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Board Appointments Board Commmittees and Appointments

Executive Committee

  • M. Elaine Tagliareni, EdD, RN; President
  • Cathleen Shultz, PhD, RN, CNE, FAAN; President-elect
  • Michael Newsome, CRA; Treasurer
  • Anne Bavier, PhD, RN, FAAN; Secretary
  • Linda Christensen, JD, MSN, RN
  • Brother Ignatius Perkins, OP, DNSc, MA Ed, RN, FAAN

Audit and Compliance Committee

  • Linda Christensen, JD, MSN, RN; Chair
  • Joan Frey, EdD, MSN, RN, CNAA-BC
  • Carolyn Mosley, PhD, RN, CS, FAAN
  • Lin Zhan, PhD, RN, FAAN
  • Peggy Miller, CPA; Ex-Officio
  • Michael Newsome, CRA; Ex-Officio

Awards Committee

  • Toni Bargagliotti, DNSc, RN; Chair
  • Linda Thompson Adams, DrPH, RN, FAAN
  • Teresa Ferguson, MSN, RN
  • Kris Hale, MSN, RN
  • Dorothy Otto, EdD, RN
  • Cathleen Shultz, PhD, RN, CNE, FAAN; BOG Liaison

Bylaws Committee

  • Jane Sumner, PhD, RN, APRN, BC; Chair
  • Carolyn Adams, EdD, RN, CNAA, BC
  • Virginia Adams, PhD, RN
  • Nancy Langston, PhD, RN, FAAN
  • Jane Mahowald, MA, RN

Nominations Committee

  • Carolyn Mosley, PhD, RN, CS, FAAN; Chair
  • Betty Adams, PhD, RN
  • Nell Ard, PhD, CNS, RNC
  • Barbara McLaughlin, DNSc, RN, CNE
  • Earlene Merrill, EdD, RN
  • Renee McLeod, DNSc, APRN, BC, CPNP
  • Rosemary Plank, PhD, RN, CNE

Finance Committee

  • Michael Newsome, CRA; Chair
  • Michelle Cooper
  • Linda Howe, PhD, APRN, CNE
  • Judith Karshmer, PhD, APRN, BC
  • Wendy Thomson, MSN, BSBA, RN, IBCLC
  • Cathleen Shultz, PhD, RN, CNE, FAAN; Ex-Officio

Certification Committee

  • Eileen Zungolo, EdD, RN, CNE, FAAN, ANEF; Chair
  • Victoria Susan Carroll, MS, RN, CNRN, CNE
  • Debra Woodard Leners, PhD, RN, PNP, CNE
  • Jan Nick, PhD, RNC, CNE
  • Judy Ogans, MS, RN, CNE
  • Teresa Puckett, MSN, RN, CPNP, CNE
  • Nancy Sharts-Hopko, PhD, RN, FAAN, CNE
  • Teresa Shellenbarger, DNSc, RN, CNE
  • Carolyn Bruder, PhD; Public Member
  • Dean Patterson; Public Member
  • Linda Caputi, EdD, MSN, RN, CNE; BOG Liaison

Public Policy Committee

  • Brother Ignatius Perkins, OP, DNSc, MA Ed, RN, FAAN; Chair
  • Michelle Cooper
  • Joan Frey, EdD, MSN, RN, CNAA-BC

Governance Committee

  • Linda Christensen, JD, MSN, RN; Chair

BOG Liaisons to Advisory Councils

  • COAC: Patricia Castaldi, MSN, RN
  • ELAC: Helen Speziale, EdD, RN, CNE, ANEF
  • ETIMAC: Elizabeth Speakman, EdD, RN, CDE, ANEF
  • NEAC: Brother Ignatius Perkins, OP, DNSc, MA Ed, RN, FAAN
  • NERAC: Jane Sumner, PhD, RN, APRN, BC
  • NEWDAC: Holly Price, MSN, RN

Centers of Excellence Review Panel

  • June Larson, MS, RN, CNE; Chair
  • Linda Benedict, MA, RN
  • Janyce Dyer, PhD, CRNP, CS
  • Judy Halstead, DNS, RN, ANEF
  • Linda Norman, DSN, RN, FAAN
  • Verle Waters, MA, RN

