Government Affairs Committee

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

	Angela Amar, PhD, Chair New York University Dean

	Tina Decker, DNP, First Term Trinity Christian College Department Chair

	Marla De Jong, PhD, First Term University of Utah Department Chair

	Lori Escallier, PhD, First Term SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University Dean

	Cheryl Giefer, PhD, First Term Pittsburg State University Director

	Carol Musil, PhD, First Term Case Western Reserve University Dean

	Brenda Petersen, PhD, First Term University of Southern Maine Associate Dean

	Shannon Smith, DNP, Second Term Claflin University Chair

	Lachel Story, PhD, First Term University of Southern Mississippi Dean

	Deborah J. Jones, PhD, Board Liaison University of Texas Medical Branch Senior Vice President and Dean

	Rachel Stevenson, Staff Liaison Director of Government Affairs rstevenson@aacnnursing.org