Conference Attendees

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AACN Certification Corporation
Damon Cottrell
Board Director

AARP Office of Policy and Strategy
Joyce Dubow
Senior Advisor

Alabama Board of Nursing
Jean Burns Lazarus

American Association of Colleges of Nursing
Jean Bartels
Past – President

American Board of Nursing Specialties
Bonnie Niebuhr
Chief Executive Officer

American Nurses Credentialing Center
Vicki Lundmark
Director of Research

American Nurses Credentialing Center
Mary Smolenski
Director of Certification

American Organization of Nurse Executives
Pamela Thompson
Chief Executive Officer

Association of PeriOperative Registered Nurses
Linda Groah
Executive Director

Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing
Tancy Stanbery
Certification Officer

Canadian Federal Government
Deborah Vandewater
Independent Health Care Consultant

Canadian Nurses Association
Leslie Anne Patry
Manager, Certification Program

Citizen Advocacy Center
David Swankin
President

Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools International
Donna Rae Richardson
Director of Governmental Affairs and Professional Standards

Competency & Credentialing Institute
Michelle Byrne
Director

Competency & Credentialing Institute
Shannon Carter
CEO

Competency & Credentialing Institute
Robin Lazenby
President

Competency & Credentialing Institute
Nancy Lilliott
President-Elect

Competency & Credentialing Institute
Mary O'Neale
Director of Credentialing and Education

Council for Public Interest in Anesthesia
Sandra K.Tunajek
Executive Director.

Council on Certification and Recertification for Nurse Anesthetists
Karen Plaus
Director of Certification, Continuing Education & Recertification

Creative Learning & Assessment Systems
Carrie B. Lenburg
President & Consultant

Excelsior College
Patrick Jones
Dean of Assessment

Excelsior College
Bridget Nettleton
Dean, School of Nursing

Federation of State Medical Boards
Carol Clothier
Vice President Examinations and Post-Licensure Services

Infusion Nurses Society
Mary Alexander
Chief Executive Officer

Joint Commission Resources, Inc.
Kathy English
Consultant

Journal of Nurses in Staff Development
Belinda E. Puetz
Editor in Chief

National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists
Kelly Goudreau
Immediate Past President

National Board of Certification for Hospice and Palliative Nurses
Jeanne Martinez
Board of Directors

National Council of State Boards of Nursing
Maryann Alexander
Associate Executive Director

National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission
Sharon Tanner
Executive Director

North Carolina Board of Nursing
Linda Burhans
Practice Consultant

Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation
Cyndi Miller Murphy
Executive Director

Pediatric Nursing Certification Board
Jan Wyatt
Executive Director

Prometric
Linda Waters
Vice President, Professional Association and Consulting Services

StuderGroup
Craig Deao
Research Development Leader

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Alexia Green
Dean, Nursing Program

University of Colorado at Denver Health Sciences Center
Diane J. Skiba
Professor and Project Director, School of Nursing

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Elaine Smith
Clinical Assistant Professor and Project Manager
Quality and Safety Education for Nurses

University of Washington
Ruth Craven
Professor Emeritus, Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems

US Department of Health and Human Services
HRSA - Bureau of Health Professions
Annette Debisette
Director, Division of Nursing

VT Nurses In Partnership, Inc.
Susan Boyer
Director