LAC Leadership

State Co-Leads

Cynthia Bienemy, PhD, RN

Director
Louisiana Center for 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

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Dale L. Bankston

AARP Volunteer and retired healthcare executive
 

Doris G. Brown, MS, RN, CNS

Director
Center for Community Preparedness

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Benita N. Chatmon, PhD, MSN, RN

Louisiana State Nurses Association

Cindy Cobb, DNP, APRN, WHNP

Nurse Practitioner

Lisa Colletti, RN, MN, NEA-BC

Retired

Denise Danna, DNS, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE

Chief Nursing Officer

University Medical Center New Orleans

Lisa Deaton, BSN, RN

Retired

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Warren Hebert, DNP, RN, CAE

Chief Executive Officer
HomeCare Association of Louisiana

Laurel Kitto, MSN, RNC-NIC
Louisiana Organization of Nurse Executives

Karen Lyon, PhD, APRN, ACNS, NEABC

Executive Director 

Louisiana State Board of Nursing

Clair Millet, DNP, APRN, PHCNS-BC
RWJF/AARP Public Health Nurse Leader

Director of Faculty Development, Continuing Nursing Education and Entrepreneurial Enterprise
LSUHNO School of Nursing

Barbara L. Morvant, MN, RN

Retired

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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

Dean, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center     School of Nursing

Terrie P. Sterling, MSN, MBA, RN

Chief Operating Officer
Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center

Brinda Williams-Morgan, RN, MN, APRN

CNS, CCRN, VHA-CM

Associate Director 

Patient/Nursing Service
Southeast Louisiana Veterans Healthcare System