Diane M. Faulconer

2018 Alumna of the Year

College: Nicole Wertheim College of Nursing & Health Sciences

Degree: ’74, MSM ’74

With over 30 years of nursing experience in management consulting and health care operations, Diane Faulconer has shown an incomparable dedication to bettering nursing education and practices. She has traveled extensively throughout a variety of third world countries sharing her expertise in surgical services, operating room management, post anesthesia care, emergency medicine and ambulatory services.

Previously, Faulconer filled the roles of director of Surgical Services for Boca Raton Community Hospital, as well as director of Nursing for Operating Rooms and coordinator for Emergency Medicine and Ambulatory Services for Mount Sinai Hospital Center of Greater Miami. She has also published more than 35 articles in six different professional journals. She was a member of the Association of Operating Room Nurses (AORN), an awardee of the AORN research grant on preoperative priorities and has been listed in Who’s Who in American Nursing. Faulconer earned her Bachelor's from the College of Nursing and Health Sciences and her Master's in Management from the College of Business.