Board of Commissioners

Representing Chief Nurse Administrators	Term Expires
Linda M. Caldwell, DNSc, ANP-BC - Chair Chair, Division of Nursing Curry College Milton, MA	2012
Debra C. Davis, DSN, RN Dean and Professor College of Nursing University of South Alabama Mobile, AL	2013
Judith F. Karshmer, PhD, PMHCNS-BC Dean and Professor, School of Nursing University of San Francisco San Francisco, CA	2014

Representing Faculty	Term Expires
Ruth M. Kleinpell, PhD, RN, FAAN Director, Center for Clinical Research and Scholarship and Professor College of Nursing Rush University Chicago, IL	2014
Carol Ledbetter, PhD, FNP, BC, FAAN Professor, School of Nursing University of North Florida Jacksonville, FL	2012*
Susan D. Ruppert, PhD, ANP-BC, NP-C, FCCM, FAANP Assistant Dean and Professor, School of Nursing The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Houston, TX	2012

Representing Professional Consumers	Term Expires
Ellen B. Ceppetelli, MS, RN, CNL - Vice Chair Former Director of Nursing Education Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Lebanon, NH	2012
David R. Marshall, JD, MSN, RN, NEA-BA, CENP Chief Nursing and Patient Care Services Officer The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston Galveston, TX	2014

Representing Public Consumers	Term Expires
Nancy Jordheim, MEd Assistant Superintendent, Human Resources Fargo Public Schools Fargo, ND	2014
Carl L. Middleton, DMin Vice President of Theology and Ethics Catholic Health Initiatives Englewood, CO	2012

Representing Practicing Nurses	Term Expires
John Michael Flaitz, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC - Treasurer Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Family Medicine Clinic, Naval Hospital Jacksonville, FL	2013
Barbara E. Lakatos, DNP, RN, PMHCNS-BC, APN Program Director, Psychiatric Nursing Resource Service Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA	2014
Deborah L. Schofield, DNP, CRNP - Secretary Nurse Practitioner Clinical Program Manager University of Maryland Medical Center Baltimore, MD	2012

* Final term