About the Fellows

Fellows in the NLN Academy of Nursing Education are individuals who have made enduring and substantial contributions to nursing education as teachers, mentors, scholars, public policy advocates, practice partners and administrators. They provide a visionary leadership and are recognized for their expertise in nursing education.

Fellows Inducted in 2024

Fellows Inducted in 2023

Fellows Inducted in 2022

Cynthia D. Bradley, PhD, RN, CNE, CHSE
Judith Cornelius, PhD, MS, RN, FAAN
Catherine W. Cox, PhD, RN, CEN, CNE, Alumnus CCRN, FAAN
Brenda Sue Elliott, PhD, RN, CNE
Gordon L. Gillespie, PhD, DNP, RN, CEN, CNE, CPEN, PHCNS-BC, FAEN, FAAN
Kathryn B. Keller, PhD, RN, CNE
Margaret (Betsy) Babb Kennedy, PhD, RN, CNE
Rhonda E. Maneval, D.EdD., RN
Ann Marie P. Mauro, PhD, RN, CNL, CNE, FAHA, FAAN
Margaret M. Moorman, PhD RN WHNP CNE
Crystal Murillo, PhD, RN, CHSE-A
LaDonna Northington, DNS, RN, PED-BC
Shannon E. Perry RN, PhD, FAAN
Beth C. Quigley, DNP, MSN, RN, CRNP
Elizabeth A. Riley, DNP, PED-BC, RNC-NIC, CNE
Julie Sanford, DNS, RN, FAAN
Missi Stec, DNP, APRN, CNM, FACNM, FAAN
Joni Tornwall, PhD, RN
Sylvia Trent-Adams, PhD, RN, FAAN, FNAP
Amber Vermeesch, PhD, MSN, FNP-C, RN, CNE, FACSM, FNAP

Fellows Inducted in 2021

Alaina Herrington DNP, RN, CHSE-A, CNOR
Connie Nguyen-Truong PhD, RN
Cordelia Nnedu Ph.D., APRN, MSN, BSN, CNE, WHNP-BC, CNM, C-EFM
Frances Cornelius PhD, MSN, RN-BC, CNE
Jacqueline Loversidge PhD, RNC-AWHC
Joan Kavanagh PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN
John Lundeen EdD, RN, CNE
Judy Honig EdD, DNP, CPNP, PMHS, FAAN
Julie Poore DNP, RN, CHSE-A
Karen Foli PhD, RN, FAAN
Karen Hande PhD(c), DNP, ANP-BC, CNE, FAANP
Karyn Holt PhD RN CNM (Ret.)
Kathleen Bradshaw LaSala PhD, RN, PNP, CNE
Kupiri Ackerman-Barger PhD, RN, CNE, FAAN
Laura Goliat DNP, APRN, FNP-BC
Lisa Ruth-Sahd RN, DEd, CCRN, CEN, CNE
Maria Danet Lapiz Bluhm PhD, RN, MSCI, FAAN
Teri Murray PhD, PHNA-BC, RN, FAAN
Tommy Dickinson PhD, RN, FHEA, FEANS, FAAN

Fellows Inducted in 2020

Sabrina Beroz, DNP, RN, CHSE-A
Paul Clements, PhD, RN
Majeda El-Banna, PhD, RN, CNE
Rowena Elliott, PhD, RN, CNN, AGNP-C, GS-C, CNE, LNC, FAAN
Coretta Jenerette, PhD, RN, AOCN, CNE, FAAN
Rebecca Kronk, PhD, MSN, CRNP, FAAN, CNE
Maria LoGrippo, PhD, RN, MSN, NE-BC
Amy Nichols, RN, EdD, CHSE
Sarah Oerther, MSN, MEd, RN, FRSPH
Edmund Pajarillo, PhD, RN-BC, CPHQ, NEA-BC
Richard Pullen, EdD, MSN, RN, CMSRN, CNE-cl
Patrick Robinson, PhD, RN, ACRN, CNE, FAAN
Tonya Schneidereith, PhD, CRNP, PPCNP-BC, CPNP-AC, CNE, CHSE-A
Jane Tiedt, PhD, RN
Zane Wolf, PhD, RN, CNE, FAAN

