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Education
MSN, Western Governors University, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2019
MBA, Indiana Tech, Fort Wayne, 2008
BSN, Marian University, Indianapolis, 2012
Biography
Teresa E. Lewis received her calling into nursing in 2009. She has worked as a Neuro Nurse for St. Vincent Hospital, an Outpatient Surgery Nurse for the Veterans Administrative Medical Center, Indianapolis, and as the Clinical Coordinator and, subsequently, the Director of Nursing Services for Marian University's ABSN program. She now serves as a full-time Faculty Lecturer with IU School of Nursing. During her 14-year nursing practice, she also served as staff nurse, charge nurse, preceptor, nurse educator, and hospice nurse. She received her MSN in Leadership and Management from Western Governors University, her MBA with a concentration in Human Resources from Indiana Tech, and her Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing from Marian University School of Nursing.
Additionally, she have a total of 24 years in the Fire Service. She joined the Indianapolis Fire Department as a firefighter in 1986, retiring in 2020, During her tenure in the Fire Service she served as Deputy Fire Marshal and Co-Director of Firefighter's Survive Alive. After retiring from IFD, she joined Pike Township Fire Department in 2000 where she served as Division Chief of Fire Administrator and Pike Township's Fire Marshal. She left the Fire Service in 2009 to start her academics in nursing.
Teresa is married to Lorenzo Lewis, a 41-year police officer, who serves as the Northwest District Commander for Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department. Together, they have 6 children, 8 grand children, and 2 great-grands. Teresa enjoys traveling, reading and serving Christ. Her home church is Psalms Missionary Baptist Church located on the east side of Indianapolis. She enjoys time with family, worship, and traveling. Her motto is: “Laughter is Good Medicine,” found in Proverbs 17:22a.