2024-2025 Board of Directors

PRESIDENT / EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Maryjoan Ladden,  PhD, RN, FAAN
Principal
MJL Associates
Term Expires: June 30, 2025

PRESIDENT-ELECT / EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Kathy Davis, DNP, RN, MBA, CPHQ
System VP, Quality, Safety, Clinical Integration
MultiCare Health System
Term Expires: June 30, 2025

SECRETARY / EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Kate Fiandt, PhD, APRN-NP, FAANP, FAAN
Emeritus Clinical Professor
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Coaching NPs for Success
                                         Term Expires: June 30, 2025

TREASURER / EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Kathleen Sullivan, PhD, RN
Vice President, Post Acute Care
Dignity Health, California Central Coast
Term Expires: June 30, 2025

DIRECTOR AT LARGE
June Altaras, MN, NEA-BC, RN
Executive Vice President, Chief Quality, Safety & Nursing Officer
Multicare Health System
Term Expires: June 30, 2025

DIRECTOR AT LARGE
Judy Beal, DNSc, RN, FAAN
Professor and Dean Emerita
Simmons University
Academic Consultant
Term Expires: June 30, 2026

DIRECTOR AT LARGE
Stephanie Bennett, PhD, MBA, RN 
Term Expires: June 30, 2025 

DIRECTOR AT LARGE
Ann H. Cary, PhD, MPH, RN, FNAP, FAAN
Associate Director for Community Partnerships and Professor
Florida Gulf Coast University
Term Expires: June 30, 2025

DIRECTOR AT LARGE
Erin Denholm, MSN, RN
Term Expires: June 30, 2026

DIRECTOR AT LARGE
Alanna Kavanaugh, EdD(c), FNP-BC, CCRN
Assistant Dean of Graduate Nursing
University of Mount Saint Vincent
Term Expires: June 30, 2026

DIRECTOR AT LARGE
Fran Roberts, PhD, RN, FAAN
President and CEO
The Fran Roberts Group
Term Expires: June 30, 2026

DIRECTOR AT LARGE
Mary Lou de Leon Siantz, BSN, MSN, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor Emiertus
Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing
Term Expires: June 30, 2026

DIRECTOR AT LARGE
D’Ann Somerall, DNP, MAEd, CRNP, FNP-BC, FAANP
Associate Professor
University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing
Term Expires: June 30, 2025