Fellows Inducted in 2019

 

 

 

Gerry Altmiller, EdD, APRN, ACNS-BC, FAAN
Selina Bliss, PhD, RN, CNE, RN-BC
Lisa Day, PhD, RN, CNE
Marcia Gardner, PhD, RN, CPNP, CPN
Nelda Godfrey, PhD, ACNS-BC, FAAN
Laura Gonzalez, PhD, ARNP, CNE, CHSE-A
Paula Gubrud-Howe, EdD, MS, RN, FAAN
Beth Hallmark, PhD, RN, CHSE
Melinda Hermanns, PhD, RN-BC, CNE, PN/FCN
Valerie Howard, EdD, MSN, RN, CNE, FAAN
Pamela Karagory, DNP, MBA, MSB, RN, CNE
David Keepnews, PhD, JD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN
Kathleen Poindexter, PhD, RN, CNE
Cheryl Pollard, PhD, RN, RPN
Michael Relf, PhD, RN, AACRN, ACNS-BC, CNE, FAAN
Eric J. Williams, DNP, RN, CNE, FAAN
Meg Zomorodi, PhD, RN, CNL

Fellows Inducted in 2018

Sylvia Brown, EdD, RN, CNE
Mary Ann Cantrell, PhD, RN, CNE, FAAN
Elizabeth Gazza, PhD, RN, LCCE, FACCE
Desiree Diaz, PhD, RN-BC, CNE, CHSE-A
Mary Fey, PhD, RN, CHSE-A
Colette Foisy-Doll, MSN, RN, CHSE
Joan Frey, EdD, MSN, BS
Pamela Johnson Rowsey, PhD, RN
Diane Monsivais, PhD, RN, CNE
Marie O’Toole, RN, EdD, FAAN
Leslie Robbins, PhD, APRN, PMHCNS-BC, PMHNP-BC, FAANP
Roseminda Santee, DNP, MA, RN, NEA-BC, CNE
Wanda Spurlock, DNS, RN-BC, CNE, FNGNA, FAAN
Patti Rager Zuzelo, EdD, RN, ACNS-BC, ANP-BC, FAAN
David Johnson (honorary)
Daniel Oerther, PhD, PE, BCEE, CEng, FAAN (honorary)

Fellows Inducted in 2017

Debra Barksdale, PhD, FNP-BC, CNE, FAANP, FAAN
Amy Barton, PhD, RN, FAAN
Kay Cowen, MSN, RN-BC, CNE
H. Michael Dreher, PhD, RN, FAAN
Jean Giddens, PhD, RN, FAAN
Renee Hoeksel, PhD, RN
Bette Mariani, PhD, RN
Colleen Meakim, MSN, RN, CHSE
Joanne Noone, PhD, RN, CNE
Demetrius Porche, DNS, PhD, FACHE, FAANP, FAAN
Nancy Sharts-Hopko, PhD, RN, FAAN
Yolanda Hyde VanRiel, PhD, RN-BC, OCN, CNE
Shelly Wells, PhD, MBA, MS, APRN-CNS
Joyce Zurmehly, PhD, DNP, RN, NEA-BC
Mary Wurzbach, PhD, FNP, MSN, RN (honorary)

