LAC Leadership
Organization Management
Kelsi Guidry
Director, Louisiana Action Coalition
State Co-Leads
Cynthia Bienemy, PhD, RN
Co-Lead, Louisiana Action Coalition
Director, Louisiana Center for Nursing
Louisiana State Board of Nursing
Denise Bottcher
Executive Director AARP
Louisiana
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.
Kenneth Alexander
Vice President
Louisiana Hospital Association
Kathy Baldridge, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAIPM
Louisiana Association of Nurse Practitioners
Doris G. Brown, MEd, MS, RN, CNS
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Executive Nurse Fellow and Center for Community Preparedness, Director
LAC Founding Member
Benita N. Chatmon, PhD, MSN, RN, CNE
Louisiana State Nurses Association
Assistant Dean of Clinical Nursing Education
Louisiana State University Health New Orleans School of Nursing (LSUHNO SON)
Cindy Cobb, DNP, APRN, WHNP
Allure Enhancement Center, Nurse Practitioner
LAC Founding Member
Lisa Colletti, RN, MN, NEA-BC
Retired chief nurse executive
LONE past president
LAC Founding Member
Denise Danna, DNS, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE
Louisiana State Nurses Association, past president
Chief Nursing Officer, University Medical Center New Orleans
LAC Founding Member
Lisa Deaton, BSN, RN
Retired
Past Louisiana State Nurses Association, Health Policy Committee Chair
LAC Founding Member
Warren Hebert, DNP, RN, CAE
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Executive Nurse Fellow
HomeCare Association of Louisiana,
Chief Executive Officer
LAC Founding Member
Karen Lyon, PhD, MBA, APRN, NEA
Chief Executive Officer
Louisiana State Board of Nursing
Clair Millet, DNP, APRN, PHCNS-BC
RWJF/AARP Public Health Nurse Leader
Clair Millet, DNP, APRN, PHCNS-BC
Director, Faculty Development, Continuing Nursing Education & Entrepreneurial Enterprise
Barbara L. Morvant, MN, RN
Louisiana Nurses Foundation, President
Policy Analyst/ Consultant
Retired Executive Director,
Louisiana State Board of Nursing
LAC Founding Member
Katrina O'Con, DNAP, CRNA
Louisiana Association of Nurse Anesthetists
Demetrius J. Porche, DNS, PhD, ANEF, FACHE, FAANP, FAAN
Louisiana Council of Administrators of Nursing Education
Dean, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing.
Terrie P. Sterling, MSN, MBA, RN
LAC Founding Member
Louisiana Organization of Nurse Leaders representative
Glennis Gray, MSN, RN-BC
(Alternate for Doris Brown)
DHH/OPH/CCP
SNS Coordinator
Laurel Kitto, MSN, RNC-NIC
(Non-Voting Member)
Director, NICU and Neonatal Transport Team
Woman’s Hospital
Regional Action Coalition Co-Leads:
Lisa Colletti - New Orleans
Clara Earl - Baton Rouge
Staci Sullivan - Baton Rouge
Mary Broussard - Lafayette
Patricia LaBrosse - Lafayette
Ivory Rosenthal - Shreveport
*VACANT - Alexandria
*VACANT - Monroe
*VACANT - Lake Charles
*VACANT - Houma