Item Writers/Exam Development Committee

Item Writer/Exam Development Committee Member         Term Expires

 

 
Victor Bench, DNP, CRNP, CNL
Assistant Professor
University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing
Pittsburgh, PA
CNL certified since December 2020
  June 30, 2024
     

D'Ana Marie Brooks, MSN, RN, CNL, CMSRN 
Assistant Patient Service Manager
Yale New Haven Hospital
New Haven, CT
CNL certified since August 2019

  June 30, 2023
     

Debra V. Craighead, PhD, RN, CNL
Associate Professor CNL Track Leader
University of Louisiana Monroe, Kitty DeGree School of Nursing
Monroe, LA
CNL certified since March 2017

  June 30, 2023
     

Elizabeth Davis, DNP, CNL
Associate Professor
Grand Valley State University
Grand Rapids, MI
CNL certified since January 2016

  June 30, 2025
     
Kristina Davis, MS, MSN, MPH, CPHQ, CNL  
Clinical Quality Leader II
Northwestern Medicine
Chicago, IL
CNL certified since September 2016
  June 30, 2023
     

Melinda Davis, MSN, RN, CNL, CCRN, CPHQ
Clinical Improvement Nurse
Veterans Health Administration
Washington, DC
CNL certified since February 2008

  June 30, 2025
     

Barbara Dewhirst, PhD, MSN, RN, CNL
Assistant Professor
University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing
Pittsburgh, PA
CNL certified since December 2020

  June 30, 2025
     
Edna D. Frazier, MSN, RN, CNL, CCM  
Transplant Case Manager
Blue Cross Blue Shield
Rock Hill, SC
CNL certified since March 2014
  June 30, 2023
     
Melissa Maddox, DNP, RN, CNL
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Chamberlain College of Nursing
Atlanta, GA
CNL certified since August 2013
  June 30, 2023
     

Reni Mattathil, DNP, MSN, RN-BC, CNL
Clinical Nurse Leader
Dallas VA Medical Center
Dallas, TX
CNL certified since August 2016

  June 30, 2025
     
Geralyn Meyer, PhD, RN, CNL, CNE
Professor of Nursing
Saint Louis University School of Nursing
Saint Louis, MO
CNL certified since July 2011
  June 30, 2023
     
Heather Moore, DNP, MSN, BSN, RN, CNL
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Xavier University
Liberty Township, OH
CNL certified since February 2021
  June 30, 2024
     
Contemprist Nelson, MSN, RN, CNL
Performance Improvement Coordinator
Regional One Health
Memphis, TN
CNL certified since August 2015
  June 30, 2023
     
Katherine Nothnagel, MSN, RN, CNL    
Clinical Quality Improvement Specialist RN
Children’s Wisconsin – Children’s Community Health Plan
West Allis, WI
CNL certified since August 2018
  June 30,  2024
     
Rachel Onello, PhD, RN, CNL, CHSE, CNE
Associate Professor
University of South Carolina College of Nursing
Columbia, SC
CNL certified since February 2008
  June 30, 2024
     

Sharlene Parmley, MSN, RN, CNL
Clinical Nurse Leader
Spartanburg Medical Center
Spartanburg, SC
CNL certified since May 2019

  June 30, 2025
     
Dominic Parone, MSN, RN, CNL, CFRN, CEN, MICN
Lead Flight Nurse
Cooper University Healthcare
Camden, NJ
CNL certified since March 2018
  June 30, 2023
     

Theresa Pomerleau, DNP, RN, CNL
Clinical Nurse Leader
Methodist Hospital, Specialty and Transplant
San Antonio, TX
CNL certified since August 2018

  June 30, 2025
     
Gudrun Reiter-Hiltebrand, MSN, RN, CNL, CPLC, RNC-NIC, C-ELBW    
Staff Nurse IV
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital
Santa Rosa, CA
CNL certified since March 2018
  June 30, 2023
     
Dawn Sarage, MSN, RN, CNL, CMSRN
Clinical Instructor
University of Connecticut
Longmeadow, MA
CNL certified since August 2013
  June 30, 2023
     
Melissa Schmidt, MSN, RN, CNL, CPAN, CAPA
PACU CNL 
VA Portland Healthcare System 
Portland, OR
CNL certified since December 2017
  June 30, 2023
     
Dianna Sorenson, PhD, MBA, MN, BSN, RN, CNL, CNS
Professor
Morningside College
Sioux City, IA
CNL certified since March 2017
  June 30, 2023
     
Christopher Cory Wilbanks, DNP, APRN, AGACNP-BC, FNP-C, CNL 
Assistant Professor
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Memphis, TN
CNL certified since January 2016
  June 30, 2023
     
Janice Wilcox, DNP, RN, CNL
Clinical Instructor of Practice
The Ohio State University College of Nursing
Columbus, OH
CNL certified since August 2013
  June 30, 2023
     

Brenda Wimmer, DNP, RN, CNL, CHPN
Assistant Professor
Morningside University
Sioux City, IA
CNL certified since July 2017

  June 30, 2025
     
Lynn Gardner, Staff Liaison
Director of Certification, Commission on Nurse Certification
LGardner@aacnnursing.org