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Essentials Task Force
Essentials Leadership Team
Jean Giddens, PhD, RN, FAAN
Co-Chair of the Essentials Task Force
Virginia Commonwealth University
Cynthia McCurren, PhD, RN
Co-Chair of the Essentials Task Force
University of Michigan-Flint
John McFadden, PhD, CRNA
Co-Chair of the Essentials Task Force
Barry University

Jean Bartels, PhD, RN
Consultant
Linda Caldwell, DNSc, ANP-BC
Consultant
Nancy DeBasio, PhD, RN, FAAN
Consultant

Lin Zhan, PhD, RN, FAAN
AACN Board Liaison
University of Memphis
Essentials Task Force Members
Angela Amar, PhD, RN, ANEF, FAAN
University of Nevada Las Vegas

Kristin Lee, PhD, MSN, RN, CNE
University of Missouri-Kansas City

Jacklyn Barber, EdD, RN, CNL, CNS
Morningside College

Kim Litwack, PhD, RN, FAAN, APNP
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Carol Buck-Rolland, EdD, APRN
University of Vermont

Mary Morin, MSN, RN, NEA-BC
Sentara Healthcare (Practice)

Jill Case-Wirth, MHA, BSN, RN
WellStar Health System (Practice)

Connie Miller, DNP, RNC-OB, CNE
University of Arizona

Lori Escallier, PhD, RN, CPNP-PC, FAAN
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University

Susan Mullaney, DNP, APRN, GNP-BC,
GS-C, FAANP
UnitedHealth Group (Practice)

Eileen Fry-Bowers, PhD, JD, RN, CPNP, FAAN
University of San Diego
Vincent Hall, PhD, RN, CNE
Walden University

Susan Ruppert, PhD, RN, FNP-C,
ANP-BC, FCCM, FNAP, FAANP, FAAN
University of Texas Health Science Center
at Houston

Beverly Foster, PhD, MN, MPH, RN
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill

Marcella Rutherford, PhD, MBA, MSN, RN
Nova Southeastern University

Jacqueline Hill, PhD, RN
Bowie State University

Martha Scheckel, PhD, MSN, RN
University of St Thomas

Erica Hooper-Arana, DNP, RN, PHN, CNS, CNL
University of San Francisco

Jenny Schuessler, PhD, RN, CNE
University of West Georgia

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