University of Wisconsin–Madison
Ann  Brewer, BSN, RN

Ann Brewer, BSN, RN

NAO Board Member

Madison, WI

Ann  Brewer, BSN, RN

Biography

BSN, University Of Wisconsin-Madison in: Nursing, 1984

Over the years, Ann has been a staff nurse and has held numerous administrative positions in hospitals and home health care agencies. Her most challenging, but rewarding position was as the Female Health Coordinator for the Wisconsin Department of Corrections, where she was able to make some significant differences in the health outcomes of our female offenders. She’s served on the Wisconsin Board of Nursing for seven years and was the chairperson in 2000 and 2001.

In 2002, Ann moved to Washington, DC and began working at the National Institutes of Health as the Director of the Executive Secretariat. In this capacity, Ann worked directly for the NIH Director and Deputy Director, and with all 27 Institutes’ and Centers,’ directors including Dr. Tony Fauci, Director of the NIAID.

Ann retired in 2015 and moved back to Madison, where she has served on the UW-Madison School of Nursing Board of Visitors and the UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health Initiative to End Alzheimer’s Disease Board. After four years of retirement and missing nursing, she became a Nurse Advocate for a private health advocacy company.