Sharon Adkins
Executive Director
Tennessee Nurses Association
Nashville

Laura P. Barnes
President-Elect
TONE
Knoxville

Jill Beason
Rural Health Association of TN
Knoxville

Craig A. Becker
President and CEO
TN Hospital Association
Nashville

Treva Berryman
Associate Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs
Tennessee Board of Regents
Nashville

Virginia Trotter Betts
Commissioner
Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
Nashville

The Honorable Diane Black
State Senate
Nashville

Terri Blevins
Practical Nursing Director
Tennessee Technology Center
Elizabethton

Laura Beth Brown
President
Tennessee Nurses Association
Nashville

Chris Clarke
Vice-President Clinical
Services & Programs
TN Hospital Association
Nashville.

Scott Collier
LPN Representative
Nashville

Joan L. Creasia
Dean
College of Nursing
University of TN
Knoxville

Doris Davenport
Professor, School of Nursing
Austin Peay State University
Clarksville

Shayla Green
Clinical Director of Medical-Surgical-Geriatrics
Methodist LeBonheur Healthcare
Memphis

Vicky B. Gregg
CEO
BlueCross BlueShield of TN
Chattanooga

L. Phil Hunt
President
Middle TN School of Anesthesia
Nashville

Susan R. Jacob
Executive Associate Dean and Professor
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
College of Nursing
Memphis

Linda Jennings
TN Healthcare Association
Education & Clinical Services Manager
Nashville

Beverly Jordan
Baptist Memorial Health Care
Memphis

Patricia A. Kraft
TN Organization of Deans & Directors
of Nursing Programs
Nashville

Samuel Maceri
Director of Nursing Education
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Memphis

Nancy B. Moody
President
Lincoln Memorial University
Harrogate

Maureen Nalle
Assistant Professor
University of Tennessee, College of Nursing
Knoxville

Laurie Acred-Natelson
President
TONE
Knoxville

Linda Norman
Senior Associate Dean of Academics
School of Nursing, Vanderbilt University
Nashville

Freida Outlaw
Executive Director
Office of Special Populations and Minority Services
Nashville

Anne Plumb
Dean of Nursing
Baptist College of Health Sciences
Memphis

Zoila Vichot Sanchez
Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Memphis

Leslie West-Sands
Chair of Dpt. of Nursing & Professor of Nursing
Jackson State Community College
Jackson

Mavis Shorn
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing
Nashville

Patricia L. Smith
Dean, College of Nursing
East TN State University
Johnson City

Paula Speers
Executive Director
Nursing Institute of the Mid-South
Memphis

Susan P. Veale
Administrative Manager
Rural Health Association of Tennessee
Murfreesboro

Lynn Whisman
Senior Vice-President, Chief Nursing Executive
Erlanger Health Systems
Chattanooga

Debra Wollaber
Dean
School of Nursing
Belmont University
Nashville

Bonnie Yegidis
University of TN System
Knoxville

Caroline Young
President
Nashville Health Care Council
Nashville

Ex-Officios (Non-Voting) :

Elizabeth Lund
Executive Director
Tennessee Board of Nursing

Donna Roddy
Member, TN Board of Nursing
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee
Chattanooga

GUEST PARTICIPANTS (Non-Voting):

Paul Haynes
Executive Director
Nashville Career Advancement Center
Nashville

Claude Pressnell, Jr.
President
Tennessee Independent Colleges and Universities Association
Nashville

Dava Shoffner
Associate Professor, CON
University of TN
Knoxville