Leadership

Board of Directors | Committees | Focus Area 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

2010 Board of Directors
President: Susan A. Albrecht, PhD, RN, FAAN
President-Elect: Kathleen A. Hale, MS, RN, CE-BC
Secretary-Treasurer: Mary McMahon, BSN, MSN, RN, RNC
Directors:
Rebecca L. Cypher, MSN, PNNP
Karen T. Harris, MSN, RNC, WHNP-BC
Rose L. Horton, RN, MSN
Susan Mattson, RNC, CTN, RhD, FAAN
Ruth Nolan, MSN, RN, RNC
Mimi Pomerleau, MSN, RNC
Sheila Swanson, RNC, MSN, CNS
Raquel Walker, RN-BC, MSN
Ex-Officio Directors:
Kim L. Armour, NP-BC, APN, MSN, RDMS
Karen Peddicord, RNC, PhD

Committees

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.

2010 Finance Committee

Chair: Mary McMahon, BSN, MSN, RN, RNC
Karen Geiser, RNC
Karen T. Harris, MSN, RNC, WHNP-BC
Mimi Pomerleau, DNP, WHNP-BC, RNC-OB
Geraldine Ann Tamborelli, MHA, BSN
Ex-Officio Member: Kathleen A. Hale, MS, RN, NE-BC

Nominating Committee

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

2010 Nominating Committee

Chair: Kim L. Armour, Np-BC, APN, MSN, RDMS
Donna Abriola, RN
Carola Bruflat, MSN, RNC, WHNP, FNP
Deborah Lynn Castile, MN, RNC, CNS
Catherine M. Chalmers, MSN, IBCLC, CNM, WHNP
M. Cynthia Logsdon, DNS, ARNP, FAAN
Leith Mullaly, RNC, MSN, ACCE, IBCLC

Public Policy Committee

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

2010 Public Policy Committee

Chair: Karen Adkins-Bley, RN, BSN. MSA, JD
Co-Chair:  Karen Peddicord, RNC, PhD
Erika A. Borlie, BSN, MSN, RNC, WHNP
Rebecca L. Cypher, MSN, PNNP
Jean E. Dudley, MN, RN, RNC
Jill Janke, BSN, MSN, PhD, WHNP
Mimi Pomerleau, MSN, RNC
Keisha S. Walker, MSN
Raquel Walker, RN-BC, MSN

Annual Convention Program Committee

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

2010 Annual Convention Program Committee

Chair: Catherine H. Ivory, RNC, MSN
Co-Chair: Claudia Reid Ravin, CNM, MSN
Host Committee Chair: Margaret Babb Kennedy, MN
Susan A. Albrecht, PhD, RN, FAAN
Jennifer M. Bliven, RNC-OB, BSN, CCE
Donna R. Frye, RN
Ann M. Hanson, ARNP, BSN, CRNP, MN, NP
Candice J. Sullivan, MSN, RNC, LCCE
Julie Wehmeyer, MN, RNC
Raquel Walker, RN-BC, MSN

Task Forces & Project Teams

DPS Task Force

Rose L. Horton, MSM, RN
Ruth Nolan, MSN, RN, RNC
Mimi Pomerleau, DNP, WHNP-BC, RNC-OB
Sheila Swanson, RNC, MSN, CNS

Focus Area Advisory Panels

2010 Research Advisory Panel

• 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.

Research Advisory Panel

Chair: Denise Cote-Arsenault, PhD, RNC, IBCLC, FNAP
Co-Chair: Karen Peddicord, RNC, PhD
Panel Members:
Cheryl Beck, FAAN, DNSc, CNM
Laura W. Bernaix, PhD, RN
Dianne M. Felblinger, EdD, MSN, WHNPC, CNS, RN
Thelma E. Patrick, RN
Maryann Stark, RNC, PhD
Corresponding Members:
Jomeka Betty Barnett, MSN, RN, WHNP
Maryann Bozzette, PhD
Rita Allen Brennan, DNP, RNC-NIC, APN/CNS
Teresa S. Johnson, RN, PhD
Lynne Lewallen, RN, PhD
Deborah Mandel, RNC, MSN
Jacqueline M. McGrath, PhD, NNP
Anne Q. Meoli, ACCE, BSN, MPH, RN
Kristen S. Montgomery, PhD, RN
Patricia Ann Morgan, BSN, MSN, RN
Robin L. Page, PhD, RN, CNM
Jill V. Radtke, BSN
Susan Wilhelm, RNC, PhD