Ann Schiele (Class of 2013)

Ann Schiele is President and Dean of the Mount Carmel College of Nursing that offers both undergraduate and graduate nursing programs. The baccalaureate nursing programs is one of the largest in the United States. She directed the transition of Mount Carmel from a diploma program to a fully-accredited, degree-granting College in 1990. Having served Mount Carmel since 1988, Schiele is currently the longest sitting president of any college or university in Ohio.

She serves as a board member of Maryhaven, Inc., the Central Ohio Workforce Investment Board, The Catholic Foundation, and the Central Ohio Lions Eye Bank. She also is a member of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, the Ohio Council of Deans and Directors, the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Ohio, and the American Health Sciences Education Consortium.

Schiele served on a collaborative team that established an 11,000 square foot Mount Carmel Clinical Skills and Simulation Center, a joint initiative of the College, Mount Carmel Medical Education and the Mount Carmel Medical Staff. She established one of the area’s first nurse-managed nursing centers, the Nursing Center for Family Health, through a partnership with Lower Lights Christian Health Center.

Schiele received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in nursing and her PhD in Higher Education Administration from The Ohio State University.

Schiele was honored as a Legend in 2013.