2013 National Nursing Ethics Conference Planning Committee

Katherine Brown-Saltzman, BSN, MA, RN (NNEC Chair) (Ethics of Caring Chair)
Co-director, Ethics Center
UCLA Health System

Lucia D. Wocial, PhD, RN (NNEC Co-Chair)
Nurse Ethicist, Indiana University Health
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Indiana University School of Nursing

Laurie Badzek LLM, JD, MS, RN, FAAN
Director, Center for Ethics and Human Rights, American Nurses Association 
Professor, West Virginia University School of Nursing

Brenda Barnum, BSN, MA, RN
Lead RN, Newborn & Infant Critical Care Unit, NICCU
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

Jennifer Bartlett, MSN, RN-BC, CNE
Assistant Professor, Bon Secours Richmond Health System
BSN Program, Bon Secours Memorial College of Nursing

Elissa Brown, MSN, RN, PMHCNS-BC (Ethics of Caring Vice-Chair)
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Mental Health
VHAGLAHS
Co-Chair, GLA Ethics Advisory Committee

Maureen Cavanaugh, RN, C-EFM, MS, MAHCM
Clinical Nurse Specialist
St. Peter’s Hospital

Anna Dermenchyan, RN, BSN, CCRN-CSC
Clinical Nurse III
UCLA Health System

Katherine DuBois, MSN, RN-BC
Staff Development Specialist, Ethics Nurse
Children’s National Medical Center

Theresa S. Drought, PhD, RN
Director Medical Bioethics
Kaiser Permanente, Woodland Hills Medical Center
Board member, Nursing Ethics and International Centre for Nursing Ethics

Beverly Fairbairn, RN (Ethics of Caring Treasurer)
Retired Nursing Supervisor
Saint John’s Health Center

RoseMarie Faber, MSN/ED, RN
Alumna CCRN
Credentialing Program Specialist
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses

Linda Gorman, MN, RN, PMHCNS-BC, FPCN (Ethics of Caring Secretary)
Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist
Independent Consultant

Vicki D. Lachman, PhD, APRN, FAAN
Clinical Professor, Nurse Ethics Consultant
Drexel University
College of Nursing and Health Professions

Shellee Laubersheimer
Program Coordinator
Indiana University Health

Donna McKlindon, MSN, RN, PMHCNS-BC
Associate Director, Department of Medical Ethics
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Clara Monroe RN, CCRN, PCCN, CMC
Senior Partner, CMCC
Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital

Cynda Rushton, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor, Nursing & Pediatrics, Core Faculty Berman Institute of Bioethics
Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing

Marilyn J. Shirk, MN, RN, CNS-BC
Mental Health CNS, Nursing Liaison
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Lauren Siri, BSA
Administration
UCLA Health System Ethics Center
Conference Coordinator

Carol Taylor, PhD, MSN, RN
Professor of Nursing,
Kennedy Institute Scholar
Georgetown University

Martha Turner, PhD, RN-BC
Assistant Director of the Center for Ethics and Human Rights, American Nurses Association
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Uniformed Services University

Mary K. Walton, MSN, MBE, RN
Director, Patient/Family Centered Care
Nurse Ethicist
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania