Alaska

Louise Dean, MBA
Workforce Development Coordinator
ph: 907/786-4595
fax: 907/269-8196 550
email: anlmd@uaa.alaska.edu

Alaska Board of Nursing
Colleagues In Caring
W. 7th Avenue, Ste. 1500
Anchorage, AK 99507

website:
nursing.uaa.alaska.edu/SON/ACIC/

Dorothy Fulton, MA, RN
Executive Administrator, Alaska Board of Nursing
PH 907/269-8161
fax: 9070269-8196
e-mail: dorothy_fulton@dced.state.ak.us

Arizona

Fran Roberts, PhD, RN
Vice President 
ph: 602-445-4300 ext. 4319
fax: 602-445-4299
email: froberts@azhha.org

Arizona's Nursing Workforce Development Program
Arizona Hospital & Healthcare Association 
Professional Services 
2901 North Central Avenue, Suite 900
Phoenix, AZ 85012-2729

website:
www.azhha.org/public/workforce/cic/

Arkansas

Center for Arkansas Nursing, Incorporated (CANI)
1401 W. Capitol Avenue, Suite 155
Little Rock, AR 72201

Barbara Williams
email: barbaraw@mail.uca.edu

Faith Fields
email: fields@arsbn.org

Cindy Crone
email: cronecynthiac@uams.edu

California

Ellen M. Lewis, MSN, RN
Program Administrator, Nursing & Allied Health 
ph: 949/824-8932 
fax: 949/824-3842 
email: elewis@uci.edu

California's Nursing Work Force Initiative (CSPCN/CIC)
University of California-Irvine 
College of Medicine 
Medical Education Building 802 
Irvine, CA 92697-4098

website:
www.ucihs.uci.edu/cspcn/

Karen Sechrist, PhD, RN, FAAN 
Project Consultant 
ph: 949/824-7057 
fax: 949/854-8532 
email: krsech@pacbell.net

Colorado

Kristina R. Wenzel, MBA, RN
Project Coordinator 
ph: 303/733-7277
fax: 303/715-0347
email: kriswenzel@uchsc.edu or kriswenzel@centralahec.org

Colorado Center for Nursing Excellence
c/o Central Colorado AHEC
2465 S. Downing
Denver, CO 80210
Contact: aimee@coloradonursingcenter.org

website:
www.uchsc.edu/ahec/cando

Connecticut

Diantha McMorrow
Project Director 
ph: 203/265-4248
fax: 203/265-5311 

Colleagues In Caring: Connecticut Consortium
Connecticut League for Nursing 
393 Center Street
P.O. Box 365 
Wallingford, CT 06492-4248
email: cln@chime.net

website: www.ctleaguefornursing.org/colleagu.htm

Gerri Slack
Administrative Assistant

District of Columbia

Judith Baigis, RN, PhD, FAAN
Professor, School of Nursing
ph: 202/687-5127
fax: 202/687-5553 
email: baigisj@georgetown.edu

DC Consortium for Nursing Education & Practice
Georgetown University
School of Nursing 
Box 571107 
3700 Reservoir Road NW 
Washington, DC 20057-1107

website: www.dccnep.org

Dee Reinertson
Administrative Assistant 
ph: 202/687-5154
fax: 202/687-5553
email: reinertd@gunet.georgetown.edu

Florida

Mary Lou Brunell, MSN, RN
Executive Director
ph: 407/823-0981
fax: 407/823-0708
email: brunell@mail.ucf.edu

Florida Center for Nursing
PO Box 163224
Orlando, FL 32816-3224

website:
http://www.FLCenterForNursing.org

Hawaii

Carol Winters-Moorhead, PhD, RN
Project Co-Director
Dean of Nursing and Administration
ph: 808/236-5811
fax: 808/236-5818 
email: cwinters@hpu.edu

Barbara (Bee) M. Kooker, DrPH, APRN, RNC
Project Co-Director
Associate Dean
ph: 808/956-8744
fax: 808/956-3257
email: kooker@hawaii.edu

Community Initiative on Nursing of Hawaii
University Health Group
677 Ala Moana Blvd, Suite 301
P.O. Box 61559
Honolulu, HI 96839

Marla Acosta
Program Developer
email: acosta@hawaii.edu

Idaho

Julie E. Robinson, DPA
Project Consultant
ph: 208/850-5933
fax: 208/327-7430
email:  jrobins@cableone.net

