FRIENDS OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH 2023 Board of Directors

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President |
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
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Immediate Past President |
Cathleen Wheatley, DNP, RN, CENP, FAAN (January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023) President Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Winston-Salem, NC
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Secretary |
Colleen Leners, DNP, APRN, FAAN, FAANP (January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2023) Chief Health Officer 1stCallHEALTH Arlington, VA
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Treasurer
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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
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Cyrus Batheja, EdD, MBA, BSN, PHN, RN, FAAN (January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2023) National Vice President of Nursing OptumRx Minnetonka, MN
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Donna Z. Bliss, PhD, RN, FGSA, FAAN (January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2024) Professor, School of Nursing University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN
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Ashley Darcy-Mahoney, PhD, NNP-BC, FAAN (January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2024) Professor, School of Nursing The George Washington University Washington, DC
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Christy Dempsey, DNP, MBA, RN, CNOR, CENP, FAAN (January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2024) Chief Executive Officer Christina Dempsey Enterprises, LLC Springfield, MO
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LCDR Gideon Esuzor, MBA, MSN, RN (January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2023) Program Manager Defense Health Agency Herndon, VA
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Eileen D. Hacker, PhD, APRN, AOCN, FAAN (January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2024) Professor and Chair, Department of Nursing The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, TX
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Ronald Hickman, Jr., PhD, RN, ACNP-BC, FNAP, FAAN (January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2024) Professor and Associate Dean for Research Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH
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Bethsheba Johnson, DNP, MSN, APRN, CNS, GNP-BC, AAHIVE (January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2024) Executive Medical Scientist Gilead Sciences, Inc. Pearland, TX
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Sandy C. Leake, DNP, RN, NEA-BC (January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2024) Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer The University of Tennessee Medical Center Knoxville, TN
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Usha Menon, PhD, RN, FAAN (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
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Dianne Morrison-Beedy, PhD, RN, CGNC, FFNMRCSI, FNAP, FAANP, FAAN (January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2023) Chief Talent and Global Strategy Officer The Ohio State University College of Nursing Columbus, OH
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Teri A. Murray, PhD, PHNA-BC, RN, ANEF, FAAN (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
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Adey M. Nyamathi, ANP, PhD, FAAN (January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2024) Distinguished Professor and Founding Dean Emerita Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing University of California Irvine Irvine, CA
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Diane Santa Maria, DrPH, MSN, RN, FAAN (January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2023) Dean and Associate Professor Houston Cizik School of Nursing University of Texas Health Science Center Houston, TX
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Kelli Saucerman-Howard, DNP, RN (January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2023) Chief Nursing Officer Cleveland Clinic Akron General Medical Center Akron, OH
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Vicky L. Tiase, PhD, RN-BC, FAMIA, FAAN, FNAP (January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2024) Assistant Professor, Biomedical Informatics Strategic Director, Digital Health Initiative University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT
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Board Liaison |
Michelle Mitchell, MSW Legislative Affairs Officer National Institute of Nursing Research National Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD
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Executive Director |
Justin Dodge, CAE Friends of the National Institute of Nursing Research
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Emeritus Board of Directors
- Faye Glenn Abdellah, EdD, ScD, RN, RAAN
- Roger Bulger, MD
- Colleen Conway-Welch, PhD, CMN, RN, FAAN
- Gregory Eastwood, MD
- Melissa A. Fitzpatrick, RN, MSN, FAAN
- Maryann F. Fralic, DrPH, RN, FAAN
- Franklin A. Shaffer, EdD, RN, FAAN, FFNMRCSI
- Nancy Valentine, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN
FNINR Founding Members
- Faye Glenn Abdellah, EdD, ScD, RN, FAAN
- Colleen Conway-Welch, PhD, CMN, RN, FAAN
- Joyce Fitzpatrick, PhD, MBA, RN, FAAN
- Maryann F. Fralic, DrPH, RN, FAAN
- Diane K. Kjervik, JD, RN, FAA
- Ora Strickland, PhD, RN, FAAN
- Nell Watts, MS, RN, FAAN
- Ruby I. Wilson, EdD, RN, FAAN
- Louise Woerner, MBA
- Nancy Fugate Woods, PhD, RN, FAAN
FNINR Past Presidents
- Cathleen Wheatley
- Connie Delaney
- Karen Drenkard
- Michael Bleich
- Janet Larson
- Nilda Peragallo
- Jackie Dunbar-Jacob
- Franklin A. Shaffer
- May Wykle
- Mary Jane England
- Karen Miller
- Maryann F. Fralic
- Ed Benz
- Gregory Eastwood
- Nancy Valentine
- Ada Sue Hinshaw
- Roger Bulger
- Faye Glenn Abdellah
- Colleen Conway-Welch
- Diane McGivern
- Mary Mundinger
- Louise Woerner
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