Victoria Niederhauser, DrPH, RN, PPCNP-BC, FAAN
(January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2024)
Dean and Professor, College of Nursing
University of Tennessee Knoxville
Knoxville, TN

Cathleen Wheatley, DNP, RN, CENP, FAAN
(January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023)
President
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
Winston-Salem, NC

Colleen Leners, DNP, APRN, FAAN, FAANP
(January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2023)
Senior Consultant
American Association of Colleges of Nursing
Arlington, VA

 Treasurer

Laura Wood, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN
(January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2023)
Executive Vice President, Patient Care Operations and System CNO
Sporing Carpenter Chair for Nursing
Boston Children’s Hospital
Boston, MA

Board of Directors 

Cyrus Batheja, EdD, MBA, BSN, PHN, RN, FAAN
(1st term: January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2023)
National Vice President, Strategic Initiatives
UnitedHealthcare | UnitedHealth Group
Minnetonka, MN

Donna Z. Bliss, PhD, RN, FGSA, FAAN
(1st term: January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2024)
Professor, School of Nursing
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN

Ashley Darcy-Mahoney, PhD, NNP-BC, FAAN
(1st term: January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2024)
Professor, School of Nursing
The George Washington University
Washington, DC

Christy Dempsey, DNP, MBA, RN, CNOR, CENP, FAAN
(2nd term: January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2024)
Chief Executive Officer
Christina Dempsey Enterprises, LLC
Springfield, MO

LCDR Gideon Esuzor, MBA, MSN, RN
(1st term: January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2023)
Program Manager
Defense Health Agency
Herndon, VA

Eileen D. Hacker, PhD, APRN, AOCN, FAAN
(1st term: January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2024)
Professor and Chair, Department of Nursing
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

Ronald Hickman, Jr., PhD, RN, ACNP-BC, FNAP, FAAN
(2nd term: January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2024)
Professor and Associate Dean for Research
Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing 
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH

Bethsheba Johnson, DNP, MSN, APRN, CNS, GNP-BC, AAHIVE
(1st term: January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2024)
Executive Medical Scientist
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
Pearland, TX

Sandy C. Leake, DNP, RN, NEA-BC
(1st term: January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2024)
Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer
The University of Tennessee Medical Center
Knoxville, TN

Usha Menon, PhD, RN, FAAN
(1st term: January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2024)
Dean and Distinguished University Health Professor
Senior Associate Vice President, USF Health
University of South Florida College of Nursing
Tampa, FL

Board of Directors 

Dianne Morrison-Beedy, PhD, RN, CGNC, FFNMRCSI, FNAP, FAANP, FAAN
(1st term: January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2023)
Chief Talent and Global Strategy Officer
The Ohio State University College of Nursing
Columbus, OH

Teri A. Murray, PhD, PHNA-BC, RN, ANEF, FAAN
(2nd term: January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2024)
Professor, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, and Dean Emerita
Trudy Busch Valentine School of Nursing
Saint Louis University
St. Louis, MO

Adey M. Nyamathi, ANP, PhD, FAAN
(2nd term: January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2024)
Distinguished Professor and Founding Dean Emerita
Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing
University of California Irvine
Irvine, CA

Diane Santa Maria, DrPH, MSN, RN, FAAN
(1st term: January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2023)
Dean and Associate Professor
Houston Cizik School of Nursing
University of Texas Health Science Center
Houston, TX

Kelli Saucerman-Howard, DNP, RN
(1st term: January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2023)
Vice President of Patient Care Services
Chief Nursing Officer
Creighton University Medical Center
Elkhorn, NE

Vicky L. Tiase, PhD, RN-BC, FAMIA, FAAN, FNAP
(1st term: January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2024)
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Informatics
Strategic Director, Digital Health Initiative
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT

Michelle Mitchell, MSW
Legislative Affairs Officer
National Institute of Nursing Research
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD