BONENT - Key Persons


Barbara Morvant

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director / Maine

Betsy J. Houchen

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director / Oklahoma

Carol Johnson

Job Titles:
  • Co - Chair
Promoting, coordinating, and evaluating the development of the organization's continuing education initiatives and offerings. Assisting with the content experts throughout the organization, including the sections with development and presentation of continuing education offerings to facilitate members work as needed. Assist in the delivery of continuing education offerings through a variety of techniques and delivery mechanisms. Establish, maintain, and promote a comprehensive curriculum of continuing education offerings.

Clare Karpinski

Job Titles:
  • Certification Coordinator
  • Director of Certification & Membership

Constance Kalanek

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director / Ohio

Cynthia Gustafson

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director

Dan Williams

Job Titles:
  • Bureau Director - Division of Board Services / Wyoming

Debra Scott

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director

Elizabeth Kiefner Crawford

Job Titles:
  • Director / Iowa

Elizabeth Lund

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director / Texas

George Hebert

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director

Gloria Damgaard

Job Titles:
  • Executive Secretary / Tennessee

Holly Mercer

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director

Jay Douglas

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director

Jennifer L. Filippone

Job Titles:
  • Chief, Practitioner Licensing and Investigations Section / Delaware

Jim Cleghorn

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director

Joe Baker

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director / Georgia

Joey Ridenour

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director / Arkansas

Julia L. George

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director

Karen Bowen

Job Titles:
  • Interim Executive Director / Nevada

Katherine Thomas

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director

Kay N. Gardner - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Co - Chair
Works in tandem with the Exam Test Specialist to coordinate the annual revision of BONENT examination(s). Maintains and updates BONENT examinations to keep content consistent with current practices. Reviews and accepts designated deadlines and ensures that all examination revision committee members meet specified deadlines. Reports all delinquent and/or missing exam revisions to the BONENT President (or in her/his absence, the Vice President) within the time frame specified in the bylaws. Reviews and updates the Policy and Procedure Manual on an annual basis to ensure that it reflects current practices.

Kennetha Julien

Job Titles:
  • Program Director

Kimberly Glazier

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director / Oregon

Laura Rhodes

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director

Laurene C. O'Brien

Job Titles:
  • Interim Executive Secretary

Laurette D. Keiser

Job Titles:
  • Executive Secretary
  • Section Chief

Lee Ann Teshima

Job Titles:
  • Executive Officer

Linda Davidson

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director

Lori Scheidt

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director / Montana

Lorinda Inman

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director / Kansas

Louise Bailey

Job Titles:
  • Executive Officer

Marilyn Lawlor

Job Titles:
  • Accountant

Mary Blubaugh

Job Titles:
  • Executive Administrator

Max Sewell

Job Titles:
  • Webmaster

Melinda E. Rush

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director

Michael Morales

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Sponsorship Committee

Michele Bromberg

Job Titles:
  • Nursing Act Coordinator

Myra Broadway

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director / Maryland

Nancy Murphy

Job Titles:
  • Administrator

Nancy Sanders

Job Titles:
  • Executive Administrator

Patricia Ann Noble

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director

Paula Meyer

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director

Paulette C. Sheeley - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Member of the Board of Directors
Submits all bylaws changes to the Board of Directors at the Board of Directors meeting(s) to be voted on and ratified. Performs ongoing solicitation of funding from corporations, organizations and individuals to help support BONENT financial goals. Generates ideas for fund raising activities, researching and presenting those ideas to the Board of Directors for their discussion and approval.

Peter Anas

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director

Rebecca England

Job Titles:
  • CHT, Chair
  • CHT, Co - Chair
Maintains a current organization chart of the Board of Directors, including Board member terms of office. Publishes Call for Nominations article in the Spring issue of Update newsletter. Maintains a list of potential candidates throughout the year for inclusion in the ballot of nominees. The committee shall nominate candidates for election to the Board of Directors. It shall endeavor to seek nominees representing each of the following five regions of the country: Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Northwest and Southwest.

RJ Picciano - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Co - Chair
  • Member of the Board of Directors
The committee shall review at random the credentials of at least five percent of applicants seeking recertification to assure that such credentials are valid. The committee shall also review the credentials of potential proctors of BONENT exams prior to their acceptance. Research all grievances filed by members; mediate the dispute; and prepare recommendations to the Board of Directors for final decision. The Chair of the committee will be appointed by the President and will include the International Advisor and President.

Sandra Evans

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director

Shirley Brekken

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director

Sue Tedford

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director

Zelma Griffin - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Co - Chair
  • Member of the Board of Directors