2026 AONL Emerging Professional Voices Cohort
Ashley Barnes, BSN, RN, CPN
Nurse Manager, Pediatrics, Midland Memorial Hospital
Paul Biluan, DNP, APRN, FNP-C
President, SIENNA Nursing Society; Founder and Lead Instructor, Aspire RN NCLEX, NP Memorial Hermann-GoHealth Urgent Care
Germika Brandon, PhD, RN
Nursing Director, Simulation, Grady Hospital
Jazmin Cascante, DNP, RN, APN-BC, NEA-BC
Director of Community Health, Quality Improvement; Interim Director, Maternal Health, Hackensack Meridian Health
Kristen Cranmer, MSN, RN, CPNP, PCNS-BC, NEA-BC
Director, Neonatology, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Colby Faust, MBA, MSN, RN, CCRN, NE-BC
Associate Vice President, Geisinger Medical Center
Jill Horner, DNP, RN, CPN
Nurse Wellness Program Manager, Children's National Hospital
Dahlia Maldonado, MSN, RN, MEDSURG-BC
Nursing Practice Outcomes and Magnet Program Coordinator, UCLA Health
Armando Martinez, DNP, MSN, RN, MEDSURG-BC, NE-BC, CNML
Magnet® Program Director, Special Projects and Transition Nurse Navigation Program Manager, Advocate Health, Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital
Kimberly Martinez, DNP, RN, CCRN
Nurse Manager, University of Florida Health - Gainesville
Anne Mercer, MSN, RN
Nurse Director PMG of Professional Development and Education, Kaiser Permanente -Baldwin Park Medical Center
Katie Messer, BSN, RN, CPHON
Associate Clinical Manager, Children's Hospital Colorado
Emily Nicoletti, MSN, RN, CPHQ, NEA-BC
Nurse Manager, UTMB Health
Rosalyn Phan, DNP, MBA, RN, PHN, NEA-BC
Assistant Vice President- Magnet, Research, Evidence-Based Practice, and Clinical Innovation, Loma Linda University Health
Lindsey Pimentel, MBA, RN, CHPN, OCN, NE-BC
Director, Oncology Services, Houston Methodist Cypress Hospital
Emily Sermersheim, DNP, MPH, RN, NPD-BC, PMP
Nursing Partner for Innovation and Improvement, Rush University Medical Center
Marsha Sesay, MSN, RN, NE-BC
Nurse Manager, Vanderbilt Executive Wellness and Concierge Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Rosson Smith, MSN, RN, CCHP, CPC
Policy Subject Matter Expert, Kaiser Permanente
Nicholas Snow, DNP, MS-HPL, BSN, RNC, NE-BC
Nurse Manager, University of Utah Health
Tiffany Vickers, DNP, MSN, RN, CPN
CDR, U.S Public Health Service; Deputy Chief, Policy Subject Matter Expert, Office of Policy, ICE Health Service Corps