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