LAC Leadership
State Co-Leads
AARP Louisiana
Denise Bottcher
Executive Director, AARP Louisiana
Louisiana Council of Administrators of Nursing Education
Dr. Lisa Hawthorne, PhD, MSN, RN, PHN, CNE
Director of Nursing / Chief Nursing Administrator
LSU-Eunice
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.
Louisiana Association of Nurse Practitioners
Kathy Baldridge, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAIPM
President
Louisiana Nurses Foundation
Denise Danna, DNS, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE
Louisiana State Nurses Association, past president
Chief Nursing Officer, University Medical Center New Orleans
LAC Founding Member
Louisiana Hospital Association
VACANT
Founding Member
Cynthia Bienemy, PHD, RN
Owner and CEO
ALLTHINGSPROFESSIONAL LLC
Healthcare Workforce Research and Consulting
Founding Member
Doris G. Brown, MEd, MS, RN, CNS
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Executive Nurse Fellow and Center for Community Preparedness, Director
Founding Member
Cindy Cobb, DNP, APRN, WHNP
Allure Enhancement Center, Nurse Practitioner
LAC Founding Member
Founding Member
Lisa Colletti, RN, MN, NEA-BC
Retired chief nurse executive
LONE past president
Founding Member
Lisa Deaton, BSN, RN
Retired
Past Louisiana State Nurses Association, Health Policy Committee Chair
Regional Action Coalition Lead
Founding Member
Warren Hebert, DNP, RN, CAE
HomeCare Assoc. of LA, CEO
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Executive Nurse Fellow
LAC Founding Member
Louisiana State Board of Nursing
Karen Lyon, PhD, MBA, APRN, NEA
Chief Executive Officer
Louisiana State Nurses Association
Ecoee Rooney, DNP, RN, NPD-BC, SANE-A
President
Louisiana Association of Nurse Anesthetist
Katrina O'Con, DNAP, CRNA
Louisiana Council of Administrators of Nursing Education
Demetrius J. Porche, DNS, PhD, ANEF, FACHE, FAANP, FAAN
Dean, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing.
Louisiana Organization for Nursing Leadership
Laura C Poole, MN, RN NEA-BC
LONL President
Assistant Vice President Nursing
Terrebonne General Health System
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
Founding Member
Barbara L. Morvant, MN, RN
Louisiana Nurses Foundation, President
Policy Analyst/ Consultant
Retired Executive Director,
Louisiana State Board of Nursing
Founding Member
Terrie P. Sterling, MSN, MBA, RN
CEO, Terrie Sterling Consulting
Chief Nursing Advisor at nDorse
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
Organization Management
Kelsi Guidry
Director, Louisiana Action Coalition
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