The AARP Center for Health Equity through NursingSM (A-CHEN) Volunteer Ambassadors are proven, influential nurse leaders committed to leveraging their roles to influence change in the systems in which they work and beyond. Ambassadors are part of a network of peer leaders who share best practices, opportunities and learnings to implement change, and promote scalable solutions to ending structural barriers to health and well-being.
Meet the Ambassadors
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Dale Beatty, DNP, RN, FAAN
Chief Nurse Executive
and Vice President
Stanford Health Care
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Crystal Beckford, MA, RN
Chief Nursing Officer and Vice President of Patient Care Services for Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Center
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Robyn Begley, DNP, RN, FAAN
Chief Executive Officer American Organization for Nursing Leadership
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Alquietta Brown, PhD, RN, NEA-BC
Vice President, Nursing for Inova Behavioral Health Services/Chief Nurse Executive, Inova Mount Vernon Hospital
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Edna Cadmus, PhD, RN, FAAN
Clinical Professor, Executive Director
Rutgers University School of Nursing
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Jim D’Alfonso, PhD, RN, FAAN
Executive Director Professional Excellence and KP Scholars Academy
Kaiser Permanente
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Connie Delaney, PhD RN, FAAN
Professor and Dean
University of Minnesota School of Nursing
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Deborah Ford, MSU, BSN
Chief Nursing Officer, Vice President Quality
Ochsner Health System
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Beverly Hancock, DNP, RN
Senior Director, Leadership Development
American Organization of Nurse Leaders
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Lauran Hardin, MSN, FNAP, FAAN
Chief Integration Officer
HC2 Strategies, Inc.
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Deb Harding, DNP, RN,NEA-BC
Vice President, Chief Nurse Executive
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
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Grissel Hernandez, PhD, MPH, RN
Executive Director, Center for Education & Professional Development
Stanford Health Car
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Melanie Heuston, DNP, RN
Chief Nursing Officer
West Virginia University
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Nancy Holecek, MAS, BSN, RN
Executive Vice President, Chief Nursing Officer
RWJ Barnabas Health
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Georgia Jackson, DNP, MPH, RN
Director of Workforce Development and Patient-Family Centered Care
Emory Healthcare
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MaryEllen Kosturko, DNP, MAHSM, RN
Executive Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer
Hartford HealthCare
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Paul Leon, RN, PHN, FAAN
Chief Executive Officer
National Health Care & Housing Advisors, LLC
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Jerry Mansfield, PhD, RN, NEA-BC
Vice President and
System Chief Nurse Executive University of Texas Medical Branch
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David Marshall, JD, DNP, RN
Senior Vice President, Chief Nursing Executive
Cedars-Sinai
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Margaret Moss, PhD, JD, RN
Professor, Associate Dean for Nursing and Health Policy
University of Minnesota
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Adrianna Nava, PhD, MPA, RN
Research Scientist, Performance Measurement
National Committee for Quality Assurance
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Charlotte Parent, MHCM, RN
Vice President of Business Development
LCMC Health
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Cynda Rushton, PhD, RN, FAAN
Anne and George L. Bunting Professor of Clinical Ethics
Johns Hopkins School of Nursing
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Mary Beth Russell, PhD, RN, FNAP
Senior Vice President
RWJ Barnabas Health
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Kathleen Sanford, DBA, MA,RN
Executive Vice President, Chief Nursing Officer
CommonSpirit Health
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Kelli Saucerman-Howard, DNP, RN
Chief Nursing Officer
Cleveland Clinic Akron General
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Maureen Schneider, PhD, MBA, FACHE
President
Chilton Medical Center
Senior Vice President
Atlantic Health System
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Blake Smith, MSN, RN
Documentation Sr. Analyst Nebraska Medicine
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Hussein Tahan PhD, RN, FAAN
Chief Nursing Officer
MedStar Ambulatory Services
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Nina Vaid Raoji, DNP, APN-BC, RN
Founder/ Lead Facilitator
Empowerizeme
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Antonia M. Villarruel, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor and Margaret Bond Simon Dean of Nursing
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
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Courtney Vose, DNP, RN, FAAN
Senior Vice President, Chief Nursing Officer
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
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Ena Williams, PhD, RN, FAAN
Senior Vice President / Chief Nursing Officer
Yale New Haven Hospital
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Tad Worku, MSN, FNP, CEN
Mission Coach
Inland Empire Health Plan
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Leslie Wright-Brown, PhD, MS, RN-BC
Director, Diversity and Inclusion at Saint Barnabas Medical Center, RWJBH
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Deborah Zimmermann, DNP, RN, FAAN
Chief Executive Officer
The DAISY Foundation