Faculty

Faculty and Staff

President ● Full-time Staff Member

Thomas R. Hopper, Ph.D.

  • Northern Arizona University, PhD
  • Nine years of teaching Government and Politics at Northern Arizona University, Troy State University, and Pensacola Junior College
  • Academic Programs for At Risk Students at the University of West Florida
  • Primary Field of Research: National Educational Policy

COO ● Cardiovascular Ultrasound Instructor ● Physics Instructor ● Full-time Faculty

William Carey Walker, RDCS-AE/PE, RCS, RVS

  • Bishop State Community College, Faulkner State Community College, Cardiac and Vascular Institute of Ultrasound
  • Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer-Adult/Pediatric Echocardiography
  • Cardiac sonographer since 2005

Administrative Director ● Part-time Staff

Melissa Walker, RN, CMSRN

  • Bishop State Community College
  • Registered Nurse
  • Certified Medical-Surgical Registered Nurse
  • Registered Nurse since 2001

Program Director ● Clinical Coordinator ● Full-time Staff Member

Michelle Paustian Good, AS, RCS, RVS

  • Faulkner State Community College and Cardiac and Vascular Institute of Ultrasound
  • University of Mobile and Cardiac and Vascular Institute of Ultrasound
  • Registered Cardiac Sonographer
  • Registered Vascular Specialist
  • Cardiovascular sonographer since 2006

Clinical Coordinator ● Cardiovascular Ultrasound Instructor ● Full-time Faculty

Valerie Davis, RCS, RVS, RPhS

  • Registered Cardiac Sonographer
  • Registered Vascular Specialist
  • Registered Phlebology Sonographer
  • Cardiovascular sonographer since 2006

Cardiovascular Ultrasound Instructor ● Part-time Faculty

Courtney Caine-Davis, RDCS, RVT

  • University of South Alabama and Cardiac and Vascular Institute of Ultrasound
  • Nicholls State University, Unitech Training Academy, Fletcher Technical Community College, Cardiac and Vascular Institute of Ultrasound, Oregon Institute of Technology
  • Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer
  • Registered Vascular Technologist
  • Cardiovascular sonographer since 2017

Cardiovascular Ultrasound Instructor ● Full-time Faculty

Michael Cantillo, BS, RDCS (AE, PE), RVT, CCT, CRAT, NCPT

  • Nicholls State University, Unitech Training Academy, Fletcher Technical Community College, Cardiac and Vascular Institute of Ultrasound, Oregon Institute of Technology
  • Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer-Adult/Pediatric Echocardiography
  • Registered Vascular Technologist
  • Certified Cardiographic Tech
  • Certified Rhythm Analysis Tech
  • Certified Phlebotomist