APNA Leadership: Board of Directors
President
Matthew Tierney, MSN, PMHNP-BC, ANP-BC, CARN-AP, FAAN
Associate Clinical Professor, UCSF School of Nursing
Clinical Director of Substance Use Treatment & Education, UCSF Office of Population Health
San Francisco, CA
President-Elect
Leslie G. Oleck, MSN, PMHNP-BC, PMHCNS-BC, LMFT
Psychiatric APRN, Indiana Health Group
Adjunct Professor, Indiana University School of Nursing PMHNP Graduate Program Preceptor, PMHNP students
Carmel, IN
Immediate Past President
Tari (Sattaria) Dilks, RN, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC, FAANP
Professor, McNeese State University
Co-Coordinator, Graduate Program/ Director PMHNP track Private Practice: PMHNP
Lake Charles, LA
Secretary
Evelyn Perkins, MS, RN, PMH-BC, NE-BC
Behavioral Health Consultant, Alpha Eta Nursing Sorority
Olympia Fields, IL
Treasurer
Donna G. Rolin, PhD, APRN, PMHCNS-BC, PMHNP-BC
Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing & Director of the Family Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Program, University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
Board Member-At-Large
Diane E. Allen, DNP, PMHRN-BC, NEA-BC, FACHE
Nurse Coordinator, New Hampshire Hospital
Concord, NH
Board Member-At-Large
Brenda Kucirka, PhD, RN, PMHCNS-BC, CNE
Associate Professor, Widener University SON
Consultant, Widener Community Nursing Clinic
Providence House Advisory Board
City of Chester Reentry Committee
Springfield, PA
Board Member-At-Large
Eugenia Millender, PhD, RN, PMHNP-BC, CDE
Associate Professor & Graduate Coordinator for PMHNP Certificate Program, Florida State University
Associate Professor, FSU Center for Indigenous Nursing Research for Health Equity
Founder, CEO & Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner; – Caring 4 All of You, Inc.
Tallahassee, Florida
Board Member-At-Large
Jeffery Ramirez, PhD, MSN, MPA, PMHNP, CARN-AP, ARNP
Associate Professor, Gonzaga University
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Spokane, WA
Ex-Officio
Lisa Deffenbaugh Nguyen, MS, CAE
Executive Director
American Psychiatric Nurses Association
Falls Church, VA
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