Natalie Ammarell, PhD has been awarded an Alum Fellowship in Creative Longevity and Wisdom at the Fielding Graduate University. Natalie obtained her PhD from the Fielding Graduate University in 1999; her research focused on non-profit Board-Executive Relations in the context of Organization Transformation.

Dr. Ammarell has worked for many years with leaders of non-profit and government organizations - encouraging their development as leaders in the challenging environment of human service delivery.
She is currently a full-time research associate at Duke University School of Nursing. She is a member of a federally funded research team that is conducting a 5-year qualitative study of nursing management practices and relationship/communication patterns among all levels of staff in nursing homes. "Those who live and work in nursing homes have much wisdom to share about their lives, choices and final stage experiences."

As an Alum Fellow Dr. Ammarell will seek to integrate and communicate the insights gained through her experiences as nursing home researcher and as caregiver for members of her own family. She hopes to find effective ways to convey stories and messages to staff in nursing homes; family members who are on caregiving journeys; policy-makers; and those who are entering a later stage of life and are trying to make decisions about their alternative futures. She will also work on a family history book project.