2025 Board of Directors

Teri Murray 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

Sandy Leake President Elect

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

Dianne Morrison Beedy

Secretary

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

Mary Ellen

Treasurer

MaryEllen Kosturko, DNP, MAHSM, RN, CENP
(January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2026)
Executive Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer
Hartford Healthcare
Hartford, CT

 

Kyungeh An Member-at-Large

Kyungeh An, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN
(January 1, 2026 - December 31, 2027)
Professor, Distinguished Endowed Chair, Assistant Dean for Research
Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA

 

Jeannette Andrews

Member-at-Large

Jeannette Andrews, PhD, RN, FAAN
(January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2025)
Dean and Professor
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC

Donna Bliss Member-at-Large

Donna Z. Bliss, PhD, RN, FGSA, WOCNF, FAAN
(January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2026)
Professor
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN

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

Ashley Darcy-Mahoney 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

Eileen Hacker 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

Member-at-Large

Audrey Holtzman
(January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2026)
Marketing and Communications Director
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL

William Holzemer 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

Bethsheba Johnson Member-at-Large

Bethsheba Johnson, DNP
(January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2026)
Executive Medical Scientist Liaison
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
Pearland, TX

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

Member-at-Large

Jaime Lee, MA
(January 1, 2026 - December 31, 2027)
Chief of Staff and Communications
The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing
Austin, TX

Jane Mericle 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

Usha Menon 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

Carolyn Still Member-at-Large

Carolyn Still, PhD, MSN, MSM, APRN, AGPCNP-BC. FAAN
(January 1, 2026 - December 31, 2027)
Associate Professor & Assistant Dean of Research
Case Western Reserve University
Cleavland, OH

Victoria Tiase 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

Tracey Yap Member-at-Large

Tracey Yap, PhD, RN, WCC, CNE, FGSA, FAAN
(January 1, 2026 - December 31, 2027)
Professor
Duke University
Durham, NC

Justin Dodge Executive Director

Justin Dodge, CAE
Friends of the National Institute of Nursing Research

 

 

     

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