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“My CNR
experience not only provided a strong academic program, but also an
environment that fostered honest inquiry and an openness to the
diversity of thought, opinion, and values. Such a grounding has served
me very well. ”
Colleen
Scanlon, RN,
JD, GS ‘84
Senior Vice President, Advocacy
Catholic Health Initiatives
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Colleen Scanlon is Senior Vice
President, Advocacy at Catholic Health Initiatives in Denver, CO. and
responsible for directing the development of a comprehensive advocacy
program within one of the largest Catholic health care systems in the
country. Prior to this, Colleen was the Director of the American
Nurses Association Center for Ethics and Human Rights in Washington,
D.C. and served as a Clinical Scholar in the Center for Clinical
Bioethics at Georgetown University Medical Center.
Colleen’s background includes a variety of clinical positions, most
recently as a Psychiatric Nurse Clinician at Calvary Hospital in New
York. She has worked as a Staff Development Instructor and held staff
positions in oncology, psychiatric, and home health care nursing. She
has served as the convener of the Palliative Care Task Force of “Last
Acts” (RWJ) and as an advisor and faculty member for End of Life
Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) and the Nursing Leadership
Consortium for End-of-Life Care.
Involved in a variety of professional associations, she serves on the
Board of Directors of the Catholic Health Association (Chairperson),
the Catholic Medical Mission Board, and Georgetown University School of
Nursing and Health Studies. She also has served on the National
Advisory Council for Human Genome Research (NIH), as a board member at
The College of New Rochelle, the Institute for Diversity, Catholic
Health Services of Long Island, and the American Society of Law,
Medicine and Ethics.
Colleen received her BSN from Georgetown University, an MS in
Gerontology from CNR and a
JD with a health law and policy certificate from Pace
University School of Law.
She has been involved in the development of educational monographs and
videos and co-authored the book Managing
Genetic Information:
Implications for Nursing Practice. She has also published
articles in
Nursing
Clinics of North America,
Cancer Nursing, Health
Progress, New
England Journal of Medicine,
American Journal of Critical Care,
Pediatric Nursing, Nursing
Management, Oncology Nursing
Forum and
numerous other journals.
In her professional career, she has received several awards including
an honorary doctorate and distinguished alumna award from Georgetown
University, the Mara Mogensen Flaherty Award from the Oncology Nursing
Society, and the American Cancer Society Lane Adams Award
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