Leadership

Board of Directors | Committees | Advisory Panels | Task Forces & Project Teams  

Board of Directors

• Assures effective leadership and sound management
• Establishes strategic direction
• Oversees business required to carry out the mission and goals of the association
• Sets core program and fiscal functions
• Appoints panels and committees

2013 Board of Directors

President: Mimi Pomerleau, DNP, MSN, RNC-OB
President-Elect: Catherine H. Ivory, PhD, RNC-OB, MSN
Secretary-Treasurer: Kathleen Matta, MSN, IBCLC, RNC
Directors:
Carol Burke, MSN, RNC-OB, APN/CNS
Rebecca L. Cypher, MSN, PNNP
Yvonne A. Dobbenga-Rhodes, MS, RNC-OB, CNS-BC
Jennifer L. Doyle, MSN, WHNP-BC
Margaret B. Kennedy, PhD, MSN, RN
Suzanne L. Ketchem, MSN
Linda Snell, DNS, RN, WHNP-BC
Raquel Walker, RN-BC, MSN

Ex-Officio Directors:
Rose L. Horton, RN, MSM
Karen Peddicord, PhD, RNC

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Committees


Development Committee

• Create a culture of philanthropy at AWHONN with AWHONN members and industry
• Raise funds through charitable giving to support AWHONN's mission - to promote women's and newborns' health

2013 Development Committee

Chair: Martha Griffith Lavender, DSN, MSN, RN
Co-Chair: Maureen Calloway Carnevale, CFRE
Lawrence Boyd
Robert Dahms
Susan Dendrinos, MSN, RNC
Emily Drake, PhD, RNC, IBCLC
Gail Arlen Garren, MSN, RN, CPHQ
Karen T. Harris, MSN, RN, WHNP-BC
Catherine Ivory, PhD, RNC-OB
Margaret B. Kennedy, MSN, RN
Suzanne Ketchem, MSN
Carol Laudry
Mary E. McTigue, MA, RNC, CENP
Amy J. Phillips
David Stanavage
Carolyn TenEyck, RN

Ex-Officio Members:
Karen Peddicord, PhD, RN
Mimi Pomerleau, DNP, RNC-OB, WHNP-BC, CNE

Finance Committee

• Supports the board and staff on a wide range of financial matters including operating budgets, long term financial planning, and financial implications of financial planning.

2013 Finance Committee

Chair:  Kathleen Matta, MSN, RNC, IBCLC
Carol Burke, MSN, RNC-OB, APN/CNS
Susan Dendrinos, MSN, RNC
Julie Ford, BSN, RNC-OB
Margaret B. Kennedy, PhD, MSN, RN
Ex-Officio Member:  Catherine Ivory, PhD, MSN, RNC-OB

Nominating Committee

• Identifies and interviews prospective candidates for the Board.
• Recommends a slate to the Board.

2013 Nominating Committee

Chair:  Rose L. Horton, MSM, RNC
Gwendolyn Foster, MSN, CNM, RN
Kathleen Hale, MS, RN, NE-BC
Joann Hurlocker, RNC
Elizabeth Kester, RN, CLC, CCE
Vicki A. Lucas, PhD, RNC
Mary McMahon, MSN, BSN, RNC

Public Policy Committee

• Identifies key legislative and policy priorities for AWHONN members currently in Congress.

2013 Public Policy Committee

Chair:  Suzanne Ketchem, MSN
Co-Chair:  Kerri Wade, MPA
Jennifer L. Doyle, MSN, WHNP-BC
Lori Folken, RNC-OB
Bonnell  Weigle Glass, MSN, BSN, RNC
Anne Krouse, PhD, RN
Tiffany Montgomery, MSN, RNC-OB, C-EFM
Lisa Pacheco, BSN, RN
Melody Seitz, MSN, RNC

Annual Convention Program Committee

• Develops the program and selects speakers within priorities identified by the Board.

2013 Annual Convention Program Committee

Chair:  Judith H. Poole, PhD, MHA, MN, MBA, RNC
Co-Chair:  Donna Ruth, MSN, RN
Anita DeWeese, MSN, RNC-NIC
Heidi Collins Fantasia, PhD, RN, WHNP-BC
Jeffrey Scott Fouche, MSN, RN WHNP-BC, C-EFM
Anisha Fuller, MN, BSN, RN
Mimi Pomerleau, DNP, RNC-OB, WHNP-BC, CNE
Patricia A. Scheans, MSN, NNP-BC
Tammy Thompson, MSN, BSN, RNC, IBCLC

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Focus Area Advisory Panels

• Develops the association's research agenda.
• Mentors novice researchers.
• Selects recipients for AWHONN small grants program from novice investigators.
• Scores annual convention program research abstracts.

2013 Research Advisory Panel

Chair:  Teresa S. Johnson, PhD, RN
Co-Chair:  Debra Bingham, DrPH, RN, LCCE
Rita Brennan, DNP, RNC-NIC, APN/CNS
Della Campbell, PhD, APRN-C, NE-BC, CNL
Janice H. Goodman, PhD, RN, PMHCNS-BC
Patricia R. McCartney, PhD, RNC, FAAN
Charlotte Wool, PhD, RN

Corresponding Members:
Laura Bernaix, PhD, RN
Lynn B. Clutter, PhD, RN, CNS, CNE, IBCLC
Jill Radtke Demirci, PhD, RN, IBCLC
Heidi Collins Fantasia, PhD, RN, WHNP-BC
Dianne Felbinger, EdD, MSN, APRN, WHNP-BC, CNS
Susan W. Groth, PhD, RN, WHNP-BC, FAANP
Shakira L. Henderson, MS, MPH, RNC-NIC, IBCLC
Mary Dawn Hennessy, PhD, RN, CNM
Lois Howland, DrPH, MSN, RN
Marianne H. Hutti, PhD, WHNP-BC
Mary Regan, PhD, RN
Michelle T. Renaud, PhD, MSN, RN
Elizabeth Bartey Restrepo, PhD, MS, RN
Roberta Jeanne Ruiz, PhD, RNC, WHNP-BC
Susan Wilhelm, PhD, RNC
Cheryl Zaudere, PhD, CNM, NPP