State Grassroots Liaison Program 10/5/09 AACN’s Government Affairs Committee (GAC) is unveiling its State Grassroots Liaison Program in 2004. State Liaisons work with AACN staff and the GAC to a) coordinate AACN member visits to their Senators during the AACN Fall and Spring annual meetings; b) mentor less experienced Deans/Directors/Chairs in Capitol Hill visits; c) keep the GAC and AACN staff informed of state legislative issues related to nursing education and research; d) monitor their state for new or reopened nursing programs; e) advise the GAC on educational needs of the AACN membership; and f) serve in the role for 2 years with the possibility of reappointment. The following are confirmed State Grassroots Liaisons: Alabama Carol Easley Allen-Oakwood University Debra Davis-University of South Alabama Alaska Jean Ballantyne-University of Alaska Anchorage Arizona Bernadette Melnyk-Arizona State University Anne McNamara-Grand Canyon University Arkansas Rebecca Burris-Arkansas Tech University Barbara Williams-University of Central Arkansas California Ellen Olshansky-University of California-Irvine Aja Tulleners-Lesh-Azusa Pacific University Colorado Pat Moritz-University of Colorado Denver Candace Berardinelli-Regis University Connecticut Jeanne Novotny-Fairfield University Delaware Kenneth Miller-University of Delaware Yvonne Stringfield-Delaware State University District of Columbia Mary Hill-Howard University Florida Jean Wortock-St. Petersburg College Jean Leuner-University of Central Florida Georgia Lucy Marion-Medical College of Georgia Lisa Eichelberger-Clayton State University Jean Bartels-Georgia Southern University Hawaii Mary Boland-University of Hawaii at Manoa Idaho Carol Ashton-Idaho State University Illinois Linda Samson-Governors State University Maria Connolly-University of Saint Francis Indiana Carol Sternberger-Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne Nadine Coudret-University of Southern Indiana Iowa Mary Tarbox-Mount Mercy College Dolores Hilden-Saint Ambrose University Kansas Liane Connelly-Fort Hays State University Mary Carol Pomatto-Pittsburg State University Kentucky Jane Kirschling-University of Kentucky Erla Mowbray-Morehead State University Carolyn Lewis-Spalding University Louisiana Norann Planchock-Northwestern State University of Louisiana Ann Cary-Loyola University of New Orleans Maine Barbara Higgins-Husson College Maryland Judith Feustle-Stevenson University Massachusetts Kathleen Scoble-Elms College Greer Glazer-University of Massachusetts at Boston Michigan Linda Thompson Adams-Oakland University Cynthia McCurren-Grand Valley State University Minnesota Marty Witrak-The College of Saint Scholastica Connie Delaney-University of Minnesota Mississippi Kim Hoover-University of Mississippi Medical Center Lizabeth Carlson-Delta State University Missouri Nancy DeBasio-Research College of Nursing Susan Fetsch-Avila University Teri Murray-Saint Louis University Montana Helen Melland-Montana State University-Bozeman Nebraska Virginia Tilden-University of Nebraska Medical Center Eleanor Howell-Creighton University Nevada Patsy Ruchala-University of Nevada-Reno New Hampshire Lynette Hamlin-University of New Hampshire Paula Williams-Rivier College New Jersey Phyllis Hansell-Seton Hall University Julie Bliss-William Paterson University New Mexico Nancy Ridenour-University of New Mexico Jacalyn Ryberg-New Mexico State University New York Glenda Kelman-The Sage Colleges Susan Saladino-Saint Francis College North Carolina Lorna Harris-North Carolina Central University William Cody-Queens University of Charlotte North Dakota Karen Latham-Medcenter One College of Nursing Ohio Patricia Martin-Wright State University Laura Cox Dzurec-Kent State University Teresa Wood-Mount Vernon Nazarene University Oklahoma Carole Kenner-University of Oklahoma Kenda Jezek-Oral Roberts University Oregon Joanne Warner-University of Portland Bonnie Saucier-Linfield College Pennsylvania Christine Alichnie-Bloomsburg University Rhode Island Jane Williams-Rhode Island College South Carolina Rosanne Pruitt-Clemson University Peggy Hewlett-University of South Carolina South Dakota Roberta Olson-South Dakota State University Tennessee Patty Kraft-Carson-Newman College Texas Josephine Kahler-Texas A&M University-Texarkana Eileen Breslin-University of Texas Health Science Center-San Antonio Utah Maureen Keefe-University of Utah Vermont Contact AACN GA Staff at gthrowe@aacn.nche.edu Virginia Contact AACN GA Staff at gthrowe@aacn.nche.edu Washington Mary Sue Gorski-Gonzaga University Patricia Butterfield-Washington State University West Virginia Rose Kutlenios-Wheeling Jesuit University Georgia Narsavage-West Virginia University Wisconsin Sally Lundeen-University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee Rosemary Smith-University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh Wyoming Mary Burman-University of Wyoming Government Affairs | AACN Home Copyright © 2008 by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. All rights reserved.