LAC Leadership
State Co-Leads
AARP Louisiana
Denise Bottcher
Executive Director, AARP Louisiana
Louisiana Council of Administrators of Nursing Education
Dr. Lisa Hawthorne, PhD, MSN, RN, PHN, CNE
Louisiana State University – Online Faculty
Galen College of Nursing – Regional Dean
Core Leadership Team
The Core Leadership Team serves as a steering committee for the Louisiana Action Coalition. This group of nurse leaders and nurse champions sets the LAC goals and strategy and works with others across the state to implement the IOM recommendations.
Louisiana Association of Nurse Practitioners
Kathy Baldridge, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAIPM
President
Louisiana Nurses Foundation
Denise Danna, DNS, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE
LNF Representative
LAC Founding Member
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Louisiana Hospital Association
Aimee Cloyd
Vice President of Quality Improvement and Member Services
Louisiana Hospital Association
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Our Lady of the Lake
Nicole Telhiard, DNP, CPN, NE-BC
Chief Nursing Officer
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Louisiana League for Nursing
Hope Webb, PhD, RN, CNE, CNEcl
Assistant Professor at William Carey University
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Founding Member
Cynthia Bienemy, PHD, RN
Owner and CEO
ALLTHINGSPROFESSIONAL LLC
Healthcare Workforce Research and Consulting
RAC Coordinator
Lisa Deaton, BSN, RN
Retired
Past Louisiana State Nurses Association, Health Policy Committee Chair
Regional Action Coalition Lead
Louisiana State Board of Nursing
Karen Lyon, PhD, MBA, APRN, NEA
Chief Executive Officer
Louisiana State Nurses Association
Benita N. Chatmon, PhD, MSN, RN, CNE
LSNA President
Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing
Assistant Dean for Clinical Nursing Education
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Nursing
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Louisiana Association of Nurse Anesthetist
Colby P. LaFleur, MSNA, CRNA
Senior Vice President Operations
Essential Anesthesia Management
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Louisiana Council of Administrators of Nursing Education
Demetrius J. Porche, DNS, PhD, ANEF, FACHE, FAANP, FAAN
Dean, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing.
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Louisiana Organization for Nursing Leadership
Laura C Poole, MN, RN NEA-BC
LONL President
Assistant Vice President Nursing
Terrebonne General Health System
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Louisiana Department of Health
Glennis Gray, MSN, RN-BC
DHH/OPH/CCP
SNS Coordinator
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RWJF/AARP Public Health Nurse Leader
Clair Millet, DNP, APRN, PHCNS-BC
Director, Faculty Development, Continuing Nursing Education & Entrepreneurial Enterprise
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Organization Management
Kelsi Guidry
Director, Louisiana Action Coalition
Regional Action Coalition Co-Leads:
Clara Earl - Baton Rouge
Shelia Allen - Baton Rouge
Mary Broussard - Lafayette
Patricia LaBrosse - Lafayette
Ivory Rosenthal - Shreveport
Teresita McNabb - Houma
C.J. Marbley - New Orleans
*VACANT - Alexandria
*VACANT - Monroe
*VACANT - Lake Charles