2025-2026 NANN Committees
Annual Conference Committee (ACC)
Jenna Staggs – Chair
Meghan Luh – Board Liaison
Leann Baker – Council Liaison
Nikki Wilborn – Accredited Provider Program Director
Elizabeth Orloski – ESCC Chair
Dawn Brittingham
Umber Darilek
Rachel Leva
Kathryn Lunde
Cassandra Palasiewicz
Heather Scaggs
Aksana Waskosky
APRN Excellence Awards Committee
Leann Baker – Chair
Kristen Berlin
Karen Ewing
Roshena Hill
Pam Jackson
Benay Johnson
Allison Kelly
Desirae Pierce
Melaine Ryan
Caren Smith
Dedra Teel
Nathan Zitko
Awards Selection Committee
Heidi Thompson – Chair
Kylee Baughman
Vicki Bradfield
Michelle Dickerson
Carly Goodhart
Lindsey Garcia
Germaine Jimenez
Cindy McCarty
Joanne Pasinski
Elizabeth Petty
Torie Vykol
Maria Walker
Education Strategic Coordinating Committee
Elizabeth Orloski – Chair
Nikk Wilborn – Accredited Provider Program Director
Meghan Luh – Board Liaison
Michele Savin – Council Liaison
Taryn Edwards – NANN President
Megan Levy
Kaitlyn Mancini
Sarah Wood
Health Policy and Advocacy Committee
Susan Taylor – Chair
Katie Malin – Board Liaison
Heather Stephens – Council Liaison
Lalou Abrams
Lisa Davenport
Michelle Ferrant
Adrienne Isaacs
Katelyn McCarthy Halstead
Mindy Pariser-Schmidt
Ema Urbanski
Membership Committee
Alyssa Munson – Chair
Taryn Edwards – Board Liaison
Meredith Farmer – Council Liaison
Ashley Cartwright
Gracie Oakley
Dominic Petrovia
Jennifer Schuster
Aurora Walters
Dorothy Wyatt-Youmans
NANN Nominations Committee
Rachael Zastrow – Chair
Melissa Hamms – NANN Secretary/Treasurer
Leanne Nantais-Smith – NANN-AP Council Chair
Ann Chu
Tyler Eaglowski
April Graham
Kristin Howard
Misty Williams
NANN-AP Nominations Committee
Barbara Snapp – Chair
Erna Josiah-Davis – NANN-AP Member-at-Large
Meredith Farmer – NANN-AP Member-at-Large
Jessica Corn
Rebecca Hunt
Kelly Miles
Kelley Thompson
Stacey Yeo
ONE NANN Committee
Rachael Zastrow – Chair
Sherri Trammell-Johnson – Board Liaison
Tosha Harris – Council Liaison
Bethan Faulkner
Gabriel Hutson
Heidi Thompson
Julie Williams
Research Committee
Jessica Gomez – Chair
Katie Malin – Board Liaison
Erna Josiah-Davis – Council Liaison
Jamie Carey
Kathleen Ellis
Brandi Garrett
Jamie Gilley
Rebecca Logan
Melissa McBride
Linda Merritt
Marliese Nist
Social Media Task Force
Kelley Thompson – Chair
Heidi Thompson – Board Liaison
Tracey Bell – Council Liaison
Isabella Prieto
Alicia Sacks
Kendall Sheely
Megnon Stewart
SIG Facilitators
Clinical Nurse Specialist SIG – Isha Alibey
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