Fellows Inducted in 2016

Kenya Beard, EdD, CNE, GNP-BC, NP-C, ACNP-BC
Janice Beitz, PhD, RN, CS, CNOR, CWOCN, CRNP, FAAN 
Janis P. Bellack, PhD, RN, FAAN
Sheryl Buckner, MS, RN-BC, CNE 
Elizabeth Burkhart, PhD, RN  
W Richard Cowling III RN, PhD, APRN-BC, AHN-BC, FAAN 
Cynthia Foronda, PhD, RN, CNE
Mary Ellen Glasgow, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, FAAN  
Linda Howe, PhD, RN, CNS, CNE 
Deborah Ulrich, PhD, RN
Nancy Kramer, EdD, MSN, CPNP, PMHS, CNE, ARNP
Brenda Marshall, EdD, APRN, PMHNP-BC, NE-BC
Betsy McDowell, PhD, RN, CNE
Janet McMahon, MSN, RN
Donna Meyer, MSN, RN
Chad O'Lynn, PhD, RN, CNE
Sharron Schlosser, PhD, RN, CNE, COI
Kathleen Sitzman, RN, PhD, CNE
Suzanne Smeltzer, EdD, RN, FAAN
Darrell Spurlock, Jr., PhD, RN, NEA-BC
Catherine Van Son, PhD, RN 

Honorary Fellows 
Lois Allen, PhD
Henrietta Bernal, PhD, RN
Angela McBride, PhD, RN, FAAN 
Afaf Meleis, PhD, FAAN
Kathryn Mershon, MSN, RN, CNAA, FAAN 
Dorothy Powell, EdD, RN, FAAN  
Lillian Stokes, PhD, MSN, RN, FAAN

Fellows Inducted in 2014

 

 

 

Sandra L. Baker, DNP, RN, CNE, ANEF
Deborah R. Bambini, PhD, WHNP-BC, CNE, CHSE, ANEF
Elizabeth Downes, DNP, MPH, MSN, CNE, FNP, ANEF
Kristina Thomas Dreifuerst, PhD, RN, CNE, ANEF
Laura Cox Dzurec, PhD, PMHCNS-BC, ANEF
Janet S. Fulton, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, FAAN, ANEF
Susan Lynn Groenwald, PhD, RN, ANEF
Louise Sherman Jenkins, PhD, RN, ANEF
Kim Leighton, PhD, RN, ANEF
Susan Luparell, PhD, APRN, ACNS-BC, CNE, ANEF
Marian Newton, PhD, PMHNP-BC, PMHCNS-BC, ANEF
Vincent Salyers, EdD, MSN, BA, RN, ANEF
Patricia A. Sharpnack DNP, MSN, RN, CNE, NEA-BC, ANEF
Gwen Sherwood, PhD, RN, FAAN, ANEF
Maria R. Shirey, PhD, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE, FAAN, ANEF
Barbara Sittner, PhD, RN, APRN-CNS, ANEF
Laura A. Taylor, PhD, RN, ANEF
Queen Utley-Smith, EdD, RN, CNE, ANEF
Roberta Waite, EdD, PMHCNS-BC, FAAN, ANEF
Linda Wilson, PhD, RN, CPAN, CAPA, BC, CNE, CHSE, CHSE-A, ANEF

Honorary Fellows
Helen B. Connors, PhD, RN, FAAN, ANEF
Diane J. Skiba, PhD, FAAN, FACMI, ANEF

Fellows Inducted in 2013

 

 

 

 

