The National Public Policy Committee supports the Board of Directors and Staff in developing AWHONN’s federal public policy priorities, as well as the action plans behind them.
2024 Committee Members
Nancy Travis, MS, BSN, RN, BC, CPN, CBC, C-ONQS (Chair)
Elizabeth Kester, MSN, NEA-BC, RN (Board Liaison)
Judith Wafe, DNP, APRN, WHNP-BC, PMH-C (Emerging Leader – Non-voting)
Kendell Silveira, RN, BSN, CST, IBCLC (Emerging Leader – Non-voting)
Jacquiline Blanco, BSN, RNC
Kate Drone, MJ, BSN, LSSBB, RNC-OB, C-EFM, C-ONQS
Shelly Frisco, DNP, APRN, ACCNS-N, CCRN-N, C-ELBW, CLES
Jeri Harvey, MSN, RN, CNL
Gina Herron, DNP, RNC-OB, CNE
Urmeka Jefferson, PHD (Immediate Past Chair)
Jessica Phillips, BSN, C-EFM, C-ONQS, MAS, RNC-OB
Jessica Seales, MSN, BA, RNC-OB, C-ONQS
Rachel Sheehan, C-ONQS, MSN
Ellen Taylor, MSN