Academy of Nursing Education

  • Marsha Adams, DSN, RN, CNE; Chair and BOG Liaison
  • Gail Baumlein, PhD, RN, CNS, ANEF
  • Pamela Hammond, PhD, RN, FAAN, ANEF
  • Mary Beth Hanner, PhD, RN, ANEF
  • Georgie Labadie, EdD, RN, ANEF

INESA (International Nursing Education Services and Accreditation)

  • A Joint NLN/NLNAC Global Task Force
  • Lin Zhan, PhD, RN, FAAN; BOG Liaison

NAPNES (LPN Organization)

  • Linda Caputi, EdD, MSN, RN, CNE; BOG Liaison

PINER (NCSBN Collaboration)

  • Marsha Adams, DSN, RN, CNE; BOG Liaison

Summit Program Planning Work Group

  • M. Elaine Tagliareni, EdD, RN; Ex-Officio
  • Linda Thompson Adams, DrPH, RN, FAAN
  • Beatrice Adderly-Kelly, PhD, RN
  • Janet Alexander, EdD, MSN, RN
  • Deborah Amason, MS, BSN, RN
  • Sylvia Baack, MSN, RN
  • Gail Baumlein, PhD, RN, CNS, ANEF
  • Regina Bentley, EdD, RN
  • Carol Boswell, EdD, RN
  • Marilyn Brady, PhD, RN
  • Amy Brown, MSN, RN
  • Terrall Bryan, MSN, RN
  • Kellie Bryant, DNP, WHNP
  • Nathania Bush, MSN, APRN, BC
  • Reitha Cabaniss, MSN, RN
  • Kay Carnegie, MS, RN
  • Linda Carpenter, PhD, RN, CNE
  • Jennifer Clark, ARNP, RN
  • Judith Cornelius, PhD, MS, RN
  • Patricia Coyne, MPA, RN
  • Kathleen Ennen, PhD, RN
  • Helen Farrar, BSN, RN, BC
  • Debra Lynn Fawcett, PhD, MS, RN
  • Mary Gallagher Gordon, MSN, RN, CNE
  • Kenya Harris, MA, RN, C
  • Linda Howe, PhD, APRN, CNE
  • Diana King, MSN, RN
  • Robert Koch, DNSc, RN
  • Ann Lambert, MSN, RN, CRNP
  • Maria Lauer, MSN, RN
  • Janice LePlatte, MS, BSN, RN, BC
  • Jane Mahowald, MA, RN
  • Maureen Marthaler, MS, RN
  • Julie McAfooes, MS, RN, BC
  • Carole McKenzie, PhD, RN, CNM
  • Debra McKinney, MSN, MBA/HCM, RN
  • Barbara McLaughlin, DNSc, RN, CNE
  • Karen Mittura, MSN, RN, CCRN
  • Sandra Nelson, PhD, APRN-BC
  • Lois Neuman, PhD, BSN, RN
  • Donna Packa, DSN, RN
  • Michele Poradzisz, PhD, RN, CNE
  • Teresita Proctor, MS, APRN-BC, RN, CNE
  • Juanita Rass, FNP-C, MSN
  • Roberta Raymond, PhD, RN
  • Rhonda Reader, MS, RN, CNOR, CNE
  • Camille Reese, EdD, MSN, RNC
  • Cynthia Roman, PhD, RN
  • Nancy Ross, PhD, ARNP
  • Joyce Roth, MSN, RN-BC, CCRN
  • Rebecca Shaheen, MSN, RN
  • Patricia Spurr, EdD, MSN, RN, LNE
  • Kimberly Stephens, MSN, RN
  • Ana Stoehr, BSN, RN
  • Rebecca Swogger-Heyne, MSN, RN, CPNP
  • Helen Taggart, DSN, RN, CS
  • Georgianna Thomas, EdD, MSN, RN
  • Shirley Timmons, PhD, RN
  • Deborah Ulmer, PhD, RN
  • Janet Wagner, PhD, RN
  • Debra Wellman, MS, RN
  • Susan Williams, PhD, RN
  • Sandra Woods, MA, BSN, RN

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