Special Interest Groups | Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association (GAPNA)

GAPNA's Special Interest Groups (SIGs) promote engagement of members in the area of special interest to advance the practice of gerontological nursing.

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GeroPsych - SIG

Chair

Tamatha Arms, DNP, NP-C, PhD, PMHNP-BC

Board Liaison

Stacey Allen Chapman, ANP-BC

Member

Alisson Gilbert

Member

Amy M. Lewitz, MS RN PMHCNS APRN-BC

Member

Barb Enos, RN,MN

Member

Brittany Miske

Member

Deborah Kernohan, MSN NP-C

Member

Diem-Linh P. Tran, DNP, GNP-BC, RN

Member

Dr. Anna Triste-Alegria Bober, DNP RN CMSRN GNP-BC

Member

Dr. Aparna Gupta

Member

Dr. Brittany Woolley, NP

Member

Dr. Cecilia Nwogu, DNP GNP BC PMHNP

Member

Dr. Christine M. Collins, NP

Member

Dr. Fiona Okoroti, DNP APRN AGPCNP-BC PMHNP-BC

Member

Dr. George Byron Peraza-Smith, DNP ARNP-BC FAANP GS-C

Member

Dr. Irina Koyfman

Member

Dr. Karen Devereaux Melillo, PhD A-GNP-C FAANP FGSA

Member

Dr. Melodee Lee Harris, PhD RN FAAN

Member

Dr. Sabrina Pickens , PhD RN ANP-BC GNP-BC

Member

Dr. Sara McCumber, DNP. RN CNP CNS

Member

Dr. Shantha Franks, DNP RN APN GNP-BC NP-C

Member

Dr. Solange Marie Marcel, DNP PMHNP-BC ANP-BC

Member

Dr. Tabatha Bowers, BScN MN DNP RN(EC) GNC(c) CMSN(c)

Member

Jean Flobert Suffrin, RN ARNP

Member

Jennifer Rowe

Member

Joan Michelle Moccia, DNP ANP-BC GS-C

Member

Linda Jeanne Keilman, DNP MSN GNP-BC FAANP

Member

Liz Catherine S. Cory, APN

Member

Margaret Huryk, APN DNP AGPCNP-BC

Member

Michelle A. Lewis, DNP FNP-BC GNP-BC APRN

Member

Mrs. Amy Saulsby-Smith, APRN NP-C

Member

Mrs. Mohini Patel, AGPCNP-BC

Member

Mrs. Tina M. Baxter, APRN GNP-BC

Member

Ms. Malissa Mulkey, APRN PhD CCRN CNRN CCNS

Member

Ms. Mihae Kim, AGPCNP-BC

Member

Ms. Rhonda Gall, MSN GNP PMHNP

Member

Pamela Z. Cacchione, PhD RN CRNP-BC FAAN

Member

Samantha Day, AGNP-C AANP

Member

Stephanie LeeAnn Walz, NP

Member

Theresa Ejindu, , MSN AGNP-C

Staff

Celess Tyrell, Director of Online Learning and Innovation

Staff

Erin Macartney

Staff

Meghan Cash

Hospice/Palliative Care - SIG

Chair

Amy D. Imes, MSN GNP-BC

Board Liaison

Dr. Aparna Gupta

Member

Anna Ignatova, GNP-BC AHPCN

Member

Brandi L. Heffelfinger, NP

Member

Brittany Miske

Member

Christina E. Ramsey, MSN GNP-BC LNCC CWS

Member

Cynthia Lee Gimont, CRNP

Member

Dr. Ami Goodnough

Member

Dr. Amy Dobbs Romick, NP

Member

Dr. Annemarie Dowling Castronovo, PhD GNP-BC ACHPN

Member

Dr. Aparna Gupta

Member

Dr. Ava King-Byrne, DNP

Member

Dr. Danielle Johnson, APRN DNP FNP-BC

Member

Dr. Ellen P. Moore

Member

Dr. Freda Clark Cowan, DNP APRN FNP-BC

Member

Dr. Karen de Sola-Smith, PHD NP RN MS

Member

Dr. Lawanda R. Rollins, AGNP-C DNP

Member

Dr. Queeneth Chibuzo Mbemena, AGPCNP-BC DNP

Member

Dr. Ron Billano Ordona, DNP FNP-BC

Member

Dr. Tabatha Bowers, BScN MN DNP RN(EC) GNC(c) CMSN(c)