Pamela Cangelosi, PhD, RN, CNE, ANEF
Linda Copel, PhD, RN, PMHCNS, BC, CNE, NCC, FAPA, ANEF
Linda Daley, PhD, RN, ANEF
Michelle Foley, MS, RN, CNE, ANEF
Janice Hoffman, PhD, RN, ANEF
Cheryl Holly, EdD, RN, ANEF
Sara Horton-Deutsch, PhD, RN, PMHCNS, ANEF
Karren Kowalski, PhD RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, ANEF
Deborah Lindell, DNP, RN, PHCNS-BS, CNE, ANEF
Patricia Mahoney, MSN, RN, CNE, ANEF
Melanie McEwen, PhD, RN, CNE, ANEF
Dee McGonigle, PhD, RN, CNE, FAAN, ANEF
Susan Moch, PhD, RN, ANEF
Ann O'Sullivan, MS, RN, NE-BC, CNE, ANEF
Linda Pellico, PhD, RN , CNS-BC, ANEF
Barbara Penprase, PhD, RN, CNE, ANEF
Janet Phillips, PhD, RN, ANEF
Debra Shelton, EdD, APRN-CNS, CEN, ANEF
Charlene Smith, DNS, MSEd, WHNP, RN-BC, CNE, ANEF
Janice Smith, PhD, RN, CNE, ANEF
Pamela Springer, PhD, RN, CNE, ANEF
Jane Sumner, PhD, RN, PHCNS, BC, ANEF
Anita Tesh, PhD, RN, CNE, ANEF
Latricia Weed, PhD, FNP, RN, ANEF
Sharon Wilkerson, PhD, RN, CNE, ANEF
Sarah Williams, PhD, MA, RN-BC, CNE, ANEF
Ruth Wittmann-Price, PhD, RN, ANEF
Judith Wold, PhD, RN, ANEF

Honorary Fellows
Diane Billings, EdD, RN, FAAN, ANEF
Nancy Diekelmann, PhD, RN, FAAN, ANEF

Fellows Inducted in 2012

 

 

 

 

Maxine Adegbola, PhD, RN, CNE, ANEF
Robert Anders, DrPH, CS, CNAA, FAAN, ANEF
Alyce Ashcraft, PhD, RN, CNE, ANEF
Tim Bristol, PhD, RN, CNE, ANEF
Sandra Chaisson Brown, DNS, APRN, FNP-BC, ANEF
Pamela Brown, PhD, RN, ANEF
Maureen C. Creegan, EdD, RN, FNYAM, ANEF
Eileen Curl, PhD, RN, APRN-CNS, CNE, ANEF
Janice Unruh Davidson, PhD RN-BC APRN-BC NEA-BC CNE FAANP, ANEF
Ruth Gresley, PhD, RN, CNE, ANEF
Mary Quinn Griffin, PhD, RN, ANEF
Barbara Joyce, PhD, RN, CNS, ANEF
Jane Kirkpatrick, PhD, RN, ANEF
Eileen Kohlenberg, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, ANEF
Nancy Langston, PhD, RN, FAAN, ANEF
Joan Such Lockhart, PhD, RN, AOCN, CNE, FAAN, ANEF
Mary Hysell Lynd, PhD, RN, CNL(r), ANEF
Pamela Mahon, PhD, RN, CNE, NEA-BC, ANEF
Barbara Mandelco, PhD, RN, ANEF
Jeanette McNeill, DrPH, RN, CNE, AOCNS, ANEF
JoAnn Mulready-Shick, EdD, RN, CNE, ANEF
Liana Orsolini-Hain, PhD, RN, ANEF
Tracy Ortelli, MS, RN, CNE, ANEF
Ignatius Perkins, OP, PhD, RN, FAAN, FNYAM, ANEF
E. Carol Polifroni, EdD, RN, CNE, NEA-BC, ANEF
Susan Salmond, EdD, RN, CNE, ANEF
Cathleen Shultz, PhD, RN, CNE, FAAN, ANEF
Maureen Tremel, MSN, ARNPCNE, ANEF
Francine Weatherby, PhD, RN-C, ANEF
Margaret Williams, PhD, RN, CNE, ANEF
Tami Wyatt, PhD, RN, CNE, ANEF

Honorary Fellows
Myrna Armstrong, EdD, RN, FAAN, ANEF
Hazel Brown, EdD, RNC, CNAA, ANEF
Ray Perryman, PhD, ANEF
Susan Sherman, MA, RN,ANEF FAAN
Verle Waters, MA, RN, ANEF

Fellows Inducted in 2011

 

 

