Registered Nursing Faculty

Debbie Brzuska, MSN, RN, CMSRN, CNE
Assistant Coordinator, LPN-RN Program
Gulf Franklin Center
850.913.3317
dbrzuska@gulfcoast.edu

Joseph Donlan, MSN, RN, APRN
Second Semester Instructor
850.769.1551 ext. 5817
Health Sciences, Room 233
jdonlan@gulfcoast.edu 

Alexander Giles, DNP, RN, APRN
Third Semester Instructor
850.769.1551 ext. 5841
Health Sciences, Room 220
agiles3@gulfcoast.edu 

Anita Susan Hanson, MSN, RN, CC-RN
Success Mentor / Lab Simulation
850.769.1551, x3360
Health Sciences, Room 218
Ahanson2@gulfcoast.edu

Melissa Hobbs, MSN, RN, LPN
First Semester Instructor
850.769.1551 ext. 5843
Health Sciences, Room 225
mhobbs2@gulfcoast.edu

Christine Katzberger, MSN, RN
Third Semester Instructor  
850.769.1551 ext. 5840
Health Sciences, Room 221
ckatzberg@gulfcoast.edu

Rebecca Kelly, MSN, RN
First Semester Instructor
850.769.1551 ext. 5838
Health Sciences, Room 231
rkelly@gulfcoast.edu

Jerrie Kirksey, MSN, RN
Third Semester Instructor
850.769.1551 ext. 5833
Health Sciences, Room 219
jkirksey@gulfcoast.edu

Melanie Pendergrass, DNP, AGACNP-BC, ABAAHP, APRN
Fourth Semester Instructor
850.769.1551 ext. 5830
Health Sciences, Room 226
mpendergr@gulfcoast.edu

Martha Ruder, DNP, RN, APRN, NP-C
Coordinator, Associate Degree Nursing
850.913.3314
Health Sciences, Room 217
mruder@gulfcoast.edu

Kelly Spriggs, MSN, RN
Fourth Semester Instructor
850.769.1551 ext. 6102
Health Sciences, Room 232
kspriggs@gulfcoast.edu