FNINR Ambassador Program

Role of FNINR Ambassadors: Ambassadors focus specifically on educating Congressional leaders as to the high-impact, cost-effective interventions and quality-of-life enhancements that emanate from nursing science. The goal of FNINR’s ambassador program is to increase research funding for continued scientific breakthroughs and training of scientists made possible by the NINR.

“FNINR Ambassadors are key players for our organization,” says Victoria Niederhauser, President of FNINR, “These nurse leaders share the excellent outcomes resulting from nursing science that is supported by NINR and advocate for continued funding to conduct cutting edge research that improves healthcare and trains the next generation of nurse scientists.”

2024 Ambassador Program Press Release
FY 2025 Funding Request
for the National Institute of Nursing Research

Ambassadors

Windy Alonso 
PhD, RN
Nebraska

           Kristin B Ashford 
PhD, WHNP-BC, FAAN
Kentucky

Brenda J Baker 
PhD, RN, FAAN
Georgia

   Samantha L Bernstein 
PhD, RN
Massachusetts

Donna Z Bliss 
PhD, RN, FGSA, FAAN, WOCNF
Minnesota

   Kelly Bosak 
PhD, APRN, ANP-BC
Kansas

Felesia Bowen 
PhD, DNP, ARNP, FAAN
Alabama

   Sara Bybee 
LCSW, PhD
Utah

Rosina Cianelli 
PhD, MPH, RN, IBCLC, FAAN
Florida

   Robert C Coghlan III 
PhD, RN, BSN, MSN, CNS, FNP, CNE
Texas

Denise Cote-Arsenault 
PhD, RN, CPLC, FNAP, FAAN
Missouri

   Joy P Deupree 
PhD, MSN, CRNP, WHNP-BC, FAAN
Alabama

Nancy R Downing 
PhD, RN, SANE-A, SANE-P, FAAN
Texas

   Judith M Fouladbakhsh 
PhD, RN, PHCNS-BC, AHN-BC, CHTP
Michigan

Shannon L Gillespie 
PhD, RN
Ohio

   Phyllis S Hansell 
EdD, RN, FNAP, FAAN
New Jersey

Lindsey Harris 
DNP, RN, FNP-BC, FAAN
Alabama

   Michele Kane 
PhD, MSN, FAAN
Alabama

Youjeong Kang 
PhD, MPH, CCRN-K, HF-Cert
Georgia

   Hyunhwa "Henna" Lee
PhD, MSN, APRN, PHMNP-BC
Nevada

Susan K Lee 
PhD, MSN, RN, CNE, CPXP, FAAN
Texas

   Colleen A Leners 
DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN
Virginia

Renee CB Manworren 
PhD, RN, APRN, PCNS-BC, PMGT-BC, AP-PMN, FAAN
Texas

   Ruth Masterson Creber 
PhD, MSc, RN
New York

Lea Ann Matura 
PhD, RN, FAAN
Pennsylvania

   Nicholas Metheny 
PhD, MPH, RN
Georgia

Mulubrhan Mogos 
PhD, MSc
Tennessee

   Ann-Margaret Navarra 
PhD, CPNP-PC, FAAN
New York

Mary A Nies 
PhD, RN, FAAN, FAAHB
Idaho

   Devon Noonan 
PhD, MPH, FNP-BC
North Carolina

Joan O'Hanlon Curry 
DNP, MS, RN, CPNP, CPON, FAAN
New York

   Ukamaka M Oruche 
PhD, RN, PMHCNS-BC, FAAN
Florida

Demetrius J Porche 
DNS, PhD, APRN, PCC, ANEF, FACHE, FAANP, FAAN
Louisiana

   S Raquel Ramos 
PhD, MBA, MSN, FNP, FNYAM, FAHA
Connecticut

Meghan Reading Turchioe 
PhD, MPH, RN
New York

   Richard Ricciardi 
PhD, CRNP, FAANP, FAAN
Maryland

Kumhee Ro 
DNP, MN, APRN, FAANP
Washington

   Angela Starkweather 
PhD, ACNP-BC, CNRN, FAAN, FAANP
New Jersey

Janna Stephens 
PhD, RN
Illinois

   Barbara A Swanson 
PhD, RN, FAAN
Illinois

Diane M Twedell 
MCHS, DNP, RN, CENP, CNML
Minnesota

   Julie L Valentine 
PhD, RN, SANE-A, FAAFS, FAAN
Utah

Natalia Villegas Rodriguez 
PhD, MSN, RN, IBCLC, FAAN
North Carolina

   Terri E Weaver 
PhD, RN, FAAN, ATSF, FAASM
Illinois

Linda S Weglicki 
PhD, RN
South Carolina

   Donna M Zucker 
PhD, RN, FAAN
New York

 

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