2026-2027 NANN Committees
Annual Conference Committee (ACC)
Jenna Staggs – Chair
Meghan Luh – Board Liaison
Cassandra Palasiewicz – Council Liaison
Constance Hymas – Accredited Provider Program Director & ESCC Chair
Dawn Brittingham
Umber Darilek
Kathryn Lunde
Aksana Waskosky
Rebecca Hunt
Casey Caddell
Yani Diaz
Yvonne Marenco
APRN Excellence Awards Task Force
Michele Savin – Chair
Kristen Berlin
Karen Ewing
Pam Jackson
Benay Johnson
Allison Kelly
Desirae Pierce
Dedra Teel
Nathan Zitko
AP Summit Committee
Cassie Palasiewicz – Chair
Tosha Harris – NANN-AP Council Chair & Board Liaison
Pamela Harris-Haman
Rebecca Hunt
William Hull
Stacey Yeo
Meredith McSwain
Niko Tien
Awards Selection Task Force
Heidi Thompson – Chair
Kylee Baughman
Vicki Bradfield
Carly Goodhart
Lindsey Garcia
Germaine Jimenez
Torie Vykol
Maria Walker
Cindy McCarty
DCSD Task Force
William Hull – Co-Chair
Danielle Campbell – Co-Chair
Elizabeth Jeanson
Jacquelyn Wallis
Stacy Greblick
Education Strategic Coordinating Committee
Constance Hymas – Chair & Accredited Provider Program Director
Meghan Luh – Board Liaison
Michele Savin – Council Liaison
Barb Snapp – NANN President
Megan Levy
Kaitlyn Mancini
Sarah Wood
Health Policy and Advocacy Committee (HPAC)
Katelyn McCarthy Halstead – Chair
Susan Taylor – Immediate Past Chair
Katie Malin – Board Liaison
Nicole Olicker – Council Liaison
Lalou Abrams
Adrienne Isaacs
Mindy Pariser-Schmidt
Ema Urbanski
Rachael Murray
Rebecca Logan
Briana Jacobs
Membership Committee
Alyssa Munson – Chair
Taryn Edwards – Board Liaison
Meredith Farmer – Council Liaison
Ashley Cartwright
Gracie Oakley
Dominic Petrovia
Jennifer Schuster
Aurora Walters
NANN Nominations Committee
Taryn Edwards – Chair
Cody Bartrug – Staff Nurse Director-at-Large
Heather Stephens – Director-at-Large
Joanne Pasinski
Tyler Eaglowski
April Graham
Kim Allred
NANN-AP Nominations Committee
Leanne Nantais-Smith – Chair
Jennifer Fries – NANN-AP Member-at-Large
Meredith Farmer – NANN-AP Member-at-Large
Jessica Corn
Lauren Yates
Kelly Miles
Megan Witkowski
ONE NANN Committee
Rachael Knight – Chair
Heidi Thompson – Board Liaison
Tosha Harris – Council Liaison
Bethan Faulkner
Gabriel Hutson
Sherri Trammell-Johnson
Julie Williams
Research Committee
Jessica Gomez – Chair
Katie Malin – Board Liaison
Michael Litrenta – Council Liaison
Carrie-Ellen Briere
Kathleen Ellis
Brandi Garrett
Jamie Gilley
Melissa McBride
Linda Merritt
Jan Sherman
Kristin Howard
Social Media Task Force
Kelley Thompson – Chair
Heidi Thompson – Board Liaison
Michael Litrenta– Council Liaison
Isabella Prieto
Alicia Sacks
Kendall Sheely
Megnon Stewart
SIG Facilitators
Clinical Nurse Specialist SIG – Isha Alibey
Education SIG – Alicia Sacks
Research SIG – Media Esser
Surgical Neonate SIG – Rejahn Rogers
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