AACN - Key Persons


Aaron Sebach

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Membership Committee

Arielle Ben-Yosef

Job Titles:
  • Accreditation Assistant

Ben Karnes

Job Titles:
  • Accreditation Manager

Benjamin Murray

Job Titles:
  • Deputy Executive Director

Beth Aronson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Membership Committee
  • Director of Membership and Business Development

Blaine Hoffman

Job Titles:
  • Engagement Coordinator

Cynthia Leaver

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Program Committee
  • Director of Academic Nursing Development

Cynthia McCurren

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Nominating Committee

Cynthia Rubenstein

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Program Committee
  • Chairman, Transform Conference Subcommittee / Randolph - Macon College / Director of Nursing

Daniel Michalski

Job Titles:
  • Director of Accreditation Services

Dean, Chief Nurse

Job Titles:
  • Administrator
  • Associate Professor
  • Member of the Nominating Committee

Deborah Trautman

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Governance Committee
  • / President and Chief Executive Officer
  • President and Chief Executive Officer ( Ex Officio )

Donna S. Havens

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Program Committee
  • Chairman, Program Committee / Villanova University / Dean

Emory Saint Joseph

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Audit Committee

Heather Shelford

Job Titles:
  • Chief Nursing Officer
  • Director of Finance and Administration
  • Member of the Audit Committee
  • Member of the Finance Committee

Hollie Caldwell

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Membership Committee

Holly Wei

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Nominating Committee

Jean Giddens

Job Titles:
  • Chairman, 2024 - 2026

Jennifer Ahearn - COO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Operating Officer
  • Member of the Governance Committee
  • Member of the Nominating Committee

Jennifer Butlin

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director

Judith Karshmer

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Finance Committee
  • Treasurer, 2025 - 2027 ( Second Term )

Julie Sanford

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Governance Committee
  • Chairman - Elect, 2024 - 2026

Julie Swann

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Audit Committee
  • Practice Member - at - Large, 2025 - 2027 ( Second Term )

Katherine Gregory

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Nominating Committee

Kimberly Hunter

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Governance Committee
  • Practice Member - at - Large, 2024 - 2026 ( First Term )

Lina Nandy

Job Titles:
  • Director of Program Monitoring

Lorna Finnegan

Job Titles:
  • Member - at - Large, 2025 - 2027 ( Second Term )

Madeline Wales

Job Titles:
  • Coordinator

Maija Anderson

Job Titles:
  • Director of Nursing
  • Member of the Membership Committee

Mary Ellen Smith Glasgow

Job Titles:
  • Member - at - Large, 2025 - 2027 ( First Term )

Mary Lopez

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Membership Committee

Matt Doyle

Job Titles:
  • Accreditation Operations Coordinator

Monika Salgado

Job Titles:
  • Accreditation Coordinator

Priya Lorenzen

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director

Rae Corn

Job Titles:
  • Accreditation Coordinator

Rhoberta Haley

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Program Committee

Rita Trofino

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Membership Committee

Shannon Bright Smith

Job Titles:
  • Member - at - Large, 2025 - 2027 ( First Term )

Sofia Timina

Job Titles:
  • Assistant

Sonya Lane

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Stephen Cavanagh

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Finance Committee
  • Member - at - Large, 2024 - 2026 ( Second Term )

Tammy Austin-Ketch

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Nominating Committee

Taylor Wells

Job Titles:
  • Accreditation Assistant

Tony Umadhay

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Nominating Committee

Usha Menon

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Membership Committee
  • FSBM Chair, Second Term / University of South Florida

Valerie Howard

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Program Committee
  • Chairman, Doctoral Conference Subcommittee / University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill / Dean
  • Member - at - Large, 2025 - 2027 ( First Term )

Versie Johnson-Mallard

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Program Committee
  • Chairman, Executive Development Series Subcommittee / Kent State University / Dean

Victoria Niederhauser

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Audit Committee
  • Secretary, 2024 - 2026 ( First Term )

Vivienne Friday

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Nominating Committee