As Chief of Staff and Associate Dean, Tricia Benson oversees the Office of the Dean and is the primary liaison to leadership on strategic and operational issues across the school.  She is responsible for the executive oversight and management of facility operations, communications and marketing, and school administration.  Tricia was instrumental in the planning, construction and opening of the Emory Nursing Learning Center, which includes the school’s state of the art simulation center.

Tricia earned a master’s degree in nursing from the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing and a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Vanderbilt University. Prior to the School of Nursing, Tricia held several roles in administration and philanthropy including Director of the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Senior Director of Planned Giving, Annual Fund and Direct Response at the national office of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Director of Foundation Relations at the Human Rights Campaign and Program Director at Camp Sunshine.