Team

meet the team

Officers

President

Sheldon D. Fields

, PhD, RN, CRNP, FNP-BC, AACRN, FAANP, FNAP, FAAN, FADLN

Associate Dean for Equity and Inclusion The Pennsylvania State University College of Nursing. University Park, PA

1st Vice President

Shirley Evers-Manly

PhD, RN, FAAN

Professor and Dean Alcorn State University School of Nursing
Natchez, MS

1stvicepresident@nbna.org

2nd Vice President

Trilby Barnes-Green

RN, BSN

Post Acute Care Coordinator
Ochsner Network Systems
New Orleans, LA

2ndvicepresident@nbna.org

Mary L. Kelly

Secretary

DNP, MSN, MHA, NEA-BC

New Orleans, LA

secretary@nbna.org

Treasurer

Laurie C. Reid

MS, RN

Past President
Senior Nursing Consultant
Right at Home
Suwanee, GA

treasurer@nbna.org

Founder and President Emeritus*

Lauranne Sams

PhD, RN

Tuskegee, AL

Board of Directors

Tammy Woods

BSN, RN-BC

Nurse Manager

W.G Bill Hefner VA Medical Center
Salisbury, NC

membership@nbna.org

Marie O. Etienne

DNP, APRN, FNP, PNP, D.Min. (h.c.), PLNC

Professor

Miami Dade College, Benjamin Léon School of Nursing
Miami, FL

boardmember2@nbna.org

C. Alicia Georges

EdD, RN, FAAN

Ex-Officio Member

President, National Black Nurses Foundation, Professor and Chair, Department of Nursing Lehman College City University of New York
Bronx, NY

exofficiomember@nbna.org

Katherine Tucker

DNP, RN, APRN-BC, NE-BC

Clinical Program Director

Yale New Haven Hospital,
Heart and Vascular Center |
Co-Principal Investigator and
Program Director, NBNA
New Haven, CT

boardmember4@nbna.org

Chris Bryant

DNP, MSN-PH, RN

Nurse Manager

Kamila Barnes

DNP, FNP-C, FADLN, FNYAM

Associate Professor

Queens, NY

bylaws@nbna.org

Rebecca Harris-Smith

EdD, MSN, BA, RN, FADLN

New Orleans, LA

Martha Dawson

DNP, RN, FACHE, FADLN, FAAN

Immediate Past National President

Associate Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing
Birmingham, AL

immediatepastpres@nbna.org

J'Adore Larosa-Mattis

DNP, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC

Family Nurse Practitioner

Mount Sinai Health System
New York, NY

historian@nbna.org

Myra A. Celestin

DNP, RN, PRP

Parliamentarian

Retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel
Chicago, IL

Parliamentarian@nbna.org

Nicole Wallace

LPN

LPN Representative

Levine Cancer Institute
Charlotte, NC

LPNRepresentative@nbna.org

Rosa Norris

DNP APRN PMHNP-BC FNP-C

Taloria Edwards

Student Representative

Washington, DC

StudentRep@nbna.org

Benita Chatmon

PhD, MSN, RN, CNE

New Orleans, LA

Staff

Executive Director

Tonya Jackson

MSHA, BSN, RN

National Office
tjackson@nbna.org

Membership Services Manager

Estella Lazenby

CMP

National Office
elazenby@nbna.org

Branding | Events Coordinator

Keaonia Shaw

National Office
kshaw@nbna.org

Office Administrator

Tatumn Williams

National Office
twilliams@nbna.org

Executive Assistant

Tylasia Mccullough

National Office
tmccullough@nbna.org

Marketing and Communications Specialist

Faith Janecke

National Office
fjanecke@nbna.org

Message from the President

Greetings I am so glad that you found us here at the National Black Nurses Association (NBNA). From our founding in 1971 to now NBNA is the premier voice for Black nurses. As such we seek to advance healthcare for all communities but with a special emphasis on historically underserved marginalized black and other communities of color. However, NBNA is a place for any nursing professional or nursing student for whom our vision and mission resonates with. Whether you are RN, an LPN/LVN, an advanced practice nurse, or nursing student you are welcome in NBNA. Please take some time to explore our association and all the benefits of joining as a member.

Sheldon D. Fields, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, AACRN, CRNP, FAANP, FNAP, FAAN
14th President & CEO, National Black Nurses Association, Inc

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