Did You Know?

In 2011, Good Samaritan Foundation celebrates 60 years of service to nursing students and nursing schools in Texas.

Good Samaritan Foundation is the leading private provider of nursing scholarships in the State of Texas.

In 60 years, Good Samaritan Foundation has awarded more than $15 million to more than 15,000 nursing students in Texas.

Leadership

Kathryn Tart EdD, RN, CNE Founding Dean and Professor
University of Houston School of Nursing - Victoria, Sugar Land, Katy

Ann Scanlon McGinity PhD, RN Senior VP Operations and Chief Nursing Executive
The Methodist Hospital

Betty N. Adams BSN, MN, PhD Dean
Prairie View A&M University College of Nursing

Michele Bell, MBA, RN Chief Nursing Officer
Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center

Dana Bjarnason PhD, RN, NE-BC Associate Administrator and Chief Nursing Officer
Ben Taub General Hospital and Quentin Mease Community Hospital

Goldie J. Brown RN, BSN, MA, OCN 2008 Excellence in Nursing Gold Award Recipient
The Methodist Hospital

Katie Cross, MSN, RNC-OB, LCCE Director, Education Department
CHRISTUS St. Catherine Hospital

Thelma Gray-Becknell, MSN, RN Asso. Director, Patient Care Svcs & Chief Nursing Executive
Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Patricia Hannon MSN, RN Executive Director, Clinical Nursing Practice
The UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

John E. Kajander Senior Vice President
Texas Medical Center

Vicki G. Keiser Regional Partner, Health Care Providers
Deloitte & Touche LLP

Karen C. Lyon PhD, APRN, ACNS, NEA Associate Dean and Professor
Texas Woman's University Nelda C. Stark College of Nursing

David R. Marshall, MSN, JD, RN, NEA-BC, CENP Chief Nursing and Patient Care Services Officer
UTMB Health System

Karen K. Meyers, MSN, RN, NEA-BC Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer
St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital

Heather Sharp BS, RN 2009 Excellence in Nursing Gold Medal Recipient
St Luke's Hospital at The Vintage

Patricia Starck DSN, RN, FAAN Dean
The University of Texas School of Nursing at Houston

Kathryn Tart EdD, RN, CNE Founding Dean and Professor
University of Houston School of Nursing - Victoria, Sugar Land, Katy