President

Dr. Dumas is a Professor and serves as a full-time member of the faculty of Stony Brook University, teaching in both the ANP and FNP Programs.  She co-authored the distance learning Family Nurse Practitioner Program, introduced Problem Based Learning to the on-site ANP Program, and serves as a mentor for junior faculty.  In addition to her teaching responsibilities, she maintains a part-time clinical practice in primary care at the Northport Veterans Administration. She received the 1996 NONPF Outstanding NP Educator Award and the 2001 American College of Nurse Practitioners Sharp Cutting Edge Award.  In 2005, she was inducted as a 2005 Fellow of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (FAANP).  

Vice President & President Elect

Shirlee Drayton-Brooks, PhD, FNP, APRN, BC, CRRN

Widener University

Term: 2008-2010

Dr. Drayton-Brooks is currently an Associate Professor of Nursing and Director of the Family Nurse Practitioner Program at Widener University, School of Nursing.  Dr. Drayton-Brooks has served a 2-term past National Secretary of the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF).  Further, service to NONPF included early task force work to identify cultural competencies, Archives Committee (member), and contribution to Advanced nursing practice building curriculum for quality nurse practitioner education.Most recently, Dr. Drayton-Brooks was appointed in March 2007 by Secretary Leavitt to the National Advisory Council on Nursing Education and Practice (NACNEP) for a 4-year term.  The Council advises the Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services and the US Congress on policy issues related to Title VIII programs administered by the HRSA Bureau of Health Professions, Division of Nursing, including nurse workforce supply, education, and practice improvement. 

Secretary

Dr. Kathy Crabtree is a Professor of Nursing at the Oregon Health & Sciences University where she has helped to develop the DNP program.  As DNP faculty, she teaches NPs and doctoral students and continues practice as an Adult NP in Oregon.  As a leader in NP education, Dr. Crabtree developed and directed federal training grants for NP education in multiple specialties. She co-directed the HRSA-funded project conducted by NONPF and AACN to develop validated, national competencies for 5 NP specialties in primary care.  She served on the NONPF Board of Directors for 2 terms as Chair of the Educational Standards and Guidelines Committee.  She most recently chaired the NONPF Practice Doctorate Committee.

Treasurer

Michael A. Carter, DNSc, FAAN, APRN-BC

University of Tennessee Health Science Center

First Term: 2008-2010

Dr. Carter served as the Dean of the College of Nursing at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center for 18 years.  He developed the DNP program at UT Health Science Center where he currently is a Distinguished Professor. He is currently a Family Nurse Practitioner for the Christian Health Center and at Southridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Heber Springs, Arkansas. He has held numerous national leadership positions including Treasurer of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) for 2 years, appointed as chair of the NONPF committee to develop the practice doctorate NP competencies,  and led the national panel consensus process to finalize the 2006 competencies.  He has also served on the NONPF Practice Doctorate Committee and currently serves on the Subcommittee to study Clinical Hours for the DNP.  He serves on the Board of Governors for the Frontier Nursing Service and was the president of the Society of Primary Care Policy Fellows.

Dr. Barksdale has a BSN, MSN, Post Master's certificate in teaching and PhD in nursing.  She is currently the Coordinator of the Family Nurse Practitioner Program at UNC-CH.  Dr. Barksdale has been a nurse practitioner for 16 years and is certified as both a family and an adult nurse practitioner.  Her NP clinical experiences have included urgent care, primary care, and home health care.  She is actively involved in assuring the quality of NP education by monitoring her current academic program, practice guidelines and trends, competencies, state and national regulations, and advocating for changes when necessary.  She is developing in the area of policy and has been selected as a 2005 Department of Health & Human Services' (DHHS) Primary Health Care Policy fellow.  
 

