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• Executive committee/officers
  • President
  • Immediate past president
  • President-elect
  • Secretary
  • Treasurer
  • Certification chair
  • Chapters coordinator
  • Clinical practice chair
  • Communications chair
  • Education chair
  • Health policy chair
  • Professional issues chair
  • Research chair
  • Strategic planning chair (non-voting)
• Staff
  • Executive director
  • Director of membership, chapters, and communications
  • Director of practice, education, and research
  • Director of human resources, finance, and administration
  • Washington representative for NAPNAP

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Executive committee/officers 

President 

Richard Ricciardi, MSN, RN, CPNP

Uniformed Services University of the Health Science

Bethesda, Maryland

Immediate past president 

Margaret Brady, PhD, RN, CPNP

California State University, Long Beach

Long Beach, California

Azusa Pacific University

Azusa, California

President-elect 

Jo Ann Serota, MSN, RN, CPNP

Ambler Pediatrics

Ambler, Pennsylvania

Secretary 

Martha K. Swartz, PhD, APRN, BC, PNP

Yale University School of Nursing

New Haven, Connecticut

Treasurer 

W. Lawrence Daniels, MSN, CPNP

Hampton University School of Nursing

Hampton, Virginia

Certification chair 

Arlene Sperhac, PhD, RN, CPNP

Rush University College of Nursing

Chicago, Illinois

Chapters coordinator 

Katherine Watson, MS, RN, CPNP

Children's Medical Center

Tucson, Arizona

Clinical practice chair 

Lisa Kohr, MSN, RN, CPNP

Children's Memorial Hospital

Chicago, Illinois

Communications chair 

Linda Lindeke, PhD, RN, CPNP

University of Minnesota School of Nursing

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Education chair 

Melanie Percy, PhD, RN, CPNP

New York University

New York, New York

Health policy chair 

Karen Duderstadt, MS, RN, PNP

University of California–San Francisco

School of Nursing, Family Health Care

San Francisco, California

Professional issues chair 

Rosemary Liguori, PhD, CPNP, RN

Retired from the University of Oklahoma

College of Nursing–NP Faculty

Research chair 

Kathleen Sawin, DNS, CPNP

Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, Virginia

Strategic planning chair (non-voting) 

Juanita Conkin Dale, PhD, RN, CPNP

Children's Medical Center of Dallas

Dallas, Texas

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Staff 

Executive director 

Karen KellyThomas, PhD, RNC, FAAN

National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners

Cherry Hill, New Jersey

Director of membership, chapters, and communications 

Joe Casey, BA

National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners

Cherry Hill, New Jersey

Director of practice, education, and research 

Dolores Jones, EdD, RN, CPNP

National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners

Jacksonville, Florida

Director of human resources, finance, and administration 

Cathy Van Horn, PHR

National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners

Cherry Hill, New Jersey

Washington representative for NAPNAP 

Allison Weber Shuren, MSN, JD, RN

Arent Fox Kintner Plotkin & Kahn, PLLC

Washington, DC