James Appleby, RPh, MPH
Executive Director and CEO
The Gerontological Society of America 

Lazelle Benefield, PhD, RN, FAAN
Dean and Parry Endowed Chair
College of Nursing
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

Claudia Beverly, PhD, RN, FAAN
NHCGNE Treasurer
Director
Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

J Taylor Harden, PhD, RN, FGSA, FAAN
Executive Director
Coordinating Center
National Hartford Centers of Gerontological Nursing Excellence

Ann Kolanowski, PhD, RN, FGSA, FAAN
Director
Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence, The Penn State College of Nursing

Ginette A. Pepper, PhD, RN, FGSA, FAAN
NHCGNE President
Director
Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence
University of Utah College of Nursing

Barbara Resnick, CRNP, FAANP, FAAN
NHCGNE Director at Large and Interim Secretary
Professor of Nursing
University of Maryland School of Nursing

Nelma Shearer, PhD, RN, FAAN
Director
Hartford Center of Gerontological Nursing Excellence
College of Nursing and Health Innovation 
Arizona State University

Janet K. Specht, PhD, RN, FGSA, FAAN
Director
Hartford/Csomay Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence
University of Iowa College of Nursing