Karen Rance, President CFNP
Karen is a busy mother of 4. Her oldest daughter (20) is a rising junior in college, her son (18) is entering college in the Fall and her 8yr old twin girls are entering 3rd grade. Karen's children are involved in various sports and she and her husband are avid fans.
Karen is originally from Indiana and graduated from Vanderbilt University. She is the 2nd of four children and has been here in Virginia for 20 years. Most of her extended family is in Indiana but she has a brother and his family close by in North Carolina.
Karen has been a Christian for 15 yrs and has a very active church and mission life. She has been on numerous medical mission trips (Ghana, Tanzania, Ukraine, Guatemala, India and Amazon!). She is a flutist for her church and plans on teaching a class on Women's Ministry this summer!
Professionally, Karen works full time in a primary pediatric clinic. Her passion is asthma and along with her PNP designation, holds an AE-C (certified asthma educatior) title. Karen serves on the advisory board of NOML-HR (Not One More Life - Hampton Roads) a non-profit asthma education organization. She, along with some other CFNP board members began our CFNP organization a little over two years ago. As if all that isn't enough, Karen is beginning to work on her Doctorate in August at UVA!
Karen does try to take time to recharge her batteries and reports she is an avid reader and always has a book going. Her favorite book is the Bible. Her dream vacation is anywhere in the Caribbean scuba diving with her husband. She likes vanilla ice cream and couldn't survive without coffee!
Karen's real vocation is following God's call on her life. She feels so blessed that her vocational and ministerial call are one and the same. The experiences she has had working with other Christian NP's have been the greatest joy of her life.