Donna Parker
ph: 208/327-7428
fax: 208/327-7430
email:  parkdonn@isu.edu

Idaho Commission on Nursing and Nursing Education
12301 W. Explorer Drive, Suite 102
Boise, ID  83713-1571

website: http://icnne.isu.edu/

Kathleen Nelson
Chair, ICNNE
1600 S. 25th Street
Idaho Falls, ID 83404-5788

ph: 208/524-3000 x3348
email: kathleen@eitc.edu

Illinois

Ann O'Sullivan
President
email: aosullivan@blessinghospital.com

Illinois Coalition for Nursing Resources
c/o the Illinois Hospital Association
1151 East Warrenville Road
Naperville, IL 60566

website: http://www.ic4nr.org

Beth A. Brooks, PhD, RN, CHE
President, The Brooks Group, Inc.
email: brooksbe@worldnet.att.net

Indiana

Barbara Mitchell, MSN,
MS, RN, C
Executive Director
ph: 317-574-1325
fax: 317-573-0875

email:
info@nursing2000inc.org

Nursing 2000
9302 North Meridian Street
Suite 365
Indianapolis, IN 46260

website: www.nursing2000inc.org

Iowa

Eileen Gloor, MSN, RN
ph: 515-281-8309
fax: 515-242-6384
email: egloor@idph.state.ia.us

Center for Health Workforce Planning
Iowa Department of Public Health
321 East 12th Street
5th Floor Lucas Building
Des Moines, IA 50319

website: www.idph.state.ia.us/ch/health_
care_care_access_content/

Louisiana

Barbara L. Morvant
Executive Director, Board of Nursing
Staff, Nursing Supply and Demand Commission
ph: 504-838-5332
fax: 504-838-5433
email: morvantb@lsbn.state.la.us

Louisiana State Board of Nursing
3510 N. Causeway Blvd., Suite 601
Metairie, Louisiana 70002-3531
website: www.lsbn.state.la.us

Maine

Jane Kirschling
Dean, College of Nursing
and Health Professions
ph: 207/780-4404
fax: 207/780-4997
email:
jane.kirschling@usm.maine.edu

Maine Statewide Nursing Initiative
University of Southern Maine
College of Nursing and Health Professions
125 Masterton Hall
PO Box 9300
Portland, ME 04104-9300

Maryland

Kathryn V. Hall, RN, MS, CNAA 
Project Director
ph: 410/944-5800 
fax 410/944-5802 
email:
marylandnursesassociation@
erols.com

Maryland Colleagues in Caring
21 Governor's Court
Suite 195
Baltimore, MD 21244

Massachusetts

Karen Daley
email: 
kdmna@msn.com

Massachusetts Center for Nursing
PO Box 285
Milton, MA 02186

website: www.mursema.org

Management Team

Mary Manning
email: mamtmanning@comcast.net

Maureen Sroczynski
email: msrocz@aol.com

Michigan

Carol Garlinghouse, MSN, RN
Project Director
ph: 517-347-8091
fax: 517-347-4096
email: cgarling@mhc.org

Michigan Center for Nursing
Michigan Health Council
2410 Woodlake Drive
Okemos, MI 48864

website: www.michigancenterfornursing.org

Minnesota

Ann Jones, DNSc, RN
Chairperson 
ph: 612/624-0490
email: jones240@umn.edu

MN Colleagues In Caring Collaborative
c/o Densford International Center for Nursing Leadership 
6-101 WDH 
308 Harvard Street SE 
Minneapolis, MN 55455 

website: www.mnnursing.org
email: mncic@umn.edu

Mississippi

Wanda Jones
Executive Director 
ph: 601-368-3321
fax: 601-368-3200
email:
wjones@monw.org

Mississippi Office of Nursing Workforce
6425 Lakeover Road
Jackson, MS 39213

website: http://www.monw.org
email: info@monw.org

Kim Hoover, PhD, RN 
Director of Research
ph: 601/368-3323
email: khoover@monw.org

Missouri- Columbia

Alice F. Kuehn, PhD, RN, CS, FNP/GNP 
Associate Professor,
Sinclair School of Nursing 
ph: 573/882-0232 
fax: 573/884-4544 
email:
kuehna@health.missouri.edu

