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Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, DNP

Faculty

Our talented and competent faculty bring various life experiences and educational backgrounds to the classroom and beyond. 

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Program Director

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Alicia Kletter completed her Doctor of Nursing Practice at the University of San Francisco with certification as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP). Her professional background includes 24 years as a family nurse practitioner and now PMHNP; with much of her career spent working with substance use disorders including methadone and buprenorphine maintenance. She further specialized within this field when she was the director of the City of San Francisco’s perinatal opioid use...

Education:
  • USF, DNP Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, 2022
  • Samuel Merritt University, MSN Family Nurse Practitioner, 2004
  • Rensselear Polytechnic University, BSN Biochemistry/Biophysics, 1999
Expertise:
  • Addiction medicine
  • Perinatal opioid use disorder

Full-Time Faculty

Kristen Lombard, PhD, RN, PMHCNS-BC, AHN-BC is an Associate Professor at University of San Francisco (USF) in the School of Nursing and Health Professions where she teaches psychiatric-mental health, Quality Improvement, Health Policy/Ethics/Advocacy, and leadership to nursing graduate students in the Master Entry Option. 

Dr. Lombard’s 43-year career has been diverse and has taken her from large to small hospital systems, acute & primary care, long term care, residential settings, home and...

Education:
  • Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) PhD, 2012
  • University of Virginia, MSN, 1987
  • Syracuse University, BSN, 1982
Expertise:
  • Holistic Nursing Education Curriculum Development
  • Relationship-based Care®
  • Caring-healing consciousness
  • Caring science
  • Innovations in human-centered leadership
  • Reflective practice
  • Gero-psychiatric nursing
  • Holistic/integrative care
  • Circle...

Part-Time Faculty

Earl is a psychiatric nurse practitioner whose clinical practice focuses on providing inclusive, evidence-based mental health care to diverse populations across the lifespan. His work integrates psychiatric medication management, psychotherapy, and holistic approaches, with particular interest in supporting LGBTQ+ and neurodivergent individuals.

As an educator, Earl is passionate about helping students translate clinical knowledge into thoughtful, compassionate, and culturally responsive...

Education:
  • UC San Francisco, MSN in Nursing, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, 2025
  • University of San Francisco, BSN in Nursing, 2020
Expertise:
  • Mental health
  • Psychiatry
  • LGBTQ+ care
  • Community mental health nursing
  • Wellness advocacy