Michelle Taylor Skipper DNP, FNP-BC, NHDP-BC, FAANP, FNAP
Dr. Michelle Taylor Skipper currently serves as the Director the Adult-Gerontology and Family Nurse Practitioner specialties of the DNP Program at East Carolina University. A long-time advocate for rural and international health care, she has combined her passion for nurse practitioner education along with service to her community, from her local area to long-term service in Nicaragua. She has led two HRSA-funded grants to develop interprofessional healthcare teams. In 2017, Dr. Skipper received the Governor’s Award for Public Service, the highest award given to all state employees for her work during Hurricane Matthew. She was interviewed on National Public Radio as a role model of public service and will be inducted in June of 2019 as a Fellow in the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. She became board certified in 2021 by ANCC as a National Healthcare Disaster Practitioner. She was inducted as a Fellow in the National Academies of Practice for her inpterprofessional work in 2024.
Dr. Skipper is a graduate of St. Andrews Presbyterian College, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Duke University and the Gardner-Webb University School of Nursing.
She and her late husband, Rev. Bruce Skipper, traveled since 2003 to Leon, Nicaragua providing health care and sustainable water filtration systems for the people. Michelle is proudest to be called stepmom to three sons, ‘Meme’ to six grandchildren, and ‘Aunt Shell’ to her niece and nephew.