Marsha Howell Adams, DSN, RN, CNE, ANEF
Diane Breckenridge, PhD, RN, ANEF
Joan Darden, PhD, RN, ANEF
Mary M. Hoke, PhD, PHCNS-BC, RN-BC, ANEF
RuthAnne Kuiper, PhD, RN, CNE, ANEF
Mary Elizabeth Mancini, PhD, RN, NE-BC, FAHA, FAAN, ANEF
Barbara J. Patterson, PhD, RN, ANEF
Lynne Porter Lewallen, PhD, RN, CNE, ANEF
Karin J. Sherrill, PhD, RN, CNE, ANEF
Susan Sportsman, PhD, RN, ANEF
Frances R. Vlasses, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, ANEF
Barbara Yoost, MSN, RN, CNS, CNE, ANEF

Fellows Inducted in 2010

 

 

Beverly Bryce Bowers, PhD, RN, CNS, ANEF
Linda Caputi, EdD, RN, CNE, ANEF
Patricia A. Castaldi, DNP, RN, ANEF
Janice Edelstein, EdD, RN, APRN, BC, ANEF
Marilyn Frenn, PhD, RN, CNE, ANEF
Myra Susan Jones, PhD, RN, CNE, ANEF
Suzan Kardong-Edgren, PhD, RN, ANEF
Judy L. LeFlore, PhD, RN, NNP-BC, CPNP-PC & AC, ANEF
Julie McAfooes, MS, RN BC, ANEF
Angela M. McNelis, PhD, RN, ANEF
Carolyn W. Mosley, PhD, RN, CS, FAAN, ANEF
Patricia Ravert, PhD, RN, CNE, ANEF
Mary Anne Rizzolo, EdD, RN, FAAN, ANEF
Mary Lou Rusin, EdD, RN, ANEF
Karen J. Saewert, PhD, RN, CPHQ, CNE, ANEF
Lois L. Salmeron, EdD, RN, CNE, ANEF
Susan B. Stillwell, DNP, RN, CNE, ANEF
Cesarina Thompson, PhD, RN, ANEF
Sally A. Weiss, EdD, RN, CNE, ANEF

Fellows Inducted in 2009

 

 

Mindi Anderson, PhD, RN, CPNP-PC, ANEF
Nell Ard, PhD, RN, CNE, ANEF
Wanda Bonnel, PhD, RN, ANEF
Cynthia Clark, PhD, RN, ANEF
Patricia Edwards, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, ANEF
Carol Fowler-Durham. MSN, RN, ANEF
Lucille Gambardella, PhD, RN, CS, APN-BC, CNE, ANEF
Debra Hagler, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, CNE, ANEF
Judith Herrman, PhD, RN, ANEF
Patricia Knecht, MSN, RN, ANEF
Karen Morin, DSN, RN, ANEF
Jan Nick, PhD, RNC, CNE, ANEF
Holly Price, MSN, RN, CNS, CNE, ANEF
Deanna Reising, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, ANEF
Elisabeth Shelton, PhD, RN, CNE, ANEF
Linda Siktberg, PhD, RN, ANEF
Sharon Sims, PhD, RN, ANEF
Elaine Smith, MSN, MBA, RN, CNAA, ANEF
Carol Toussie Weingarten, PhD, RN, ANEF
Theresa Valiga, EdD, RN, FAAN, ANEF
George Velianoff, DNS, RN, FACHE, ANEF

Fellows Inducted in 2008

 

 

