
2024-2025 NANN Committees
Annual Conference Committee (ACC)
Adrienne Isaacs – Chair
Leann Baker – Council Liaison
Rachel Leva
Angela Lindbloom
Meghan Luh – Board Liaison
Kathryn Lunde
Elizabeth Orloski – ESCC Chair
Cassandra Palasiewicz
Heather Scaggs
Jenna Staggs – Chair-Elect
Jhonnylyn Ver Cascaño
Aksana Waskosky
Nikki Wilborn – Accredited Provider Program Director
APRN Excellence Awards Committee
Leann Baker – Chair
Allison Kelly
Kristen Berlin
Desirae Pierce
Dedra Teel
Pam Jackson
Caren Smith
Roshena Hill
Melaine Ryan
Awards Selection Committee
Jennifer Fries – Chair
Maria Walker
Lindsey Garcia
Vicki Bradfield
Germaine Jimenez
Joanne Pasinski
Elizabeth Petty
Michelle Dickerson
Education Strategic Coordinating Committee
Elizabeth Orloski – Chair
Taryn Edwards – NANN President
Tosha Harris – Council Liaison
Meghan Luh – Board Liaison
Nikk Wilborn – Accredited Provider Program Director
Health Policy and Advocacy Committee
Susan Taylor – Chair
Michele Sweet – Immediate Past Chair
Nikisha Bailey
Lisa Davenport
Michelle Ferrant
Jennifer Fries – Board Liaison
Katelyn McCarthy Halstead
Heather Stephens – Council Liaison
Membership Committee
Alyssa Munson – Chair
Taryn Edwards – Board Liaison
Dominic Petrovia
Ashley Cartwright
Aurora Walters
Dororthy Wyatt-Youmans
Beth Kirby
NANN Nominations Committee
Rachael Zastrow – Chair
Ja-Yee (Ann) Chu
Melissa Hamms – NANN Secretary/Treasurer
Kristin Howard
Nikki Lemmons
Leanne Nantais-Smith – NANN-AP Council Chair
Misty Williams
NANN-AP Nominations Committee
Barbara Snapp – Chair
Rebecca Hunt
Erna Josiah-Davis – NANN-AP Member-at-Large
Kelley Thompson
Stacey Yeo
ONE NANN Committee
Rachael Zastrow – Chair
Taryn Edwards – NANN President
Tosha Harris
Shakira Henderson
Gabriel Hutson
Heidi Thompson
Sherri Trammel-Johnson – Board Liaison
Julie Williams
Research Committee
Elizabeth Schierholz – Chair
Jill Beck – Board Liaison
Jamie Carey
Meredith Farmer
Brandi Garrett
Jessica Gomez
Rebecca Logan
Linda Merritt
Desi Newberry – Council Liaison
Marliese Nist
Ashlee Vance
SIG Facilitators
Clinical Nurse Specialist SIG
Education SIG – Alicia Sacks
Research SIG – Niko Tien
Surgical Neonate SIG – Janette Benson
Management SIG – Diane Lund
NNP Faculty SIG – Jennifer Fitzgerald
Staff Nurse SIG – Gabriel Hutson
Advanced Practice SIG – Pamela Harris-Haman
Discharge Transition SIG – Victoria Gallagher