Faculty
Faculty and Staff
President ● Full-time Staff Member
Thomas R. Hopper, Ph.D.
- Northern Arizona University, PhD
 - Nine years of teaching Government and Politics at Northern Arizona University, Troy State University, and Pensacola Junior College
 - Academic Programs for At Risk Students at the University of West Florida
 - Primary Field of Research: National Educational Policy
 
Director of Operations ● Cardiovascular Ultrasound Instructor ● Physics Instructor ● Full-time Faculty
William Carey Walker, RDCS-AE/PE, RCS, RVS
- Bishop State Community College, Faulkner State Community College, Cardiac and Vascular Institute of Ultrasound
 
- Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer-Adult/Pediatric Echocardiography
 - Cardiac sonographer since 2005
 
Administrative Director ● Full-time Staff
Melissa Walker, RN, CMSRN
- Bishop State Community College
 
- Registered Nurse
 - Certified Medical-Surgical Registered Nurse
 - Registered Nurse since 2001
 
Program Director ● Clinical Coordinator ● Full-time Staff Member
Michelle Paustian Good, AS, RCS, RVS
- Faulkner State Community College and Cardiac and Vascular Institute of Ultrasound
 - University of Mobile and Cardiac and Vascular Institute of Ultrasound
 
- Registered Cardiac Sonographer
 - Registered Vascular Specialist
 - Cardiovascular sonographer since 2006
 
Clinical Coordinator ● Cardiovascular Ultrasound Instructor ● Full-time Faculty
Valerie Davis, RCS, RVS, RPhS
- Registered Cardiac Sonographer
 - Registered Vascular Specialist
 - Registered Phlebology Sonographer
 - Cardiovascular sonographer since 2006
 
Cardiovascular Ultrasound Instructor ● Part-time Faculty
Courtney Caine-Davis, RDCS, RVT
- University of South Alabama and Cardiac and Vascular Institute of Ultrasound
 - Nicholls State University, Unitech Training Academy, Fletcher Technical Community College, Cardiac and Vascular Institute of Ultrasound, Oregon Institute of Technology
 
- Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer
 - Registered Vascular Technologist
 - Cardiovascular sonographer since 2017
 
Cardiovascular Ultrasound Instructor ● Full-time Faculty
Michael Cantillo, BS, RDCS (AE, PE), RVT, CCT, CRAT, NCPT
- Nicholls State University, Unitech Training Academy, Fletcher Technical Community College, Cardiac and Vascular Institute of Ultrasound, Oregon Institute of Technology
 - Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer-Adult/Pediatric Echocardiography
 - Registered Vascular Technologist
 - Certified Cardiographic Tech
 - Certified Rhythm Analysis Tech
 - Certified Phlebotomist
 
