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)

Urmeka Jefferson, PHD (Immediate Past Chair)
Ellen Taylor, MSN
Jacquiline Blanco, BSN, RNC
Jeri Harvey, MSN, RN, CNL
Jessica Phillips, BSN, C-EFM, C-ONQS, MAS, RNC-OB
Jessica Seales, MSN, BA, RNC-OB, C-ONQS
Kate Drone, MJ, BSN, LSSBB, RNC-OB, C-EFM, C-ONQS
Rachel Sheehan, C-ONQS, MSN
Shelly Frisco, DNP, APRN, ACCNS-N, CCRN-N, C-ELBW, CLES