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Mildred Fennal, PhD, RN

Dr. Fennal is a well-known nurse leader whose background includes a PhD in Nursing Science from the University of South Carolina, a Master of Science in Critical Care Nursing from the Medical University of South Carolina, and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the State University of New York. After teaching graduate and undergraduate nursing for many years, she retired from Florida A&M University in 2008. Currently, she is the Director of the International Nursing Education Consortium, a non-profit organization working to ensure nursing students and nurses are given the opportunity to have a culturally diverse experience in a foreign setting. She teaches graduate nursing education courses part time at Walden University and Excelsior College. She spends a lots of time mentoring nurses (mostly former students and referrals) in multiple states across the country. Completed and published research projects include Self-regulation and types of anger; violence against women; obesity and poverty; obesity and the development of complications; obesity and sleep apnea, prostate cancer, and computer assisted instruction. Her numerous publications include the most resent, Developing an International Nursing Initiative: The Chi Haiti Project. Along with the Southeast Region Leadership Institute Committee, Developing a Leadership Institute: A description of the process and the sharing of the learning experience. Practice expertise includes critical care nursing, nursing education, leadership/management, and international nursing. Dr. Fennal often states: “The most profound experiences of my career to date have been working with the orphans of Haiti, taking student nurses to study abroad in the Dominican Republic, and being a National President of Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Inc. Her favorite things to do include teaching nursing students and ballroom dancing where she won a second-place finish in her division in 2020.