Rosalinda Alfaro-LeFevre, MSN, RN, ANEF
Lillian Antoinette Bargagliotti, DNSc, RN, ANEF
Richardean Benjamin, PhD, MPH, CNS- BC, ANEF
Donna Boland, PhD, RN, ANEF
Reba Moyer Childress, MSN, RN, FNP-BC, ANEF
Gregory DeBourgh, EdD, RN, ANEF
Charlie Jones Dickson, EdD, RN, FAAN, ANEF
Lynn Engelmann, EdD, RN, ANEF
David Anthony Forrester, PhD, RN, ANEF
Janet L. Grady, DrPH, RN, ANEF
Joyce Griffin-Sobel, PhD, RN, AOCN, APRN-BC, CNE, ANEF
Kay Hodson-Carlton, EdD, RN, FAAN, ANEF
Pam Ironside, PhD, RN, FAAN, ANEF
Kathleen Krichbaum, PhD, RN, ANEF
June Larson, MS, RN, CNE, ANEF
Kathleen Lasater, EdD, RN, ANEF
Jane F. Mahowald, MA, RN, ANEF
Barbara McLaughlin, DNSc, RN, CNE, ANEF
Karen Pardue, MS, RN, CNE, ANEF
Amy Conklin Pettigrew, DNS, RN, ANEF
Deborah Raines, PhD, RN, ANEF
Kathleen Stevens, EdD, RN, FAAN, ANEF
Melinda Swenson, PhD, RN, FAANP, ANEF
Diane Whitehead, EdD, RN, ANEF

Fellows Inducted in 2007

 

 

Patricia Allen, EdD, RN, CNE, ANEF
Martha Alligood, PhD, RN, ANEF
Gail Baumlein, PhD, RN, CNS, ANEF
Anne Belcher, PhD, RN, AOCN, CNE, FAAN, ANEF
Mary Lou Bond, PhD, RN, FAAN, ANEF
Carol Boswell, EdD, RN, ANEF, CNE
Sharon B. Cannon, EdD, RN, ANEF
Maria Connolly, PhD, APN, CNS, FCCM, CNE, ANEF
Bertha Davis, PhD, RN, FAAN, ANEF
Sharon Decker, PhD, RN, CS, CCRN, ANEF
Frances Eason, EdD, RN, C, CNE, ANEF
Janice R. Ellis, PhD, RN, ANEF
Bronwynne C. Evans, PhD, RN, FNGNA, ANEF
Betsy Frank, PhD, RN, ANEF
Kathleen Gaberson, PhD, RN, CNOR, CNE, ANEF
Ann Gothler, PhD, RN, CNE, ANEF
Judith Halstead, DNS, RN, ANEF
Pamela Hammond, PhD, RN, FAAN, ANEF
Mary Beth Hanner, PhD, RN, ANEF
Celia. L Hartley, MN, RN, ANEF
Donna Ignatavicius, MS, RN, ANEF
Pamela Jeffries, DNS, RN, FAAN, ANEF
Marybeth Kelley, MSN, MEd, RN, CNE, ANEF
Barbara Krainovich-Miller, EdD, APRN, BC, ANEF
Georgie Labadie, EdD, RN, ANEF
Carrie B. Lenburg, EdD, RN, FAAN, ANEF
Andrea Lindell, PhD, RN, ANEF
Lois W. Lowry, DNSc, RN, ANEF
Frances Monahan, PhD, RN, ANEF
Ramona Nelson, PhD, RN-BC, FAAN, ANEF
Marilyn H. Oermann, PhD, RN, FAAN, ANEF
Dorothy Otto, EdD, RN, ANEF
Susan G. Poorman, PhD, APRN, BC, ANEF
Cheryl Schmidt, PhD, RN, CNE, ANEF
Teresa Shellenbarger, DNSc, RN, CNE, ANEF
Elizabeth Speakman, EdD, RN, CDE, ANEF
Helen Streubert Speziale, EdD, RN, CNE, ANEF
Beverly Welhan, DNSc, RN, ANEF
Marvel Williamson, PhD, RN, CNE, ANEF
Patricia Yoder-Wise, EdD, RN, CNAA-BC, FAAN, ANEF
Eileen Zungolo, EdD, RN, CNE, FAAN, ANEF

Related Resources:

• New Release: National League for Nursing Announces 2014 Class of Fellows in the NLN Academy of Nursing Education