AONL Board of Directors

2024 Board of Directors

President

Deborah Zimmermann, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN

Chief Executive Officer
DAISY Foundation
Richmond, Va.

President-Elect

Ena Wiliams, PhD, RN, CENP, FAAN

Senior Vice President/Chief Nursing Officer
Yale New Haven Hospital 
New Haven, Conn.

Secretary

Robyn Begley, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN

Chief Executive Officer
AONL
Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer
American Hospital Association
Chicago

Treasurer

Simmy King, DNP, RN-BC, FAAN

Chief Nursing Informatics and Education Officer
Children's National Health System
Washington D.C.

Region 1

Diane Regan, MSN, RN, NEA-BC

Associate Chief Nursing Officer
Tufts Medicine Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, Mass.

Region 2

Claire Zangerle, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FAONL

Nurse Executive
CMZ Strategies, LLC   
Pepper Pike, Ohio

 

Region 3

Tina Mammone, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE

Chief Nurse Executive
Virginia Commonwealth University Health System
Richmond, Va.

 

 

Region 4

Joy Parchment, PhD, RN, NEA-BC

Assistant Professor, Nursing
Univ. of Central Florida College of Nursing
Orlando, Fla.

Region 5

Rachel Culpepper, DNP, RN, CENP

General Medicine Service Line Director
IU Health West Hospital
Avon, Ind.

Region 6

Joel Moore, MSN, RN, CNML

Chief Nursing Officer
Genesis Health System
Davenport, Iowa

Region 7

Christi Nguyen, DNP, RN, CENP, FACHE

Associate Chief Nursing Officer of Nurse Excellence
UT Southwestern
Dallas

Region 8

Charles Larsen, MSN-L, MBA, RN

Co-Founder and Chief Nursing Officer
Blackbox Healthcare Solutions
Phoenix

Region 9

Sylvain "Syl" Trepanier, DNP, RN, CENP, FAONL

SVP, System Chief Nursing Officer
Providence
Renton, Wash.

Appointed Board Member

Crystal Bennett, MSN, RN, CCRN

Clinical Leader
UNC Health
Morrisville, N.C.

Appointed Board Member

Nickolaus Escobedo, DNP, RN, NE-BC

Associate Chief Nursing Officer
Houston Methodist - Cypress
Texas

Appointed Board Member

Claire Grant, MSN, RN, CENP

Director, Maternal Child/Women's Health
Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center
Clackamas, Ore.

Appointed Board Member

Kimberly Landers, MS, RN, CENP, FACHE

Vice President of Patient Care & CNE
Morris Hospital and Healthcare Centers
Morris, Ill.

Appointed Board Member

Crystal Mitchell, MSN, eMBA, RN, CENP

Chief Clinical Officer, VP of Growth & Development
Southern Evals
Pineville, La.

At-Large Board Member

Rosanne Raso, DNP, RN, CENP, FAONL

Editor-in-Chief
Nursing Management (Wolters Kluwer)
Staten Island, N.Y.