Kristina Angelone is currently enrolled in a Doctor of Pharmacy program at Shenandoah University, Winchester, Virginia. On her first mission with Project HOPE, Kristina will be volunteering in the Pharmacy Department aboard the USNS Mercy.
Fran Bauer is a first-time Project HOPE volunteer who works as a RN at a small, rural hospital in Apalachicola, Florida. At one-time an Air Traffic Controller, Fran decided to become a nurse so that she would have the skills necessary to respond to natural disasters and health crises around the world.
Abigail Chua is currently earning her Master of Science in Nursing from University of San Diego. She is a first-time HOPE volunteer.
Catherine Chung is currently obtaining her Master of Science in Nursing from University of San Diego, California. She is a first-time HOPE volunteer.
Dr. Marshall Cusic, a pediatrician from Marshfield Clinic in Marshfield, Wisconsin, brings 37 years of civilian and U.S. Navy medical experience to his second mission as a HOPE volunteer. Before volunteering for HOPE, he served on the USNS Mercy during the 2005 Tsunami mission and follow-up care missions to South East Asia. Dr. Cusic specializes in pediatric allergy-immunology with experience in tropical infectious diseases. He is serving as the HOPE Medical Director in Vietnam and Cambodia.
Cherri Dobson is serving on her third volunteer mission for Project HOPE. A critical care nurse with over 26 years experience, Cherri currently works in NICU at Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, California. She also serves as a Critical Care Transport RN for American Medical Response in San Leandro. During Pacific Partnership 2010, Cherri will be volunteering as a pediatric RN.
Will Flores is currently enrolled in a Masters of Science in Nursing program at The University of San Diego in California. The first-time Project HOPE volunteer will be using his nursing skills onboard the USNS Mercy.Kimberly Fong is currently enrolled in a Masters of Science in Nursing program at The University of San Diego, in California. She is a first-time HOPE volunteer.
Dawn Gaynor is a nurse from Denver Colorado with a career spanning more than 25 years. She has worked as an OR nurse, dealt with psychiatric patients, and more recently cosmetic surgery. She holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Holistic Nutrition and a Doctor of Naturopathy. The first-time Project HOPE volunteer is working as an OR Nurse onboard the USNS Mercy.
Peggy Goebel is a maternal child health care nurse with many years of nursing and teaching experience. She is a former Peace Corps volunteer with international disaster relief experience. She currently teaches nursing at Santa Rosa Junior College in Santa Rosa, California. A four-time Project HOPE volunteer, Peggy says, “I love working with Project HOPE and look forward to meeting the new Project HOPE volunteers and working together again with U.S. Navy on the USNS Mercy and the people of Vietnam and Cambodia.” Peggy is volunteering as a Pediatric Triage Nurse during the mission.
Mary Oestereicher Hamill, Ph.D., is an award-winning photojournalist and videographer. While this is her second medical mission to Vietnam, it is first as a Project HOPE volunteer. Mary currently works at Brandeis University as the Resident Artist/Scholar at the Women’s Studies Research Center. On the USNS Mercy, she is serving as Public Affairs Officer for Project HOPE.
Margaret Holt, a nurse from South Carolina, is a two-time Project HOPE volunteer. Peggy has extensive experience in obstetrics, labor and delivery and c-section recovery. On the USNS Comfort, Peggy is working on the medical/surgical staff. On the USNS Mercy, Peggy is working as an operation room nurse.Jackie Iseri is currently enrolled in a Masters of Science in Nursing program at The University of San Diego, in California. She is a first-time HOPE volunteer.
Mary Levitz , from Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake, New York has over 33 years experience as a Family Nurse Practitioner and Nurse. The first-time Project HOPE volunteer is working as a Family Nurse Practitioner onboard the USNS Comfort.
Alan McNichols is currently enrolled in a Masters of Science in Nursing program at The University of San Diego in California. The first-time Project HOPE volunteer will be using his nursing skills onboard the USNS Mercy.
Dr. John Neale is a first-time Project HOPE volunteer serving as a pediatrician onboard the USNS Mercy. This is his second medical mission to Vietnam. He also served aboard the hospital ship in response to the Indonesia tsunami in 2006 as triage officer. Throughout his professional life, Dr. Neale has worked in California emergency rooms, the most recent being El Camino Hospital, Mountain View Hospital and Stanford University.
Faye Pyles, a pediatric nurse practitioner from Norfolk with more than 30 years experience, is on her fourth mission with Project HOPE including a volunteer mission aboard the USNS Mercy in Southeast Asia in 2008. Faye is retired after 25 years from the Navy where she served in a variety of roles in both the U.S. and overseas. She is volunteering as Chief Nursing Officer and Operations Officer during the USNS Mercy.
Earl Rogers, a pharmacist from Richmond, Virginia is a long-time Project HOPE volunteer who will be using his pharmacy skills to treat patients and teach and mentor pharmacy students in Vietnam and Cambodia. Earl first served aboard the SS HOPE in 1972 in Brazil and has since volunteered in Russia, Ukraine, Lithuania, Liberia, Papua New Guinea and Ghana to name a few.
Diane Speranza, a veteran volunteer is serving on her 6th mission with Project HOPE. Diane is a nurse at Helen Ellis Hospital in Tarpon Springs, Florida, and also serves as the Chief Nurse for the Florida L 3 Disaster Medical Assistance Team. She is also a member at large for the Project HOPE Alumni Association. On her second mission to Vietnam as a HOPE volunteer, Diane she is working in the Casualty Receiving department onboard the USNS Mercy. “Each mission is unique in its own way,” she says. “The one thing that does not change is the wonderful patients and families that you meet and the friends that you make.”Chelsea Spindel has worked in the pediatric intensive care unit of Massachusetts General for the last 3 years, working with critically ill children and their families. The first-time Project HOPE volunteer is working as a Pediatric Nurse onboard the USNS Mercy.
Renee Summerson is a fourth-year pharmacy student from Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia. She is a first time Project HOPE volunteer.
Janna Tamminga from Beloit, Wisconsin works as a physical therapist for the School District of Beloit Turner Inman Parkway. The first time HOPE volunteer will be using her physical therapy skills aboard the USNS Mercy.
Kathy Templin is a nurse with 30 years of critical care experience followed by 10 years as an adult nurse practitioner who is now teaching at University of San Diego. She is accompanying six nursing students on her first mission with Project HOPE on the USNS Mercy to provide health care in Vietnam and Cambodia.
Dr. Elizabeth Trefts, a pediatrician from Stillwater, Maine with more than 18-years experience is a first-time Project HOPE volunteer.Terry Tucker is a nurse from Pasadena, California. She formerly worked at James A. Haley Hospital in Tampa, Florida where she provided care for veterans and active duty combat soldiers who have suffered spinal cord injuries. The first-time HOPE volunteer is serving as a Medical Surgical Nurse aboard the USNS Mercy.
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