Black Nurses Assoc. Elects New Members
SILVER SPRING, MD - The National Black Nurses Association is pleased to announce its newly elected officers and members of the Board of Directors and the Nominating Committee.
“Congratulations to the new officers, board members and nominating Committee members in your new roles of service to the NBNA”, stated Dr. Debra A. Toney, President, “On behalf of the Board of Directors, I welcome you and look forward to working with this upcoming year.”
NBNA Officers
Deidre Woods-Walton, JD, MSN, RN
NBNA First Vice President
Lola Denise Jefferson, BSN, RNC, CVRN
NBNA Second Vice President
Irene Daniels-Lewis, DNSc, RN, APN, FAAN
NBNA Treasurer
Rita Wray, MBA, RN, FAAN
NBNA Historian
NBNA Board of Directors
Martha Dawson, DNP, RN, FACHE
Barbara Crosby, MPA, BSN, RNBC
Marcia A. Lowe, RN, BSN, MSN
Continuing Board Members are:
Officers
Debra A. Toney, PhD, RN, FAAN
President
Veronica Clarke-Tasker, PhD, RN, MBA, MPH
NBNA Secretary
Patricia McManus, PhD, RN, GCNPM
Parliamentarian
Bettye Davis Lewis, EdD, RN, FAAN
Immediate Past President
Board Members
Tonja Cook, RN
Gwendolyn Watford-Miller, RN, BSN
Ora Denise Williams, RN, BC, BSN MHCA
New Nominating Committee Members:
Ellen Durant, RN, MHSA
Brenda M. Ross, RN, MSN/ED, COHN-S
Debra Boyd-Seale, PhD, MSN, MHA, RN
The National Black Nurses Association's mission is to provide a forum for collective action by black nurses to investigate, define and advocate for the health care needs of African Americans and to implement strategies that ensure access to health care, equal to, or above health care standards of the larger society.