Northeast Missouri Colleagues In Caring
University of Missouri-Columbia 
S322 Nursing Building 
Columbia, MO 65211 

website: www.ruralnursing.org

Rose Porter
Dean, School of Nursing
email: porterr@missouri.edu

Barbara Primm, BSN, RN, C
Chair, Council of Governors
Assistant Administrator, Loch Haven Nursing Home
701 Sunset Hills Drive, PO Box 187
Macon, MO 63552
ph: 660/385-3113
email:  barb_primm@missouri.edu

Missouri- Kansas City

Nancy M. Mills, PhD, RN
Project Director
Dean, School of Nursing 
ph: 816/235-1752 
fax: 816/235-1701 
email:
millsn@umkc.edu

Danielle Freeman
Administrative Assistant 
ph: 816/235-1752 
email:
freemanda@umkc.edu

University of Missouri-Kansas City 
2220 Holmes 
Kansas City, MO 64108 

website: www.healthresource.org

Helen R. Connors, PhD, RN
Associate Dean,
Academic Affairs
Univ. of Kansas
School of Nursing
3901 Rainbow Boulevard
Kansas City, KS 66160
ph: 913/588-1614
fax: 913/588-1660 
email: hconnors@kumc.edu

Diane Daldrup
Project Coordinator
email:  ddaldrup@healthresource.org

Montana

Margaret Wafstet, RN, MS
Project Director
ph: 406/243-7864
fax: 406/243-7899
email:  wafstetm@selway.umt.edu

University of Montana- Missoula
College of Technology
909 South Avenue West
Missoula, MT 59801

website: www.montana.edu/wwwnu/mint.html

Nebraska

Charlene Kelly, RN, PhD
Section Administrator
ph: 402/471-0317
fax: 402/471-1066
email:
charlene.kelly@hhss.state.ne.us

Nebraska Health and Human Services System
Center for Nursing
301 Centennial Mall South
P.O. Box 94986
Lincoln, NE 68509-4986

website: www.center4nursing.org

New Jersey

Geri L. Dickson, PhD, RN 
Project Director 
ph: 973/353-1307
fax: 973/353-1874
email:
dickson@nightingale.rutgers.edu

The New Jersey Collaborating Center for Nursing
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey 
College of Nursing
75 Halsey Street   
Newark, NJ 07102 

website: www.njccn.org

Julia Plotnick, MPH, PNP, FAAN
Project Consultant
ph: 732/846-7518
email:  plotnick@nightingale.rutgers.edu

New Mexico

Fran A'Hearn Smith, DNSc 
Director of Nursing Service
1111 Standford N.E.
Albuquerque, NM 87016
ph: 505/841-4124
fax: 505/841-4147 
email: fran@doh.state.nm.us

NM Center for Nursing Excellence

website: www.nmnurseswork.org

North Carolina

Brenda Cleary,
PhD, RN, FAAN
Project Director
ph: 919/715-3523
fax: 919/715-3528
email:  bcleary@northcarolina.edu

North Carolina Nurse
Workforce Planning Model
North Carolina Center for Nursing
222 North Person Stret
Raleigh, NC  27601

website: www.nurseNC.org

Linda Lacey, MA
Associate Director for Research
email:  lmlacey@northcarolina.edu

Billy Bevill
Associate Director, Recruitment & Retention
phone: 919-715-3524
email: bbevill@northcarolina.edu

Ohio

Jane F. Mahowald, MA, RN 
Executive Director
ph: 440/331-2721
fax: 440/331-2744
email: jfmahowald@aol.com

Nursing Work Force 2000:
The Ohio Articulation Project
Ohio League for Nursing 
Park West Office Building
20545 Center Ridge Road, Suite 205
Rocky River, OH 44116

website: www.oncem.org/

Oregon

Deborah A. Burton
Executive Director
ph: 503/943-7150
fax: 503/943-7729
email: burton@up.edu

Oregon Center for Nursing
University of Portland Buckley Center Room 339
5000 N. Willamette Boulevard
Portland, Oregon 97203-5798

website: www.oregoncenterfornursing.org
email: info@oregoncenterfornursing.org

Pennsylvania

Lynn Gurski-Leighton, MHA, RN
Director, Clinical Services
ph: 717/561-5308
fax: 717/561-5334
email: lgleighton@haponline.org

The Hospital and Healthsystem
Association of Pennsylvania
4750 Lindle Road
P.O. Box 8600
Harrisburg, PA 17105-8600

website: www.haponline.org

Rhode Island

Marcia E. Bliss, RN, MS, MBA
Project Director
ph: 401/274-3243
fax: 401/274-1838
email: marciab@hari.org