Member

Evelyn Jones-Talley, NP

Member

Ginger Montgomery, FNP-BC

Member

Isuan Iriabho

Member

Jean M. Fortgang, NP-C

Member

Jennifer Rowe

Member

Joan Michelle Moccia, DNP ANP-BC GS-C

Member

Julie M. Schneider, APN-BC ACHPN

Member

Karyn W. Felice, GNP

Member

Lida Westbrook Wachel, MSN RN GNP-BC

Member

Linda Lee Baker, MSN RN APRN-BC

Member

Linda Steenwyk, MSN ANP

Member

Liz Voit, AGPCNP

Member

Mandy Heaton, APRN

Member

Margaret Huryk, APN DNP AGPCNP-BC

Member

Margaret Smith, CRNP,DNP FNP-BC

Member

Maria R. Ash, MSN GNP-BC ACHPN MJ LNC GS-C

Member

Mary Ellen Matrone Januario, RNP-BC

Member

Mr. Dean J. Vantiger, FNP-C GS-C

Member

Mrs. Ashley M. Gaines, FNP-C

Member

Mrs. Carlina D. Burcker, CRNP FNP-BC MSN

Member

Mrs. Debra L. Fischer, MSN BS RN APN

Member

Mrs. Denise Nofziger, APRN

Member

Mrs. Jamie Lodes

Member

Mrs. Katie Gellish

Member

Mrs. Lydia Adebola Onatunde, RN DPSN BA MSN AGACNP

Member

Mrs. Madeline Tam Chow, MSN FNP-C GNP

Member

Mrs. Marcie Elaine Gest

Member

Mrs. Michelle Myers, APRN

Member

Mrs. Misty Bither, APRN A-GNP-C

Member

Mrs. Misty Perry Long, ACHPN FNP-C GS-C

Member

Mrs. Mohini Patel, AGPCNP-BC

Member

Mrs. Rory B. Farrand, CRNP

Member

Mrs. Sherri Rene Siegel, APRN

Member

Mrs. Tamara Insteness, NP

Member

Ms. Angela Sue St. Onge

Member

Ms. Ann L. Rutt

Member

Ms. Christina Joy Griffin, NP

Member

Ms. Christine Crisostomo

Member

Ms. Dawn Fiedler, APRN

Member

Ms. Joan G. Carpenter, PhD CRNP NP-C GNP-BC ACHPN

Member

Ms. Laquisha Alison Springer, NP

Member

Ms. Lauren Anne Wilkinson, FNP-C

Member

Ms. Mary Murray, APN

Member

Ms. Rhonda Gall, MSN GNP PMHNP

Member

Ms. Sara Jennifer Benson, ACHPN, AGPCNP-BC, MSN, RN

Member

Nadia Salas, A-GNP

Member

Regina Macy, GNP

Member

Sandra Wright, NP RN

Member

Stephanie Cosentino, NP

Member

Victoria Nalls, PhD CRNP ACHPN CWS

Staff

Erin Macartney

Staff

Meghan Cash

House Calls -SIG

Chair

Allison Dobecka, NP

Board Liaison

Dr. Aparna Gupta

Member

Anna Ignatova, GNP-BC AHPCN

Member

Ashley Lewinn, NP

Member

Barb Van Buskirk, GNP

Member

Barbara Harrison McPherson, PhD APRN GS-C

Member

Barbara M. Vassallo, RN MSN EdD ANP-C

Member

Brenda L. Van Roosenbeek, NP

Member

Cynthia A. Krueger, NP

Member

Dr. Ada C. Tapper

Member

Dr. Andrea B. Brassard

Member

Dr. Ann Marie Kriebel-Gasparro, FAANP, FNP-BC, GNP-BC, DrNP

Member

Dr. Freda Clark Cowan, DNP APRN FNP-BC

Member

Dr. Janet Rinehart, FNP-BC

Member

Dr. Justin M. Waryold, FAANP,ACNP-BC ANP-C DNP RN GS-C CNE

Member

Dr. Maria Therese Brenny-Fitzpatrick, DNP FNP-C GNP-BC

Member

Dr. Mary Jo Vetter

Member

Dr. Rachel Zimmer, AGPCNP-C DNP

Member

Dr. Ron Billano Ordona, DNP FNP-BC

Member

