DNP Summit Planning Committee

Rita Frantz, PhD, Chair
University of Iowa
College of Nursing
50 Newton Road, Room 101F NB
Iowa City, IA 52242-1121
(319) 335-7009
rita-frantz@uiowa.edu

Debra Barksdale, PhD
President-Elect, National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties
900 19th Street, NW, Suite 200B
Washington, DC 20006
(202) 289-8044
djbarksdale@unc.edu

Judy Halstead, PhD
President, National League for Nursing
1111 Middle Drive
Indianapolis, IN 46202
(317) 274-3670
jhalstea@iupui.edu

Kenneth Miller, PhD
President-Elect, American Colleges of Nurse Practitioners
225 Reinekers Lane, Suite 525
Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 740-2529
kenneth.miller@okstate.edu

Julie Sebastian, PhD
University of Nebraska Medical Center
College of Nursing
985330 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE 68198-5330
(402) 559-4109
julie.sebastian@unmc.edu

Kimberly Udlis, PhD
University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
College of Nursing
800 Algoma Blvd.
Oshkosh, WI 54901 8660
(920)424-2106
udlis@uwosh.edu

Carolyn Yucha, PhD
University of Nevada-Las Vegas
School of Nursing
4505 Maryland Parkway
PO Box 453018
Las Vegas, NV 89154-3018
(702) 895-5307
carolyn.yucha@unlv.edu

Tracy Williams, DNP
Norton Healthcare
234 East Gray Street, Suite 225
Louisville, KY 40202
(502)629-8075
tracy.williams@nortonhealthcare.org

Nancy Woods, PhD
University of Washington
School of Nursing
Box 357260
Seattle, WA 98195
(206)543-8736
nfwoods@u.washington.edu

Polly Bednash, PhD, Staff Liaison
Chief Executive Officer and Excutive Director
(202) 463-6930 ext. 237
pbednash@aacn.nche.edu

Joan Stanley, PhD, Staff Liaison
Senior Director of Education Policy
(202) 463-6930 ext. 254
jstanley@aacn.nche.edu

Cathi Cox, PhD, Staff Liaison
Director of Faculty Development
(202) 463-6930 ext. 270
ccox@aacn.nche.edu

Barbara Penn, PhD, Staff Liaison
Director of Member Education
(202) 463-6930 ext. 229
bpenn@aacn.nche.edu