Betsey Usher was named Director of Alumni Relations at the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing. She will be responsible for developing and implementing activities to engage VUSN alumni and to link alumni with students. She has served at several positions at the school for past eight years, first as coordinator of the school’s Centennial celebration, and then as events manager. She also co-oversees social media strategies. She also worked with VUSN alumni in the mid-1990s where her major assignments were managing Reunion and the School’s annual Pasta Premier dinner. Usher has a BA in political science from the College of Notre Dame of Maryland and a MEd in Higher Education Administration from Peabody. She is a board member for All About Women, tutors for the Nashville Literacy Council and served on the School of Nursing’s Strategic Planning Committee.