1944
Ms. O’Leary is born in Chicago, Illinois to John Jeremiah and Ruth O’Leary.
1963
Ms. O’Leary receives a Bachelor of Science in nursing from Villanova University and begins her career as a staff nurse at Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Hospital in Chicago, Illinois.
1964
Ms. O’Leary becomes coordinator of in-patient child psychiatry at Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Hospital.
1968
Ms. O’Leary serves as assistant head nurse at the Veteran’s Research Hospital in Chicago, Illinois.
1970
Ms. O’Leary becomes instructor of the Cooperative Health Occupations Assistants program through the Chicago Board of Education.
1972
Ms. O’Leary serves as a teacher of the Nurse Child Parent Center program with the Chicago Board of Education.
1974
Ms. O’Leary studies postgraduate work at the National College of Education.
1975
Ms. O’Leary serves as a clinical nursing consultant in the department of nursing at the University of Illinois Hospital.
1979
Ms. O’Leary earns a master’s degree in health professions education from the University of Illinois, and serves as chairperson of the continuing education committee of the National Intravenous Therapy Association.
1980
Ms. O’Leary becomes director of nursing education, evaluation, and research at the Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois.
1986
Ms. O’Leary serves as chairman of the program committee of the Illinois League of Nursing.
1988
Ms. O’Leary becomes the director of psychiatry and respite care in nursing, and administrative director of the department of psychiatry at the Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center.
1989
Ms. O’Leary becomes director if psychiatric services at the Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center.
1996
Ms. O’Leary becomes a Janseen Clinical Scholar with Ninth Annual U.S. Psychiatric and Mental Health Congress in San Diego, California.
1999
Ms. O’Leary joins Grant Hospital in Chicago, Illinois as vice president of clinical services.
2002
Ms. O’Leary serves as patient care director at the Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford in Palo Alto, California.
2005
Ms. O’Leary becomes a consultant with Ascellon Corporation in Landover, Maryland.
2006
Ms. O’Leary joins St. Helena Hospital in California as chief nursing officer.
2011
Ms. O’Leary becomes a patient advocate with Good Medicine Consult and Advocacy in San Francisco, California.
2013
Ms. O’Leary becomes a patient advocate at St. Helena Hospital.