2025 Board of Directors
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President | 
 Teri A. Murray, PhD, PHNA-BC, RN, ANEF, FADLN, FAAN (January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2026) Professor, Dean Emerita, and Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer Saint Louis University Florissant, MO
 
  
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Past President | 
 Victoria Niederhauser, DrPH, RN, PPCNP-BC, FAAN (January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025) Dean and Professor University of Tennessee Knoxville Knoxville, TN
 
  
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Secretary | 
 LCDR Gideon Esuzor, DNP, MBA, APRN, PMHNP-BC  (January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2025) Deputy Liaison  Department of Homeland Security  Herndon, VA
 
  
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Treasurer | 
 Kelli Saucerman-Howard, DNP, RN  (January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2025) Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer  Cleveland Clinic Akron General Medical Center  Hudson, OH
 
  
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Member-at-Large | 
 Jeannette Andrews, PhD, RN, FAAN  (January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2025)  Dean and Professor  University of South Carolina  Columbia, SC
 
  
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Member-at-Large | 
 Donna Z. Bliss, PhD, RN, FGSA, WOCNF, FAAN  (January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2026)  Professor  University of Minnesota  Minneapolis, MN
 
  
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Member-at-Large | 
 Janell Carroll, PhD, MBA (January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2026) Director of Research, Scholarship and Sponsored Programs Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL
 
  
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Member-at-Large | 
 Ashley Darcy Mahoney, PhD, NNP, FAAN  (January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2026)  Professor, Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, and Neonatal Nurse Practitioner  The George Washington University  Washington, DC
 
  
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Member-at-Large | 
 Eileen D. Hacker, PhD, APRN, AOCN, FAAN  (January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2026)  Professor and Chair  The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center  Houston, TX
 
  
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Member-at-Large | 
 Audrey Holtzman (January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2026) Marketing and Communications Director University of South Florida Tampa, FL
 
  
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Member-at-Large | 
 William L. Holzemer, RN, PhD, FAAN  (January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2025)  Dean Emeritus and Distinguished Professor  Rutgers University  San Francisco, CA
 
  
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Member-at-Large | 
 Bethsheba Johnson, DNP  (January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2026)  Executive Medical Scientist Liaison  Gilead Sciences, Inc.  Pearland, TX
 
  
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Member-at-Large | 
 Deborah J. Kenny, PhD, RN, FAAN (January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2026) Associate Professor and Division Chair, Health Systems University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Monument, CO
 
  
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Member-at-Large | 
 MaryEllen Kosturko, DNP, MAHSM, RN, CENP (January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2026) Executive Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer Hartford Healthcare Hartford, CT
 
  
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Member-at-Large | 
 Sandy C. Leake, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN  (January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2026)  Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer  The University of Tennessee Health System  Knoxville, TN
 
  
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Member-at-Large | 
 Jane M. Mericle, DNP, MHS-CL, RN, CENP  (January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2025)  Executive Vice President, Enterprise Chief Nursing Executive, Patient Operations Officer  Nemours Children's Health  Avondale, PA
 
  
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Member-at-Large | 
 Usha Menon, PhD, RN, FAAN, FBSM  (January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2026)  Dean and Senior Associate Vice President  University of South Florida  Tampa, FL
 
  
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Member-at-Large | 
 Dianne Morrison-Beedy, PhD, RN, CGNC, FFNMRCSI, FNAP, FAANP, FAAN  (January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2025)  Centennial Professor and Chief Global Strategy Officer  The Ohio State University  Dublin, OH
 
  
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Member-at-Large | 
 Diane Santa Maria, DrPH, RN  (January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2025)  Dean  University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston  Houston, TX
 
  
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Member-at-Large | 
 Victoria L. Tiase, PhD, RN, NI-BC, FAMIA, FAAN, FNAP  (January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2026)  Assistant Professor  University of Utah  Salt Lake City, UT
 
  
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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
- Victoria Niederhauser
 
- 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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