Ms. Constance A. Greiser

Connie is 73, single with no children, and a retired Administrator of Oconto County Public Health and Home Care Agency. She grew up in Green Bay with one sister and graduated from UWM with her Nursing BA (’71) and pursued graduate work as a nurse practitioner at UW-Oshkosh. A UWM nursing professor guided her into public health. She spent two years as an Oconto County public health nurse before becoming the Oconto County Public Health Administrator for the next 20 years until her retirement in 2013. She provided educational opportunities in areas such as child and adult immunizations and prenatal care. Connie’s impact on underrepresented populations over the years was varied and far-reaching. She began her life’s work as a nurse in the county public health and home care fields covering all aspects of health care and health promotion. She met people where they lived, worked, played, and prayed; providing services in schools, community health clinics, churches, migrant camps, and in other non-traditional healthcare settings. In 2015, she made a pledge for the Constance A. Greiser Public and Home Health Learning Lab Fund in the planned SIM Center. In 2017, she established the Constance A. Greiser Rural Nursing Scholarship Fund which will be funded with an estate gift of approximately $275,000, a 50/50 split between the College of Nursing and Zilber School of Public Health Scholarship.