Anita Wright Gillespie

Background

Gillespie, Anita Wright Daughter of Ernest L. and Thelma G. Wright.

Education

Bachelor of science in nursing, North Carolina A&T State University, 1974.

Career

Nursing instructor, Norfolk (Virginia) Community Hospital, 1975-1976;staff nurse emergency department, Norfolk (Virginia) Community Hospital, 1976-1979;assistant nurse manager emergency department, Mercy Hospital, Cincinnati, 1979-1983;evening director, Mercy Hospital Anderson, Cincinnati, 1983-1995;staff nurse emergency department, Bethesda Oak Hospital, Cincinnati, since 1995;staff nurse labor and delivery maternity department, Mercy Hospital Anderson, Cincinnati, since 1996. Member Studies. committee, employee activities committee, medical records committee, forms committee, chairperson clinical nurse practice committee Mercy Hospital.

Achievements

• Certified CPR instructor, American Council of Learned Societies certified, certified neonatal resusitation.

Membership

Member ANA, NAFE, Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses, National Council Negro Women, North Carolina A&T Alumni Association, Alpha Kappa Alpha (member-at-large, chair health committee).

Interests

• Avocation: cake decorating.

Connections

Married Howard Gillespie Junior, August 4, 1973. Children: Christopher, Howard III.

Father:

Ernest L.

Mother:

Thelma G. Wright

Spouse:

Howard Gillespie Junior

child:

Christopher Gillespie

child:

Howard III Gillespie