Governance Committee

Please address your comments to the committee chair or AACN staff liaison noted.

  • Julie Sanford

    Julie Sanford, DNS, RN, FAAN, Chair
    The University of Alabama
    Dean

  • Kim Hunter

    Kim Hunter, DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC
    University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
    Chief Nurse Executive

  • headshot of deborah jones

    Deborah Jones, PhD, RN, FAAN
    University of Texas Medical Branch
    Dean

  • headshot of deborah trautman

    Deborah Trautman, PhD
    American Association of Colleges of Nursing
    President and Chief Executive Officer

  • Jennifer Ahearn, MBA, Staff Liaison
    Chief Operating Officer
    (202) 463-6930 ext. 228
    jahearn@aacnnursing.org