Board Of Directors 

President
Lisa Deffenbaugh Nguyen, MS, CAE
Executive Director
American Psychiatric Nurses Association 
(term expires 2025)

President-Elect
Alphonzo Cortez Baker Sr., DNP, MSN, RN, CAPA
Current President
American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses
(term expires 2026)

Secretary/Treasurer
Heather Maurer, MA, CAE
Chief Executive Officer
The National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health (NPWH)
(term expires 2027)

Nancy Colobong Smith, MN, ARNP, ANP-BC, CNN
National President
American Nephrology Nurses Association (ANNA)
(term expires 2027)

Ron Kraus, MSN, RN, CEN, TCRN, ACNS-BC
Past President
Emergency Nurses Association 
(term expires 2025)