President

Dr. Dumas is a Professor and serves as a full-time member of the faculty of Stony Brook University, teaching in both the ANP and FNP Programs.  She co-authored the distance learning Family Nurse Practitioner Program, introduced Problem Based Learning to the on-site ANP Program, and serves as a mentor for junior faculty.  In addition to her teaching responsibilities, she maintains a part-time clinical practice in primary care at the Northport Veterans Administration. She received the 1996 NONPF Outstanding NP Educator Award and the 2001 American College of Nurse Practitioners Sharp Cutting Edge Award.  In 2005, she was inducted as a 2005 Fellow of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (FAANP).  

Vice President & President Elect

Shirlee Drayton-Brooks, PhD, FNP, APRN, BC, CRRN

Widener University

Term: 2008-2010

Dr. Drayton-Brooks is currently an Associate Professor of Nursing and Director of the Family Nurse Practitioner Program at Widener University, School of Nursing.  Dr. Drayton-Brooks has served a 2-term past National Secretary of the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF).  Further, service to NONPF included early task force work to identify cultural competencies, Archives Committee (member), and contribution to Advanced nursing practice building curriculum for quality nurse practitioner education.  Most recently, Dr. Drayton-Brooks was appointed in March 2007 by Secretary Leavitt to the National Advisory Council on Nursing Education and Practice (NACNEP) for a 4-year term.  The Council advises the Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services and the US Congress on policy issues related to Title VIII programs administered by the HRSA Bureau of Health Professions, Division of Nursing, including nurse workforce supply, education, and practice improvement. 

Secretary

Dr. Kathy Crabtree is a Professor of Nursing at the Oregon Health & Sciences University where she has helped to develop the DNP program.  As DNP faculty, she teaches NPs and doctoral students and continues practice as an Adult NP in Oregon.  As a leader in NP education, Dr. Crabtree developed and directed federal training grants for NP education in multiple specialties. She co-directed the HRSA-funded project conducted by NONPF and AACN to develop validated, national competencies for 5 NP specialties in primary care.  She served on the NONPF Board of Directors for 2 terms as Chair of the Educational Standards and Guidelines Committee.  She most recently chaired the NONPF Practice Doctorate Committee.

Treasurer

Kathryn Fiandt DNS, FAANP
University of Texas Medical Branch
Term: 2009-2010

Dr. Kathryn Fiandt is the Associate Dean for Graduate Programs and Clinical Affairs at the University of Texas Medical Branch.  She is presently in academic administration, responsible for both the MSN/DNP program and the practice enterprise, and has 12 years experience as Director of a FNP program.  Dr. Fiandt was a Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Fellow.  She has been a member of NONPF for the last 15 years. She has previous NONPF board experience as a member of the NONPF Board 1998-2002; during her time on the Board Dr. Fiandt led the creation of the Special Interest Groups.  In addition, she served on both the NONPF Nominating Committee and the Bylaws Committee. 

Mary Burman, PhD, RN, FNP, BC
University of Wyoming
First Term: 2007-2009

Dr. Burman has served on the faculty of the University of Wyoming for 14 years. She is currently Professor, School of Nursing, and Associate Dean, Academic Affairs for the College of Health Sciences. Before assuming this position she directed the Family Nurse Practitioner program. She continues to teach in the NP program. Her area of research is on models of nurse practitioner practice and outcomes of care. In addition, Dr. Burman maintains a part-time practice with low-income uninsured persons, especially those experiencing chronic illness.  She has chaired the NONPF International SIG for several years.

Tess Judge-Ellis, DNP, ARNP, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC
University of Iowa
Term: 2009-2010

Dr. Tess Judge-Ellis is an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of Iowa College of Nursing and has served as the FNP program coordinator since 1999.  She is board certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner and a Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner.  Her teaching responsibilities are primarily with the graduate nurse practitioner and DNP programs and she regularly serves as a guest lecturer on cultural competence to pre-licensure students. Dr. Judge-Ellis has had an active leadership role in the Interdisciplinary Culturally Competent Care Initiative (CCCI) with a goal to address the cultural competence needs of faculty, staff and students in the health science colleges of the UI.  In 2005 she was awarded the Friends of Iowa Civil Rights, Inc. Individual Award and the Catalyst Award from The University of Iowa Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity in recognition for her leadership efforts towards developing cultural competence and the elimination of health disparity.  Dr. Judge-Ellis is active in clinical practice 2-3 days per week in a solo rural family practice clinic and a multi-discipline psychiatry office. Dr. Judge-Ellis has been a member of NONPF for 8 years.

Marva Mizell Price, DrPH, RN, FAANP, FAAN
Duke University
Term: 2009-2011

Dr. Marva Mizell Price spent five years as the director of the FNP speciality at Duke University. She continues to teach in the FNP program and is Director of Admission for the Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP) Program. She has 35 years experience as a certified FNP, maintaining part-time clinical practice in a family planning clinic.  Dr. Price has served more than a decade as a gubernatorial appointee to the State Public Health Commission; collaborating to formulate rules and regulations for public health legislation passed by the North Carolina General Assembly.   She serves on the Susan G. Komen for the Cure National African American Advisory Council.  Dr. Price served on the NONPF Clinical Doctorate Task Force in 2005-2006 and chaired the NONPF subcommittee on Faculty Qualifications, Faculty Development, and Student Admissions Criteria.

Randolph Rasch
Vanderbilt University
Second Term: 2008-2010

Dr. Rasch is a Professor and Director of the Family Nurse Practitioner Program at Vanderbilt University.  He has been a Family Nurse Practitioner for over 26 years and has held several positions in nursing education, including NP coordinator at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and consultant to NP education programs in the United Kingdom and Botswana, Africa.  He is currently featured in the nurse educator recruitment campaign sponsored by the Nurses for a Healthier Tomorrow and actively speaks to and works with organizations on this issue and increasing diversity in nursing, including NPs.  He is the immediate past co-president of the Middle Tennessee Advanced Practice Nurses Group and serves on a number of advisory boards.  He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Vanderbilt University Center for Health Services and Chair of the CHS Project Advisory Committee.

Lenore Resick, PhD, APRN, BC, NP-C

Duquesne University

Second Term:  2009-2011

Dr. Lenore Resick is currently the Director of the FNP Clinical Specialty in the MSN program at the Duquesne University School of Nursing.  In addition, she has served as Director of Duquesne’s Nurse-Managed Wellness Center since 1996.  She previously served as Chair of the NONPF Distance Learning SIG (2002-3) and during this time led the SIG in identifying guidelines for distance learning and served as editor of the document Guidelines for Distance Learning in Nurse Practitioner Education published by NONPF in 2002.  Dr. Resick also participates in NONPF’s activities focused on developing APN educational guidelines relative to mass casualty incidents and is Duquesne’s representative to the International Nursing Coalition for Mass Casualty Education. 

Jacqueline Rhoads PhD, ACNP-BC, ANP-C, PMHNP, FAANP University of Texas Medical Branch
Term:  2009-2011

Dr. Jackie Rhoads is a professor and Graduate Program Director at the University Of Texas Medical Branch School Of Nursing in Galveston Texas.  She has education preparation and certification as an Acute Care, Family, Gerontological, and Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner.  She maintains clinical competence through direct patient care in acute- and primary-care settings. Her experience includes numerous leadership positions in the in the US Army and major positions in schools of nursing and colleges of nursing in both private and public universities  In June 2007, Dr. Rhoads was inducted as a Fellow in the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.  Dr. Rhoads has been a member of NONPF for 15 years.  During that time, she has served on the Nominating Committee and Member Resources Committee.

Anne Thomas, PhD, APRN, BC, ANP, GNP

University of Michigan

First Term: 2008-2010

Dr. Thomas has been actively involved in NONPF over many years.  Her activities have included: An abstract reviewer for the annual conferences, member of the Education Committee’s Task Force on FNP Standards, a member of the Educational Resources Committee, and a current member of the Curriculum Leadership Committee.  She also currently serves as the Co-Chair of the Program Director SIG. Dr. Thomas has also been actively involved throughout her professional career in advancing quality education via curricular development, redesign, implementation and evaluation of nurse practitioner programs while creating and obtaining necessary financial and human resources for colleagues and students. This has been accomplished through academic appointments as well as numerous requests for curriculum consultations to nurse practitioner programs