In 2012, Ms. Mitchell retired after 38 years of holding dual faculty and service positions at Yale School of Nursing as Associate Clinical Professor and at Yale School of Medicine as Lecturer in Psychiatry, and at the Connecticut Mental Health Center (CMHC). At CMHC she was Chief Nurse Executive for 17 years and later a lead clinician in outpatient treatment programs. She has a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in nursing, and did post-Master’s training in her specialty. Ms. Mitchell has been recognized for numerous professional services including Commissioner on the President’s Commission on Mental Health; Chairperson, Executive Committee of Psychiatric Nursing Division, and American Nurses Association. She received the John Carroll Award from Georgetown University.