Past Academy Jonas Policy Scholars

2021-2022 Academy Jonas Policy Scholars

• Heather Bradford, PhD(c), CNM, FACNM
• Lakeshia Cousin, PhD, APRN, AGPCNP-BC
• Rachel French, PhD, RN
• Laura Grunin, RN, MSN
• Katie Fitzgerald Jones, PhD, APN, CARN-AP
• James Muchira, PhD, MSN

2019-2020 Academy Jonas Policy Scholars

• Lucine Francis, PhD, RN
• Kelly McGlothen-Bell, PhD, RN, IBCLC
• Darina Petrovsky, PhD, RN
• Tamra Shea, PhD, RN, CPH, CCNE
• Whitney Thurman, PhD, RN
• Carli Zegers, PhD, APRN-NP, FNP-BC

2018-2020 Academy Jonas Policy Scholars

• Laura Britton, BSN, RN, PhD Candidate
  Women's Health Expert Panel
• Kristin Choi, PhD, RN
  Maternal & Infant Health Expert Panel
• Kelli DePriest, BSN, RN, PhD Candidate
  Environmental & Public Health Expert Panel
• Anna Dermenchyan, MSN, RN, CCRN-K
  Violence Expert Panel
• Nicholas Giordano, PhD, RN
  Military & Veterans Expert Panel
• Elizabeth Henderson, MSN, MS, RN, AGN-BC, NREMT-P, PhD Candidate
  Psychiatric, Mental Health & Substance Use Expert Panel

2017-2019 Academy Jonas Policy Scholars

• Ragnhildur (Raga) I. Bjarnadottir, PhD, MPH, RN
  Informatics & Technology Expert Panel
• Shannon Halloway, PhD, RN
  Women's Health Expert Panel
• Kirstin Manges, MSN, RN
  Building Health Care System Excellence Expert Panel
• Sarah Oerther, MSN, MEd, RN
  Psychiatric, Mental Health & Substance Use Expert Panel
• Felicia "Liz" Stokes, JD, MA, RN
  LGBTQ Expert Panel
• Jasmine Travers, PhD, AGNP-C, RN, CCRN
  Environmental & Public Health Expert Panel

2016-2018 Academy Jonas Policy Scholars

• Jocelyn Anderson, PhD, RN, FNE-A, SANE-A
  Violence Expert Panel
• Veronica Barcelona de Mendoza, PhD, MSN, RN, APHN-BC
  Genomic Nursing and Health Care Expert Panel
• Desiree Bertrand, MSN, RNC
  Cultural Competence and Health Equity Expert Panel
• Jordan Bosse, MS, RN
  Primary Care Expert Panel
• Melissa Kurtz, MSN, MA, RN
  Breast Feeding Expert Panel
• Stephen McGhee, MSc, BSc, PGCE, DPSN, RNT, RN, VR
  Military and Veterans Expert Panel

2015-2017 Academy Jonas Policy Scholars

• Toby Bressler, MPA, RN, OCN
  Acute and Critical Care Expert Panel
• Billy Caceres, MSN, RN-BC, AGPCNP-BC
  Aging Expert Panel
• Teresa Hagan, BSN, BA, RN
  Women's Health Expert Panel
• Kari Mastro, RN, NEA-BC
  Emerging Infectious Diseases Expert Panel
• Sarah Miner, MS, RN
  Environmental & Public Health Expert Panel
• Christopher A. VanFosson, MSN/MHA, RN
  Major, United States Army Nurse Corps
  Quality Health Care Expert Panel
• Jiayun Xu, BSN, RN
  Health Behavior Expert Panel

2014-2016 Academy Jonas Policy Scholars

• Laura Brennaman, PhD, RN
  Psychiatric/Mental Health/Substance Abuse Expert Panel
• Emerson E. Ea, DNP, APRN, CNE
  Cultural Competence and Health Equity Expert Panel
• Sunny G. Hallowell, PhD, PPCNP-BC, IBCLC
  Breast Feeding Expert Panel
• Alicia Gill Rossiter, MS, FNP, PNP-BC, FAANP
  Military & Veterans Health Expert Panel
• Katherine E. Simmonds, MS. MPH, WHNP-BC
  Primary Care Expert Panel