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
Deputy Chief, Policy Subject Matter Expert Office of Policy, U.S. Public Health Service, ICE Health Service Corps
Nicholas Snow, DNP, MS-HPL, BSN, RNC, NE-BC
Nurse Manager, University of Utah Health
Tiffany Vickers, DNP, MSN, RN, CPN
Nurse Manager, Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic States