The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is devoted to improving health; AARP Foundation and AARP help consumers create wellness in all aspects of life. Together these organizations are working to achieve health equity built on strengthened nursing capacity and expertise.
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Jeneba Badmus
Project Analyst
Jeneba Badmus is a project analyst for the Center to Champion Nursing in America (CCNA), an initiative of AARP Foundation, AARP, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to improve America’s health through nursing. Before joining CCNA team, Badmus worked for Older Adults Technology Services (OATS), where she helped provide older adults with robust broadband, devices, and More
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Mary Boyle, MS
Director, Communications
Mary Boyle is the director of communications for the Center to Champion Nursing in America, an initiative of AARP Foundation, AARP, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to improve America’s health through nursing. Boyle leads communications strategies for the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action, a national effort of those same organizations to transform health care More
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Jazmine Cooper, MBA
Senior Advisor
Jazmine Cooper is a senior advisor for the Center to Champion Nursing in America (CCNA), an initiative of AARP Foundation, AARP and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. She coordinates several projects of the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action, an initiative of the same organizations that CCNA runs to transform health care through nursing and build More
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Nicole Harryman, MS, PMP
Senior Advisor
Nicole Harryman is a senior advisor for the Center to Champion Nursing in America (CCNA), an initiative of AARP Foundation, AARP, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to improve America’s health through Nursing. She manages projects and supports efforts to integrate operations and achieve the business/operating goals and objectives of CCNA. Before joining CCNA, Harryman More
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Aidan McCallion, MS
Senior Communications Analyst
Aidan McCallion is the senior communications analyst for the Center to Champion Nursing in America, an initiative of AARP Foundation, AARP, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to improve America’s health through nursing. McCallion is responsible for the website for the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action, a national initiative of those same organizations to More
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Jennifer A. Peed, MSW
Managing Director
Jennifer Peed directs the Office of Center Integration at the Center to Champion Nursing in America, an initiative of AARP Foundation, AARP, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to improve America’s health through nursing. Peed provides financial oversight, directs operational activities, and provides guidance on special projects. She also serves as chief of staff for More
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Winifred V. Quinn, PhD, FAANP(H), FAAN
Director, Nursing Workforce & Policy
Winifred Quinn’s passion is to help older adults thrive and live with dignity and to support their families in achieving peace of mind. She puts her passion into action by improving policies that allow people to choose where to live, who to get care from, how to obtain this care, and how to have fun. More
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Ana Whitelock, MSW, MPH
Project Manager
Ana Whitelock is a project manager for the Center to Champion Nursing in America (CCNA), an initiative of AARP Foundation, AARP, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to improve America’s health through nursing. She supports CCNA’s work around advancing nursing education and promoting nurse leadership. Whitelock started her career at AARP as a graduate school More
AARP Staff
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Ashley Darcy-Mahoney, PhD, NNP-BC, FAAN
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Senior Nurse Scholar
Ashley Darcy-Mahoney a neonatal nurse practitioner and researcher, has worked throughout her career to advance nursing research, education and practice, with a focus on neonatology, infant health and developmental pediatrics. Her research has led to the creation of programs that improve health and developmental outcomes for at-risk and preterm infants. Darcy-Mahoney is a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation More
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Karen Drenkard, PhD, RN, FAAN
Chief Nursing Advisor
Karen Drenkard serves as Chief Nursing Advisor to the AARP Public Policy Institute. She works on multiple projects and priorities within the AARP Center for Health Equity through NursingSM . This includes leading its Volunteer Nurse Ambassador Program, a network of influential nurse leaders committed to efforts to strengthen and diversify the nursing workforce, improve access More
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Deborah Stamps, EdD, RN, FAAN
Chief Equity through Nursing Advisor
Deborah C. Stamps serves as Chief Equity through Nursing Advisor to the AARP Public Policy Institute, and among other responsibilities, she leads the LPN-to-RN Progression Initiative for the AARP Center for Health Equity through NursingSM (A-CHEN). The initiative seeks to identify and help replicate progression models with a track record of helping licensed practical nurses More
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Vernell P. DeWitty, PhD, RN, FAAN
Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Senior Advisor
Vernell DeWitty is a transformational leader with a unique vision for advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion for the nursing profession. She served as the inaugural Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer at the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) where she advised the nation’s top academic nursing leaders on building consensus around a strategic More
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Regina Eddie, PhD, RN
Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Senior Advisor
Regina Eddie is an assistant professor at the Northern Arizona University School of Nursing. She is a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nursing and Health Policy Collaborative fellow and a diversity adviser for the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action. Her program of research is focused on using socio-ecological and Navajo cultural frameworks to evaluate school food More
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Barbara Nichols, MS, RN, FAAN
Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Senior Advisor
Barbara Nichols is the executive director of the Wisconsin Center for Nursing and a diversity adviser for the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action. She provides expert consultation on global nursing execution, practice, and leadership. Prior to this, she served for 12 years as chief executive officer of CGFNS International, an immigration-neutral organization whose expertise regarding More
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Peter Reinecke
Campaign Senior Advisor
Peter Reinecke, Principal of Reinecke Strategic Solutions, Inc., is a senior advisor to AARP and the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action. He advises the Campaign and AARP on health policy and advocacy matters and in carrying out the Campaign. Reinecke has been a leading health policy expert for over 30 years, having spent over 20 More
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Lisa J. Sundean, PhD, MHA, RN
Campaign Senior Advisor
Lisa J. Sundean, PhD, MHA, RN is a senior advisor for the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action. She is an assistant professor at Fairfield University Egan School of Nursing and Health Studies and director of the Healthcare Administration Program. She is also a national leader on the Impact of Nurses on Boards Research Work Group More