Spending the majority of his nursing career in the emergency department of a Level 1 Trauma Center, he has witnessed humanity at its best and worst. A self-described life-long learner, he earned his doctoral degree and began teaching at Illinois State University in 2010. Steve is an advocate for emergency nursing and volunteers with the Emergency Nurses Association at the state and national levels. He enjoys music, having taken piano, organ, flute, and clarinet lessons. One of the many highlights in his life was traveling to Italy with his Chicago church choir where he shook Pope John Paul II’s hand during a papal audience in St. Peter’s Square! He is excited to begin the MCLP program and looking forward to meeting many new friends while simultaneously discovering multiple leadership opportunities within the Bloomington-Normal community.