Committee Members
Jan Lanier, JD, RN (Chair)
Naomi House, MSN, RN, PMH-BC (Chair Elect)
Kay Ball PhD, RN, CNOR, CMLSO, FAORN, FAAN
Nancie Bechtel, MPH, BSN, RN, EMTB
Elizabeth Braithwaite, MBA, BSN, EMT, PMP, RN, CLSSYB-HC
Barb Bright, MS, RN
Suzanne Corado, RN, MSN, FNP-C
Raya Cupler, MPA, BSN, RN, NE-BC
Pete Dipiazza, DNP, APRN
Donna Doyle, DNP, RN, CNOR, NE-BC, FAORN
Anna Goldman, MSN, RN, NPD-BC
Rita Hall, RN, MSN, CNS
Jeri Milstead, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, ANA Hall of Fame
Barb Schaffner, PhD, PNP, RN
Gina Severino, DNP, MSN, RN, ACNS-BC;
Todd Tussing, DNP, RN, CENP, NEA-BC, EBP-C, FNAP
Barb Welch, DNP, MS, RN, EBP-C (Board Liaison)
Katie Worsham, MSN, APRN-FNP-C, RN-BC
2024 Accomplishments
- Presented a three-part continuing education series on effective advocacy and provided articles for the ANA-Ohio News Journal on advocacy.
- Met with legislative leaders and health care organizations while representing ANA-Ohio at the Ohio Statehouse. Offered testimony in support of SB 196 and HB 452 and in opposition to HB 73 and developed position statements on APRN practice issues. Provided voters information about changes to Ohio’s voter eligibility laws and rules and worked with VOT ER to register nurse voters.
- Provided regular legislative updates on ANA-Ohio’s website regarding public policy matters and provided key testimony in support of HB 452 that was influential in the bill’s eventual enactment during the General Assembly’s end of the biennium lame duck session.
- Developed and conducted the groundbreaking 2024 Jeri Milstead Public Policy Symposium (From the Skies to the Statehouse) held in conjunction with the ANA-Ohio Annual Meeting.
- Planned and facilitated a Nurse Policy Influencers Bootcamp with both didactic and clinical components held early in 2025 . The bootcamp prepares nurses to be more effective policy advocates for the profession of nursing. The clinical opportunities are unique to this program. It attracted attention and interest from nursing organizations across the country. Those who completed the rigorous bootcamp have the ongoing support from ANA-Ohio PPC members as they put into practice the outreach and advocacy tactics and strategies learned in the bootcamp.
2025 Goals
- External goal for the 136th General Assembly:
- The focus of ANA-Ohio’s external legislative activities will be on proposals that address the development and implementation of comprehensive strategies to effectively recruit and retain nurse professionals across all healthcare settings and increase the state’s workforce capacity to address the critical shortage of nurses and the safety of Ohio nurses and patients.
- Internal goals to maximize ANA-Ohio’s public policy influence:
- Establish a process that allows ANA-Ohio to knowledgeably weigh in quickly when timing factors require a rapid response.
- Establish a process for thoughtfully considering and addressing sensitive political matters that require more thoughtful and frank discussion than our meeting structure currently allows.
