Heather Marie Townsend

Background

Townsend, Heather Marie was born on April 9, 1963 in Waukegan, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Henry Delano and Geneva May (Mitchell) Overby.

Education

Bachelor of science in nursing magna cum laude, Columbus College, 1991; MSN summa cum laude, Emory University, 1995.

Career

Supervisor, Columbus (Georgia) Emergency Center, 1986-1989; Cardiac Care Unit nurse, Doctors Hospital, Columbus, 1991-1995; intern in internal medicine, Martin Army Cmty. Hospital, Fort Benning, Georgia intern in family practice, Hamilton (Georgia) Family Practice Center FNP Cmty. Healthcare system, Columbus Regional Healthcare System, 1995-1998; FNP, Opportunity Breakthrough, 1995-1997; founder, Marion Family Practice Guatemalan Outreach Program, Columbus, 1997-1998; FNP in primary care, Jacksonville (Florida) Naval Air Station, since 1998.

Preceptor coordinator advisor Three Rivers Area Health Education Center, 1996-1997;school health advisor Talbot County, 1996-1998. Director March of Dimes Rural Perinatal Program for Marion and Talbot Counties, 1997-1998. Consultant National Student Nurses Association, 1990-1991, Alcohol and Drug Panel, Columbus, 1990.

Achievements

• Heather Marie Townsend has been listed as a noteworthy Family nurse practitioner by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Active Concerned Citizens Columbus, 1989-1991. Chair Code 99 (Blue) Committee, 1993-1995. Member ANA, ANA-PAC, Florida Nurses Association, N.E. Florida Nurse Practitioners Council, Georgia Nurses Association, Sigma Theta Tau, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Eta Sigma.

Interests

• Avocations: reading, gardening.

Connections

Married Robert E. Townsend, August 8, 1988. 1 child, Robert E. World War II.

Father:

Henry Delano Overby

Mother:

Geneva May (Mitchell) Overby

Spouse:

Robert E. Townsend