About FNINR

FRIENDS OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH
2019 Board of Directors

	President	Connie W. Delaney, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI, FNAP (January 1, 2019-December 31, 2020) Dean and Professor, School of Nursing University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN
	Secretary	Dorrie Fontaine, RN, PhD, FAAN (January 1, 2018-December 31, 2019) Sadie Heath Cabaniss Professor of Nursing and Dean University of Virginia School of Nursing Charlottesville, VA
	Treasurer	Cathleen Wheatley, DNP, RN, CENP (1st term January 1, 2018-December 31, 2019; Eligible for 2nd term) President, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center WFBH System Chief Nurse Executive, Sr. Vice President of Clinical Operations Wake Forest Baptist Health Winston-Salem, NC
	Immediate Past President	Karen Drenkard, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN (January 1, 2019-December 31, 2020) Associate Dean, Clinical Practice & Community Engagement The George Washington University School of Nursing Ashburn, VA
	Board of Directors	Azita Emami, Phd, MSN, RNT, RN, FAAN (1st term January 1, 2018-December 31, 2019; Eligible for 2nd term) Executive Dean, School of Nursing University of Washington Seattle, WA
	Board of Directors	Jean E. Davis, PhD, RN, FAAN (1st term January 1, 2019-December 31, 2020) PhD Program Director and Professor University of South Carolina College of Nursing St. Louis, MO
	Board of Directors	Janie Heath PhD, APRN-BC, FAAN, FNAP, FAANP (1st term January 1, 2019-December 31, 2020) Dean and Warwick Professor of Nursing University of Kentucky College of Nursing Lexington, KY
	Board of Directors	Pamela O. Johnson, MS, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN (2nd term January 1, 2018-December 31, 2019) Chief Nursing Officer Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN
	Board of Directors	Jerry A. Mansfield, PhD, RN, NEA-BC (1st term January 1, 2018-December 31, 2019; Eligible for 2nd term) Executive Chief Nursing Officer and Chief Patient Experience Officer Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, SC
	Board of Directors	Molly K. McCarthy, RN, MBA (1st term January 1, 2018-December 31, 2019; Eligible for 2nd term) Chief Nursing Strategist Microsoft US Health & Sciences Chevy Chase, MD
	Board of Directors	Cindy L. Munro, PhD, RN, ANP-BC, FAAN, FAANP, FAAAS (1st term January 1, 2018-December 31, 2019; Eligible for 2nd term) Dean & Professor, School of Nursing & Health Studies University of Miami Coral Gables, FL
	Board of Directors	Victoria Niederhauser, DrPH, RN, PPCNP-BC, FAAN (1st term January 1, 2018-December 31, 2019; Eligible for 2nd term) Dean & Professor, College of Nursing University of Tennessee Knoxville Knoxville, TN
	Board of Directors	Linda D. Norman, DSN, RN, FAAN (1st term January 1, 2018-December 31, 2019; Eligible for 2nd term) Dean & Valere Potter Menefee Professor of Nursing Vanderbilt University School of Nursing Nashville, TN
	Board of Directors	Carol Porter, DNP, RN, FAAN (1st term January 1, 2019-December 31, 2020) Chief Nursing Officer Senior Vice President, Nursing Practice University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, TX
	Board of Directors	Kathleen Potempa, PhD, RN, FAAN (2nd term January 1, 2018-December 31, 2019) Professor University of Michigan School of Nursing Ann Arbor, MI
	Board of Directors	Roy L. Simpson, DNP, RN, DPNAP, FAAN, FACMI (1st term January 1, 2019-December 31, 2020) Clinical Professor, Assistant Dean, Information Technology Management Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing Emory University Atlanta, GA
	Board of Directors	Sandra J. Weiss, PhD, DNSc, FAAN (1st term January 1, 2018-December 31, 2019; Eligible for 2nd term) Professor & Eschbach Endowed Chair UCSF School of Nursing Co-Director, UCSF Depression Center University of California San Francisco San Francisco, CA
	Board Liaison	Yvonne Bryan, PhD Deputy Director, Division of Extramural Science Programs Chief, Office of Extramural Research Administration National Institute of Nursing Research National Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD
	Executive Director	Liz Fossett, CAE Friends of the National Institute of Nursing Research Lexington, KY