AACN/AONL Academic-Practice Advisory Committee

The charge of the AACN/AONL Academic-Practice Advisory Committee is as follows:

  • Evaluate emerging challenges impacting the health professions workforce.
  • Create a comprehensive guidance document outlining the current state of academic practice partnerships that provide exemplary examples of innovation, financial strategies, and leadership to inform the profession.  
  • Develop two strategic priorities aimed at strengthening academic-practice partnerships.  

This committee, composed of dyads of academic and practice leaders, is being convened to discuss issues and opportunities for collaboration among academic and practice leaders to advance a shared vision for integrating education and practice, leading through our collective strength.


Academic Partners

  • Angela Clarke

    Angela Clark, PhD

    Co-Chair
    President
    Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College

  • Kristen Abbott-Anderson

    Kristen Abbott-Anderson, PhD

    Dean and Professor
    University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

  • Grace Buttriss

    Grace Buttriss, DNP

    Director, Accelerated BSN Program, Charlotte Campus; Clinical Professor
    Northeastern University

  • Danielle McCamey

    Danielle McCamey, DNP

    Assistant Dean
    Johns Hopkins University

  • Renee McLeod-Sordjan

    Renee McLeod-Sordjan, PhD

    Dean and Professor of Nursing
    Morehouse School of Medicine

  • Sheila Melander

    Sheila Melander, PhD

    Associate Dean of MSN & DNP Faculty & Practice Affairs
    University of Kentucky

  • Beth NeSmith

    Beth NeSmith, PhD

    Dean
    Augusta University

  • Yolanda Ogbolu

    Yolanda Ogbolu, PhD

    Dean
    University of Maryland

  • Joy Parchment

    Joy Parchment, PhD

    Assistant Professor
    University of Central Florida

  • Sarah Shannon

    Sarah Shannon, PhD

    Dean and Professor
    Montana State University-Bozeman

  • KT Waxman

    KT Waxman, DNP

    Associate Professor and Director, Executive Nurse Leader Program     
    University of California-San Francisco


Practice Partners

  • Susan Grant

    Susan Grant, DNP

    Co-Chair
    Chief Clinical Officer
    symplr

  • Dale Beatty

    Dale Beatty, DNP

    Chief Nurse Executive and Vice President for Patient Care Services
    Stanford Health Care

  • Karen Doyle

    Karen Doyle, DNP

    Senior Vice President of Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer
    University of Maryland Medical Center

  • Rhonda Kazik

    Rhonda Kazik, DNP

    Chief Nurse Executive
    Essentia Health

  • Stefanie Keating

    Stefanie Keating, NP

    Practice Partner and Advanced Clinical Provider Educator
    Northwell Health

  • Carmen Kleinsmith

    Carmen Kleinsmith, MSN

    Senior Vice President and Chief Nurse Executive
    Unity Point Health-Saint Luke’s Hospital and Medical Center

  • Tanya Osborne-McKenzie

    Tanya Osborne-McKenzie, DNP

    Chief Executive Nursing Officer
    Dignity Health St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center

  • Robert Rose

    Robert Rose, DNP

    Market Chief Chief Nurse Executive
    Atrium Health, North Carolina

  • Michelle Shiao

    Michelle Shiao, DNP

    Chief Nursing Officer
    Intermountain Healthcare

  • Kim Tharp-Barrie

    Kim Tharp-Barrie, DNP

    Senior Vice President and System Chief Nursing Offiicer
    Norton Healthcare

  • Maggie Wolf

    Maggie Wolf, DNP

    Chief Nursing Officer and Vice President
    Barnes-Jewish West County