Dr. Sabrina Pickens , PhD RN ANP-BC GNP-BC

Member

Dr. Sabrina Pickens, PhD RN GNP-BC ANP-BC

Member

Dr. Tiffany H. Rose, NP-C

Member

Dr. Wendy Blagg Demko, NP

Member

Elizabeth Brierre, MSN RN ANP-C

Member

Gretchen Schumacher, PhD GNP-BC FNP NP-C

Member

Helen Horvath, NP

Member

Isuan Iriabho

Member

Jade Powell Vergara, AGPCNP-C NP

Member

Jessie Wofsy, ACHPN NP

Member

Kala K. Blakely, DNP, FAANP, NP-C, CNE

Member

Laura M. Tidwell

Member

Lisa Allen, ARNP

Member

Margaret Smith, CRNP,DNP FNP-BC

Member

Mary R. Painter-Romanello, APRN-CNP NP

Member

Melissa Miller, AGPCNP-BC

Member

Mr. Peter J Kennedy, ACHPN,MSN,NP-C

Member

Mrs. Christine R Dobbs, CRNP

Member

Mrs. Christine Silano, AGNP-BC

Member

Mrs. Elizabeth Conway, AGPCNP-BC

Member

Mrs. Heidi Mathew, APN

Member

Mrs. Karen S. Farnum, AGNP-C,MSN,GS-C

Member

Mrs. Kimberly Harper, NP

Member

Mrs. Larissa Claudia Gourdet, AGNP

Member

Mrs. Lisa Ann Knisley, CRNP

Member

Mrs. Maria Angeles Mederos, ARNP-BC

Member

Mrs. Molly R Engelkes, AGPCNP-BC

Member

Mrs. Patricia An-Pei Carpenter, AGNP

Member

Ms. Gay Lawton, CWS GNP-BC

Member

Ms. Gina Lucien, ANP-BC

Member

Ms. Kristen E. Lugger, MS GNP-BC APNP

Member

Ms. Kristen Vega, CRNP-F

Member

Ms. Mihae Kim, AGPCNP-BC

Member

Ms. Robin Boggs Abel, CRNP GNP-BC MSN CRC

Member

Ms. Robin Caroline Kaufman

Member

Ms. Sarah Cluff

Member

Ms. Susan Spivock Smith, PhD GNP CRNP

Member

Ms. Theresa-Lynda DSouza, AGPCNP-C

Member

Patricia A. Kenny, MS CNS GNP

Member

Sandra Chlad, APRN CNP

Member

Stacye H. Dick, GNP

Member

Valerie A. Gruss, FAAN PhD APN GNP-BC

Staff

Erin Macartney

Staff

Meghan Cash

PAC/LTC - SIG

Chair

Patrick Luib, APRN BC MSN

Board Liaison

Stacey Allen Chapman, ANP-BC

Member

Barbara Harrison McPherson, PhD APRN GS-C

Member

Brittany Miske

Member

Cassondra Houser

Member

Christina E. Ramsey, MSN GNP-BC LNCC CWS

Member

Connie S Cole, APRN, DNP, PhD

Member

Deanna Adams, APRN FNP-C, GS-C, AGACNP-BC

Member

Dr. Amy Katherine O'Dell, AGPCNP-BC APN DNP

Member

Dr. Bernadette Sherman, CRNP

Member

Dr. Debra Sylvester

Member

Dr. Fiona Okoroti, DNP APRN AGPCNP-BC PMHNP-BC

Member

Dr. Freda Clark Cowan, DNP APRN FNP-BC

Member

Dr. George Byron Peraza-Smith, DNP ARNP-BC FAANP GS-C

Member

Dr. Lawanda R. Rollins, AGNP-C DNP

Member

Dr. Mary Jo Vetter

Member

Dr. Natalie Baker, DNP CRNP GS-C CNE FAANP FAAN

Member

Dr. Rebecca Anne Spear, DNP MSN AGNP-C ARNP

Member

Dr. Robin Frances Arends, DNP CNP APRN

Member

Dr. Sara McCumber, DNP. RN CNP CNS

Member

Dr. Tiffany H. Rose, NP-C

Member

Isuan Iriabho

Member

Jennifer L. Kim, DNP GNP-BC FNAP FAANP GS-C

Member

Joan Michelle Moccia, DNP ANP-BC GS-C

Member

Kristine Brauer

