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

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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

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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

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Katrina O'Con, DNAP, CRNA
Louisiana Association of Nurse Anesthetists

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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

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Glennis Gray, MSN, RN-BC

(Alternate for Doris Brown)

DHH/OPH/CCP

SNS Coordinator

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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