Conferences Committee

Moderators and Monitors

Jennifer Branch, DNP, APRN, NP-C, CCTC
ANNA Conferences Committee Chairperson Designate, Nurse Practitioner, Kansas City Kidney Consultants, Kansas City, MO

Molly Cahill, MSN, NP-C, APRN, BC, RN, CNN, FNKF
ANNA National Treasurer, Nurse Practitioner, KC Kidney Consultants, Overland Park, KS

Barbara Carter, MEd, RN, CNN
ANNA Conferences Committee, Nurse Surveyor, National Dialysis Accreditation Commission, Gilbert, AZ

Christine Corbett, DNP, FNP-BC, CNN-NP, FNKF
ANNA Conferences Committee, Associate CNP & Nurse Practitioner, Kidney Palliative Care, University Health Truman Medical Centers, Weston, MO

Thomas Alexander De Leon, BSN, RN
ANNA Emerging Nephrology Nurse Professional Fellow, Staff Nurse, DaVita, White Plains, NY

Ali Duffy
Director, Baxter Health Cooperation, Deerfield, IL 

Louisa Freiberger, RN, CDN

ANNA Conferences Committee, Regional Education Manager, Fresenius Medical Care, Big Lake, AK

Michelle Gilliland, MSN RN, CNN
ANNA National Director, Clinical Site Manager, Alio, Bennington, NE

 Melanie Harper, RN, CNN
ANNA Conferences Committee, Central Protocol Manager, DaVita, N. Salt Lake City, UT

Judy Kauffman, DNP, MSN, RN, CNN
ANNA Conferences Committee, Director, Patient Services, Sentara Martha Hospital, Verona, VA

Angela Kurosaka, DNP, RN, CNN, CCM, NEA-BC
ANNA National Immediate Past President, Sr. Vice President, Value Based Care, U. S. Renal Care, Columbiana, AL

Kristin Larson, MSN, RN, AGNP-BC, CNN
ANNA National Secretary, Professor, Roseman University, Salt Lake City, UT

Faith Lynch, DNP, RN, CNN
ANNA National Director, Director of Dialysis, Acute & Home Services, NYU Langone Hospital – Long Island, Commack, NY

Naomi Opitz, BSN, RN, CDN
ANNA Conferences Committee, Sr. Patient Safety Manager, Fresenius Medical Care, Minnetonka, MN

Jennifer Payton, MHCA, BSN, RN, CNN
ANNA President, Director of Regulatory Compliance, National Dialysis Accreditation Commission, Goose Creek, SC

Nancy Colobong Smith, MN, ARNP, CNN
ANNA President-Elect, Nephrology Nursing Journal Editorial Board, Renal and Transplant Clinical Nurse Specialist, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA

Betty Shklover
Associate Marketing Manager, Global Kidney Care – PD, Baxter Healthcare

Teresa Villaran, MS, MSN, CNN, CCRN (Alumnus)
ANNA Director, Charge Nurse, In-Center Hemodialysis, Fresenius Medical Care, Lexington South, Lexington, KY

ANNA National Office Staff

Executive Director
Michele Kimball

Director of Association Services
Lou Ann Leary

Association Services Manager
Janet Betts

Education Services and Project Specialist
Jennifer Carroll

Membership Services Coordinator
Emily Parry

Executive Assistant / Marketing Manager, Advertising
Susan Iannelli

Director of Education Services
Cynthia Calabrese, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, RN-BC

Director of Online Learning and Innovation
Celess Tyrell

Social Media, E-News & Website Content Editor
Kelsie Leonard

Senior Director of Sales and Marketing
Tom Greene

Exhibit Coordinator
Miriam Martin

Senior Director, Editorial Services
Managing Editor, Nephrology Nursing Journal
Carol Ford

Editorial Coordinator, Nephrology Nursing Journal
ANNA E-News
Aynsley Meshanic

Managing Editor, ANNA Update
Kathleen Thomas

Manager, Media and Communications
Marie Alonso

Senior Director, Information Systems / ANNA Webmaster
Todd Lockhart

Director, Information Systems
Kathi Hacker

Senior Director, Creative Design and Production
Jack Bryant

Layout and Design Specialist
Darin Peters

Conference Manager
Jeri Hendrie, CMP

Conference Specialist
Juliana Vernacchio

Registration Manager
Sam Davis

Comptroller
Patti Fortney

Bookkeeper
Alicia Cannon