Member

Liz Voit, AGPCNP

Member

Margaret Huryk, APN DNP AGPCNP-BC

Member

Margaret Smith, CRNP,DNP FNP-BC

Member

Melissa Morrison, MSN,RN,AGACNP-BC

Member

Mrs. Carlina D. Burcker, CRNP FNP-BC MSN

Member

Mrs. Cheryl Lynn Speikes, NP

Member

Mrs. Christine R Dobbs, CRNP

Member

Mrs. Connie Kay Schmidt, NP

Member

Mrs. Ellen M. Eline, CRNP

Member

Mrs. Helen B. Kain, GNP-BC

Member

Mrs. Imaobong Ibokette Vanderpool , AGPCNP-C DNP

Member

Mrs. Jamie Lodes

Member

Mrs. Jamie Wood Smith, NP

Member

Mrs. Michelle Wade, MSN/Ed AGNP-C APRN FAANP ACNPC-AG

Member

Mrs. Mohini Patel, AGPCNP-BC

Member

Mrs. Redella Hedrick, NP,NP-C

Member

Mrs. Sara E. Brainerd, APRN

Member

Ms. Angela Sue St. Onge

Member

Ms. Audrey Kemp, APRN

Member

Ms. Joan G. Carpenter, PhD CRNP NP-C GNP-BC ACHPN

Member

Ms. Laquisha Alison Springer, NP

Member

Ms. Lynne Parker, CRNP

Member

Ms. Meg M. Koch

Member

Ms. Rebecca S. VanMeter, AGPCNP-BC

Member

Ms. Valisa Cee Saunders, MSN APRN GNP-BC

Member

Nana Yaa Addai, DNP-AGNP-C

Member

Samantha Day, AGNP-C AANP

Member

Stacey Melnick, MSN ANP

Member

Steven Felton, ARNP

Member

Tawana Braham, NP

Member

Theresa Ejindu, , MSN AGNP-C

Staff

Erin Macartney

Staff

Meghan Cash

VA - SIG

Chair

Mrs. Katherine Horn, AGNP-C

Co-Chair

Dr. Myla A. Magno, DNP RN GNP-BC PMHNP-BC

Board Liaison

Stacey Allen Chapman, ANP-BC

Member

Cynthia A. Krueger, NP

Member

Dr. Anna Triste-Alegria Bober, DNP RN CMSRN GNP-BC

Member

Dr. Joyce Arlene Ennis, NP

Member

Dr. Kanah May Lewallen, AGPCNP-BC, DNP, GNP-BC

Member

Dr. Karen de Sola-Smith, PHD NP RN MS

Member

Dr. Marianne Shaughnessy, PhD AGPCNP-BC GS-C

Member

Dr. Omotola Aduke Adebayo, ANP/GNP-BC

Member

Fiona Marie Lane

Member

Gwyn Michelle Gilliland, NP CRNP

Member

Izabela Kazana, AGPCNP-BC APRN DNP

Member

Janet Nugent Morvant, FNP-BC

Member

Ladsine Taylor, MSN APRN GNP-BC CDP

Member

Lori Cruger, GNP-BC CWS

Member

Lynn Marie Jung, ANP

Member

Margaret I. Wallhagen, PhD GNP-BC

Member

Maribeth Conrad, GNP

Member

Mary Holland Coyle, MPH,NP-C

Member

Mary P. Jones, APRN GNP

Member

Marye Angelyn McKenney

Member

Mrs. Jessie Elizabeth Ann Quick, MSN-BC RN

Member

Mrs. Katherine Horn, AGNP-C

Member

Mrs. Kristen Kay Holderman, MSN-FNP-BC APRN

Member

Mrs. Maria Katrina Abad, AGPCNP-BC, RN CCRN

Member

Mrs. Sherin Shijo Zacharias, NP

Member

Mrs. Susan Lanen

Member

Ms. Desiree Haggart , NP

Member

Ms. Georgia BrinitStiffler, NP-BC

Member

Ms. Jeannine Hoshino, NP

Member

Ms. Leslie Kawhehionalani Hubbard, GNP

Member

Ms. Lindsey A. Butcher, APRN

Member

Ms. Samantha P. Wright, DNP FNP GNP

Staff

Erin Macartney

Staff

Meghan Cash

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