This committee works with the 51³Ô¹Ïstaff to plan high quality Annual Meetings and training for all incoming program planners.
Please note: 51³Ô¹ÏRegular Individual and Student members may be appointed by the 51³Ô¹ÏPresident to Board Advisory Committees and Ad Hoc Committees (usually Task Forces) unless otherwise specified in the 51³Ô¹ÏBylaws. Sustaining members may not be appointed to these committees.
Committee and task force communities in 51³Ô¹ÏConnect are restricted to only those members appointed to the committee or task force.
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2027 Committee Roster
Program Planning Committee Chair
April Lehrling, MS, RN-C
Southeastern Oklahoma State University
Incoming Program Planning Committee Chair and Poster Chair
Nancy Gentry Russell, DNP, FNP-BC
Johns Hopkins University
Section Program Planners
Administration
Sara Nimmo, MBA
Missouri State University
Advanced Practice Clinicians
John Laury, CRNP
University of Pennsylvania
Clinical Medicine
Philip Hunter Spotts, MD, FAAFP
Duke University
Health and Well-Being Executive Leadership
Laurel Halsey, MBA
Colorado State University – Fort Collins
Health Promotion
Mary Kate Coghlan
University of Pennsylvania
Mental Health
Kiera Walker, PhD, LPC, NCC
University of Alabama-Birmingham
Nurse Administrator
TBD
Nursing
Megan Huddleston, RN, BSN
University of Missouri
Pharmacy
Michele Frontale, BS, RPh
Syracuse University
51³Ô¹ÏExecutive Committee
51³Ô¹ÏPresident
Andreea Baker, RN, BSN, MSN
Doane University
51³Ô¹ÏPresident-Elect
Oliver Tacto, DSW, MSW, MPH, CHES
Maryville University
51³Ô¹ÏVice President/Leadership Development Advisor
Michelle Laabs, MSN, FNP-C
Concordia University Irvine
BOD Liaison
Padma Entsuah, MPH, CHES, CWHC
Columbia University
Continuing Education Advisors
Chair, Continuing Education Committee and Advisor for Continuing Medical Education and Continuing Education for Family Physicians
Scott Henderson, MD
University of Missouri
Advisor for Continuing Education for Certified Health Education Specialists
Gina Orlando, MPH
Columbia University
Advisor for Continuing Nursing Education
Brenda Masiga-Crowell, DNP, MBA, RN, CNL
Purdue University
Advisor for Continuing Education for Psychologists
Michael Malmon, PhD
Metropolitan State University of Denver
Advisor for Continuing Education for National Certified Counselors
Kiera Walker, MA, LPC, NCC
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Advisor for Continuing Education for Social Workers
Hillary Liles, LCSW, LCAS
East Carolina University
Advisor for Continuing Education for Pharmacists
Tabitha (Tabby) Ragland, PharmD
Middle Tennessee State University
51³Ô¹ÏStaff
Interim Chief Program Officer
Lisa Pitrone
51³Ô¹Ï
Director of Meetings
Susan Ainsworth, BA
51³Ô¹Ï
Education Manager
Katie Wilkins, BS
51³Ô¹Ï
Education Coordinator
Misty Bowen, BA
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