China. Additional international experience includes work in Peru, Thailand, Mexico, Cuba, India, Sri Lanka and Costa Rica. She served as health policy consultant to the China Development Research Foundation.

He served on the National League for Nursing (NLN) Acceleration to Practice Committee, a commissioner on the NLN Commission on Nursing Education Accreditation, the UHG external clinical advisory council, the Texas Hospital Association and is Dr. Ridenour has held leadership positions with numerous national professional organizations, including the American Nurses Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Public Health Association, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, Society of Primary Care Policy Fellows, National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties, RWJ Health Policy Fellows Alumni, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the University of New Mexico Foundation. Chair of the NLN Foundation. He co-lead the Texas Team – Action Coalition with RWJF / CCNA. He is a Past President for the Texas Organization of Nurse Executives, is past AONL Board Member and Secretary of the ANCC board member.