With over 25 years of experience in labor and delivery and postpartum care, Heidi brings both clinical expertise and heart to her role at a4yy��ҹ����. She is a nursing educator who loves to make learning interactive and engaging, helping students connect theory to practice while developing strong critical thinking skills. Heidi is passionate about preparing future nurses to deliver safe, compassionate, and evidence-based care.

She values the opportunity at Jessup to integrate faith, scholarship, and service, encouraging students to see nursing as both a professional calling and a way to serve others.

Outside the classroom, Heidi is a proud mother of two who enjoys yoga, family game nights, and movie marathons. She strives to model balance and connection, inspiring students to find joy and purpose in their nursing journey.

Dedicated to quality higher educational instruction, Abbey helps Jessup instructors in all disciplines design and teach online courses and works with students to develop their Credit for Prior Learning portfolios. She has been a faculty leader in online course design and teaching for many years: she achieved Online Education Initiative-California Virtual Campus course certification and served as a peer online course reviewer and a facilitator for an online teaching institute. With 20 years of college history teaching experience, she has taught a variety of courses at Jessup, including American history, World Civilizations, African American history, and her specialty, women’s history. She is honored to help lead and present at Jessup’s annual women’s history month events and to have served several years on the executive board and Gold Prize committee of the Western Association of Women Historians.

Outside of Jessup, you will find Abbey keeping up with her amazing teenagers, serving as a women’s ministry teacher and leader, finding ways to travel to historical places, getting in her daily miles, and enjoying time with friends and family.

Dr. Mark Ellis is an educator and scholar with more than twenty-five years of experience in higher education. He has taught thousands of M.B.A. Ph.D. and J.D. students across the United States and internationally. His teaching includes seven years instructing MBA students from Saudi Arabia at a prominent state university. His work reflects a sustained commitment to rigorous instruction and student development.

He has also served as faculty in a Juris Doctor program at a prominent law school recognized by the American Bar Association and featured in the Princeton Review for academic excellence. After graduating from law school himself he passed one of the most demanding state bar examinations in the nation on his first attempt. He also coaches recent law school graduates as they prepare for the bar exam. This mentoring role extends his impact beyond the classroom.

Dr. Ellis holds the M.B.A. J.D. Ph.D. and a post Juris Doctor LL.M. in intellectual property law. He also earned the Doctor of Juridical Science degree from McGeorge School of Law at the University of the Pacific. The Doctor of Juridical Science is the highest academic credential obtainable in the field of law.

His areas of expertise include business law, torts, contracts, criminal law, civil procedure, negotiable instruments and payment systems and corporate governance. He also teaches business management, leadership, quantitative research methods and decision science. Since 2007 he has served as doctoral faculty and dissertation committee chair for numerous Ph.D. D.B.A. and Ed.D. students. He also functions as a content expert and course designer within those doctoral programs. His Ph.D. research has been cited in multiple dissertations and academic journals. This citation record reflects influence within scholarly communities.

He is actively involved in global relief efforts. He and his wife have been married since 1989. They have three adult children who are university graduates, working professionals, collegiate athletes and a licensed attorney at a distinguished law firm in Northern California.