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.”

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

2023 Capitol Hill Visit & NCC Reception

Photos
Press Release

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 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

   Teri Hernandez 
PhD, RN, FAAN
Colorado

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
Florida

   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		    

 

Ambassadors,
please use this form to report your activity