Leadership

2026 Board of Directors

Chapter Officers

President: Kim Jinnett, PhD, MSPH

President-Elect/Vice President: Elizabeth DuPriest, PhD

Immediate Past President: Crystal Herron, PhD, ELS(D), CMPP

Secretary: Morgan Leafe, MD, MHA

Treasurer: Sandra Ruhl, RN

Chapter Leaders

Communications Committee Chair: Jennifer Epler, MS, MA

Program Committee Chair: Chris Small, MA, ELS(D)

Pacific Coast Conference Committee Co-Chairs: Linhui Li, PhD; Helen Wilfehrt, PhD, CMPP

Governance Committee Chair: Nancy Katz, PhD, MWC

Chapter Advisory Council Representative: Sandra Ruhl, RN

Pacemaker Newsletter Editor: Zahra Moosavi, MSc

Volunteer Coordinator: Michelle McRae, PhD, ELS

Webmaster: Crystal Herron, PhD, ELS(D), CMPP

Chapter Committees

Communications Committee Members: Haley Stubbs, PhD; Zahra Moosavi, MSc; Sandra Ruhl, RN; Michelle McRae, PhD, ELS; Crystal Herron, PhD, ELS(D), CMPP

Program Committee Members: Haley Stubbs, PhD; Jennifer Epler, MS, MA; Crystal Herron, PhD, ELS(D), CMPP

Governance Committee: Barbara Arnoldussen, RN, MBA; Sandra Ruhl, RN; Crystal Herron, PhD, ELS(D), CMPP; Sudipta Das, PhD

Pacific Coast Conference Committee: Sandra Ruhl, RN; Crystal Herron, PhD, ELS(D), CMPP; Jennifer Epler, MS, MA; Ellen Kuwana, MS; Pravita Balijepalli, PhD

Past Leadership

  • President: Crystal Herron, PhD, ELS(D), CMPP

    President-Elect/Vice President: Kim Jinnett, PhD

    Immediate Past President: Loni Anderson, DOM

    Secretary: Morgan Leafe, MD, MHA

    Treasurer: Linhui Li, PhD

  • President: Loni Anderson, DOM; Crystal Herron, PhD, ELS

    President-Elect/Vice President: Crystal Herron, PhD, ELS

    Immediate Past President: Mark Hagerty, MS

    Secretary: Morgan Leafe, MD, MHA

    Treasurer: Sandra Ruhl, RN

  • President: Mark Hagerty, MS

    President-Elect/Vice President: Loni Anderson

    Secretary: Morgan Leafe, MD, MHA

    Treasurer: Sandra Ruhl, RN

    Immediate Past President: Faezeh (Fae) Koohestani, MS, PhD

  • President: Faezeh (Fae) Koohestani, MS, PhD

    President-Elect/Vice President: Mark Hagerty, MS

    Secretary: Barbara Arnoldussen, RN, MBA

    Treasurer: Sandra Ruhl, RN

    Immediate Past President: Bridget Mazzini, RN, OCN

  • President: Bridget Mazzini, RN, OCN

    President-Elect/Vice President: Faezeh (Fae) Koohestani, PhD

    Secretary: Barbara Arnoldussen, RN, MBA

    Treasurer: Sandra Ruhl, RN

    Immediate Past President: Sandra Ruhl, RN

  • Presidents: Andrea Johnson, BA; Bridget Mazzini, RN, OCN

    Vice Presidents: Bridget Mazzini, RN, OCN; Sandra Ruhl, RN

    Secretary: Barbara Arnoldussen, RN, MBA

    Treasurer: Rose Tomey, BA

    Immediate Past President: Sandra Ruhl, RN

  • President: Sandra Ruhl, RN

    Vice President: Andrea Johnson, BA

    Secretary: Barbara Arnoldussen, RN, MBA

    Treasurer: Rose Tomey, BA

    Immediate Past President: Nancy Katz, PhD, MWC

  • President: Nancy Katz, PhD, MWC

    Vice President: Sandra Ruhl, RN

    Secretary: Barbara Arnoldussen, RN, MBA

    Treasurer: Catherine Magill, PhD

    Immediate Past President: Caren Rickhoff, BA, MWC

  • Acting President: Nancy Katz, PhD, MWC

    Acting Vice President: Toniann Derion, PhD, ELS

    Secretary: Barbara Arnoldussen, RN, MBA

    Treasurer: Catherine Magill, PhD

    Immediate Past President: Caren Rickhoff, BA; Myrna Faulds, BSc

  • President: Caren Rickhoff, BA

    Vice President/President-Elect: Myrna Faulds, BSc

    Secretary: Barbara Arnoldussen, BSN, MBA

    Treasurer: Catherine Magill, PhD

    Immediate Past President: Arushi SInha, PhD

  • President: Arushi Sinha, PhD

    Vice President/President-Elect: Caren Rickhoff, BA

    Secretary: Barbara Arnoldussen, BSN, MBA

    Treasurers: Kariena Dill, PhD; Catherine Magill, PhD

    Immediate Past President: Maggie Norris, BSc, ELS

  • President: Maggie Norris, BSc, ELS

    Vice President/President-Elect: Arushi Sinha, PhD

    Secretary: Joan Brodovsky

    Treasurer: Kariena Dill, PhD

    Immediate Past President: Suzanne Canada, PhD