Board Of Directors 

 

President
Lisa Deffenbaugh Nguyen, MS, CAE
Executive Director
American Psychiatric Nurses Association 
(term expires 2025)

 



Secretary/ Treasurer
George A. Zangaro, PhD, RN, FAAN
Chief Policy and Scientific Officer
American Association of Colleges of Nursing
(term expires 2026)

 

Alphonzo Cortez Baker Sr., DNP, MSN, RN, CAPA
Current President
American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses
(term expires 2026)

 

Nancy Colobong Smith, MN, ARNP, ANP-BC, CNN
National President
American Nephrology Nurses Association (ANNA)
(term expires 2027)


Ron Kraus, MSN, RN, CEN, TCRN, ACNS-BC
Past President
Emergency Nurses Association 
(term expires 2025)


 

Heather Maurer, MA, CAE
Chief Executive Officer
The National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health (NPWH)
(term expires 2027)