NOBC’s Executive Committee consists of the officers of the Coalition and our Executive Director.
Chief Executive Officer
Cole Edmonson, DNP, RN, FACHE, NEA-BC, FNAP, FAONL, FAAN
Board Chair
Rick García, PhD, RN, CCM, FAAOHN, FAADN, FAAN, Chief Executive Officer, Organization for Associate Degree Nursing (OADN), and OADN Foundation
Board Chair-Elect
Renae Battié, MN, RN, CNOR, Association of periOperative Registered Nurses
Board Treasurer
Rita Wray, MBA, RN, BC, FAAN, Action Coalition Representative
Board Secretary
Jason Mott, PhD, RN, American Association for Men in Nursing
Board Chair-Emeritus
Nancy Mannion, DNP, RN, CEN, FAEN, FAAN, President, NMB Global Leadership, LLC, Board Member, Emergency Nurses Association
The Coalition is governed by a Board of Directors. The board is composed of representatives from both designated national member organizations and Future of Nursing State Action coalitions.
Board of Directors:
Catherine Alicia Georges, EdD, RN, FAAN, AARP
Rita Wray, MBA, RN, BC, FAAN, Action Coalition Representative
Lauren Inouye, MPP, RN, American Academy of Nursing
Jason Mott, PhD, RN, American Association for Men in Nursing
Vicki Good, DNP, RN, CENP, CPPS, American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
Julie Linton, DNAP, CRNA, APRN American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology
Sara Humeny, MS, BSN, RN, NBC-HWC, HNB-BC, American Holistic Nurses Association
Jami Brown, DHEd, MSN, RN, CNN, American Nephrology Nurses Association
Kimberly Harper, RN, MS, FAAN, American Nurses Foundation, American Nurses Association
Pam Rudisill, DNP, RN, MSN, NEA-BC, FAAN, American Organization for Nursing Leadership
Lori Faber, MSN, MBA, RN, AMN Healthcare
Renae Battié, MN, RN, CNOR, Association of periOperative Registered Nurses
Shirley Orr, MHS, APRN, NEA-BC, American Association of Public Health Nurses
Julie Zimmerman, MSN, RN-OBC, C-EFM, Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses
Janet Coulter, MSN, MS, RN, CCM, FCM, Case Management Society of America
Samantha Agee, MSN-Ed, RN, APRNA, CRNA, Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Inc.
Nancy Mannion, DNP, RN, CEN, FAEN, Emergency Nurses Association
Cindy Fronning, RN, GERO-BC, CALN, CDONA, FACDONA, EFLA, RAC-CT, IP-BC, AS-BC, National Association of Directors of Nursing Administration
Veronica Vital, PhD, MSN, MLS, RN, National Association of Hispanic Nurses
Sheldon Fields, PhD, RN, CRNP, FNP-BC, AACRN, FAANP, FNAP, FADLN, FAAN, National Black Nurses Association
Kimberly Cleveland, PhD, JD, MSN, RN, C-MBC, C-MPC, FAONL, National Institute for Rural and Minority Health
Gordon Gillespie, PhD, DNP, RN, CEN, CNE, CPEN, PHCNS-BC, ANEF, FAEN, FAAN, National League for Nursing
Jillian Bird, MSN, RN, National Nurse-Led Care Consortium
Carol Weingarten, PhD, RN, ANEF, National Student Nurses’ Association
Rick García, PhD, RN, CCM, FAAOHN, FAADN, Organization for Associate Degree Nursing
Marlon Garzo Saria, PhD, RN, AOCNS, NEA-BC, NPD-BC, FAAN, Philippine Nurses Association of America, Inc.
Jackie Russell, JD, LLM, RN, The American Association of Nurse Attorneys