Mary Beth Bigley, DrPH, MSN, ANP

Dr. Mary Beth Bigley is with the NP program in the George Washington University Department of Nursing.  She is currently a Senior Health Fellow at the Office of the U.S. Surgeon General.  She also maintains her faculty position in the Department of Nursing Education at GWU.  Prior to her current fellowship, Dr. Bigley directed the GWU nurse practitioner programs for 10 years and the Nursing Leadership and Management program director since its inception.  Within a 16-month period, she was directly involved in the formation of the Department of Nursing Education at GWU and the successful completion of the CCNE self-study.  Dr. Bigley serves as NONPF’s representative to the interdisciplinary Health People’s 2010 Curriculum Taskforce.  She also represents NONPF as a partner with the U.S. Preventive Service Taskforce.

Mary Burman, PhD, RN, FNP, BC
University of Wyoming
First Term: 2007-2009

Dr. Burman has served on the faculty of the University of Wyoming for 14 years. She is currently Professor, School of Nursing, and Associate Dean, Academic Affairs for the College of Health Sciences. Before assuming this position she directed the Family Nurse Practitioner program. She continues to teach in the NP program. Her area of research is on models of nurse practitioner practice and outcomes of care. In addition, Dr. Burman maintains a part-time practice with low-income uninsured persons, especially those experiencing chronic illness.  She has chaired the NONPF International SIG for several years.
 

Dr. Gene Harkless is currently an associate professor and serves as a senior faculty member and nurse practitioner program coordinator at the University of New Hampshire. In 2005, she participated in the clinical microsystem course at Dartmouth's Center for Evaluative Clinical Sciences.  In 2005-06, she also was selected to attend the HERS Management Institute for Women in Higher Education at Wellesley College.  In addition to her academic responsibilities, she continues to work as a family nurse practitioner for a local community health center and homeless program.  Within NONPF, Dr. Harkless recently served as co-chair of the International SIG.

Randolph Rasch
Vanderbilt University
Second Term: 2008-2010

Dr. Rasch is a Professor and Director of the Family Nurse Practitioner Program at Vanderbilt University.  He has been a Family Nurse Practitioner for over 26 years and has held several positions in nursing education, including NP coordinator at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and consultant to NP education programs in the United Kingdom and Botswana, Africa.  He is currently featured in the nurse educator recruitment campaign sponsored by the Nurses for a Healthier Tomorrow and actively speaks to and works with organizations on this issue and increasing diversity in nursing, including NPs.  He is the immediate past co-president of the Middle Tennessee Advanced Practice Nurses Group and serves on a number of advisory boards.  He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Vanderbilt University Center for Health Services and Chair of the CHS Project Advisory Committee.

Lenore Resick, PhD, APRN, BC, NP-C

Duquesne University

First Term: 2007-2009

Dr. Lenore Resick is currently the Director of the FNP Clinical Specialty in the MSN program at the Duquesne University School of Nursing.  In addition, she has served as Director of Duquesne’s Nurse-Managed Wellness Center since 1996.  She previously served as Chair of the NONPF Distance Learning SIG (2002-3) and during this time led the SIG in identifying guidelines for distance learning and served as editor of the document Guidelines for Distance Learning in Nurse Practitioner Education published by NONPF in 2002.  Dr. Resick also participates in NONPF’s activities focused on developing APN educational guidelines relative to mass casualty incidents and is Duquesne’s representative to the International Nursing Coalition for Mass Casualty Education. 

Anne Thomas, PhD, APRN, BC, ANP, GNP

University of Michigan

First Term: 2008-2010

Dr. Thomas has been actively involved in NONPF over many years.  Her activities have included: An abstract reviewer for the annual conferences, member of the Education Committee’s Task Force on FNP Standards, a member of the Educational Resources Committee, and a current member of the Curriculum Leadership Committee.  She also currently serves as the Co-Chair of the Program Director SIG. Dr. Thomas has also been actively involved throughout her professional career in advancing quality education via curricular development, redesign, implementation and evaluation of nurse practitioner programs while creating and obtaining necessary financial and human resources for colleagues and students. This has been accomplished through academic appointments as well as numerous requests for curriculum consultations to nurse practitioner programs