Ex-officio Member, Education Board Chair
Virginia Reising, DNP, RN, PHNA-BC, PEL-CSN, is an Associate Professor and Associate Chairperson at Rush University in the Department of Community, Systems, and Mental Health Nursing where she teaches at the Masters and Doctoral level. She previously worked in the College of Nursing at University of Illinois Chicago where she served as Interim Associate Dean for Practice and Partnerships, Associate Department Head, and the primary investigator on a HRSA Behavioral Health Integration Collaborative Agreement which supported the implementation of an integrated model of behavioral health care at a nurse-led health federally qualified health center and community correctional setting.
Dr. Reising completed her Master of Nursing degree at Rush University with a concentration in advanced population health nursing and her Doctor of Nursing Practice degree at the University of Illinois Chicago. Her clinical experience spans hospital, primary care, and school settings. Dr. Reising has been honored as an AACN Elevating Leaders in Academic Nursing Fellow (2024), a Pinnacle Nurse Leader (2022) and an Illinois Nurses Foundation 40 under 40 Emerging Nurse Leader (2018).