Colleagues in Caring - Rhode Island
Hospital Association of Rhode Island

website: www.nursingcareersRI.org

Dayle Joseph, EdD
Dean, University of Rhode Island
Co-Chair, Steering Committee
ph: 401/874-2766
fax: 401/874-3811
email: dayle@uri.edu

Cathy E. Duquette, PhD, RN, CPHQ
Senior Vice President,
Co-Chair, Sterring Committee
Hospital Association of Rhode Island
880 Butler Drive - Suite One
Providence, RI 02906
ph: 401/274-1519
fax: 401/274-1838
email: CathyD@hari.org

South Carolina

Marilyn Brady, PhD, RN
Project Coordinator
Trident Technical College
Charleston, SC 29423
email: marilyn.brady@tridenttech.edu

South Carolina Colleagues In Caring
University of South Carolina 
College of Nursing 
1601 Greene Street
Columbia, SC 29208 

website: www.sc.edu/nursing/cic/index.htm

South Dakota

Gloria Damgaard 
South Dakota Center for Nursing Workforce
email: gloria.damgaard@state.sd.us

South Dakota Center for Nursing Workforce
4305 South Louise Avenue,
Suite 201
Sioux Falls, SD 57106-3115

website:
http://www.state.sd.us/doh/nursing/sdcenter.htm

Winora Robles
Senior Secretary
South Dakota Center for Nursing Workforce
4305 South Louise Avenue,
Ste. 201
Sioux Falls, SD 57106-3115
ph: 605/362-2760
fax: 605/362-2768
email: Winora.Robles@state.sd.us

Tennessee

Ann P. Duncan, MPH, RN
Executive Director
Tennesse Center for Nursing
email:
ann@centerfornursing.org

Tennessee Center for Nursing
545 Mainstream Drive, Suite 406
Nashville, TN 37228
ph: 615/242-8205
fax: 615/242-8207
website:  http://www.centerfornursing.org/

Texas

Claudia Johnston, PhD, RN 
Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
ph: 361/825-2712 
fax: 361/825-5789 
email: johnston@falcon.tamucc.edu

Nursing Work Force Beyond 2000:
Greater Coastal Bend Regional Consortium
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi 
6300 Ocean Drive 
CCH291
Corpus Christi, TX 78412 

website: www.sci.tamucc.edu/~nw2k/

Lois Barry
eLine Project Manager
phone: 361/825-2758
email: lbarry@falcon.tamucc.edu

Vermont

Susan A. Boyer, MEd, RN
Project Director
Office of Nursing Workforce Research, Planning and Development
University of Vermont
Rowell 216
Burlington, VT 05405-0068
ph: 802/674-7069
fax: 802/674-7155

email: daystarfarm@earthlink.net

Mary Val Palumbo, MSN, APRN
ph: (802) 656-0023
email: mpalumbo@zoo.uvm.edu

Vermont Nurse Internship Project
289 County Road
Windsor, VT 05089

website: www.vahhs.org/vnip.htm

Jill Lord, MS, RN
President Elect
Vermont Organization of Nurse Leaders
Mt. Ascutney Hospital
289 County Road
Windsor, VT 05809
ph: 802/674-7224
fax: 802/674-7155
email: jill.m.lord@hitchcock.org

Virginia

JoAnne Kirk Henry, EdD, RN, CS
Director, Community Nursing Organization
ph: 804/828-2011
fax: 804/225-3485
email: jhenry@hsc.vcu.edu

Virginia Commonwealth University
1220 East Broad Street
PO Box 980567
Richmond, VA  23298-0567

Shirley Gibson, MSHA, RN
Co-Director, Chairperson, Vice President, and Nurse Executive Chief Nursing Officer
Mary Washington Hospital
ph: 540/741-1455
fax: 540/899-1420
email: shirley.gibson@medicorp.org

West Virginia

E. Jane Martin, PhD, RN, FAAN 
Project Director
Dean, School of Nursing 
ph: 304/293-4831
fax: 304/293-6826 
email: ejmartin@wvu.edu

North Central WV Nursing Workforce Network
West Virginia University
School of Nursing 
6500 Health Sciences South 
P.O. Box 9630 
Morgantown, WV 26506-9630 

website: www.hsc.wvu.edu/son/nwn/