BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND LEADERSHIP 

OFFICE   NAME   TERM
President

  Kim Curry 2026-2028
1st Vice President, Chair, Strategic Planning  

  Gwyneth Franck 2025-2027
2nd Vice President, Chair, Program

  Charlotte Swint  2026-2028
Secretary

  Shannon Perry 2025-2027
Treasurer, Chair, Finance

  Mary Gibson 2024-2026
Director, Chair, Publications

  Dominique Tobbell 2025-2027
Director, Chair, Awards

  Susan Armstrong-Reid 2026-2028
Director, Chair, Bylaws & Policies

  Alisa Haushalter 2026-2028
Director, Chair, Communications

  Rachel Allen 2026-2028
Director, Member, Finance

  Melissa Sherrod 2025-2027
Director, Member, Strategic Planning

  Jess Dillard-Wright 2025-2027
Director, Chair, Research Review Committee

  Xiaoyun Zhao 2026-2028

Director, Chair, Diversity and Inclusion

  Oteka Jackson-Cenales    2026-2028

Director, Chair, Membership

  Sheri Tesseyman   2024-2028

Director, Chair, Nursing History Education Committee

  April Matthias   2023-2028

Past President Ex-Officio

  Gwyneth Franck    2026-2028
Editor, Nursing History Review
  Jane Brooks 2023 - present
Associate Editor, NHR
  Erin Spinney    
Managing Editor, NHR
  Doris Rikkers    
Assistant Editor, NHR   April Matthias   2026 - present
Book Reviews Editor, NHR

  Andre Rosario   2026 - present
Abstract Review Chair

  TBD  
Nominating Committee

 

Danielle Glynn
Marie Pitts Mosley
Jim Gatewood
Robin Coatsworth-Puspoky

2025-2027
2025-2027
2026-2028
2026-2028

 

PAST AAHN PRESIDENTS

TERM   NAME
2026-2028
  Kim Curry, PhD
2026-2026
  Gwyneth Franck, PhD RN MPH
2024-2026
  Erin Spinney, PhD, MA, BA (Hons)
2022-2024
  Annemarie McAllister, EdD
2020-2022
  Melissa Sherrod, PhD
2018-2020
  Arlene W. Keeling PhD, RN, FAAN
2016-2018
  Mary E. Gibson, PhD, RN
2014-2016
  Jean Whelan, PhD, RN
2012-2014
  Jean Whelan, PhD, RN
2010-2012
  Brigid Lusk, PhD, RN
2008-2010
  Sylvia Rinker, PhD, RN
2006-2008
  Arlene Keeling, PhD, RN
2004-2006
  Sandra B. Lewenson, EdD, RN, FAAN
2002-2004
  Kathleen S. Hanson, PhD, RN
2000-2002
  Eleanor Krohn Herrmann, EdD, RN, FAAN
1998-2000
  Nettie Birnbach, EdD, RN, FAAN
1996-1998
  Marilyn Flood, PhD, RN
1994-1996
  Eleanor M. Crowder, PhD, RN
1992-1994
  Janie Brown, EdD, RN
1990-1992
  Barbara Brodie, PhD, RN, FAAN
1988-1990
  M. Patricia Donahue, PhD, RN, FAAN
1986-1988
  Rosemary T. McCarthy, DNSc, RN, FAAN
1984-1986
  Olga M. Church, PhD, RN, FAAN
1982-1984
  Shirley H. Fondiller, EdD, RN, FAAN
1980-1982
  Sydney D. Krampitz, PhD, RN
1979-1980
  Teresa E. Christy, EdD, RN, FAAN

 

PAST AAHN EDITORS

Nursing History Review Editor   TERM   VOLUMES
Joan L Lynaugh, RN, PhD, FAAN   1993-2002   1-10
Patricia D'Antonio, RN, PhD   2003-2019   11-28
Arlene Keeling, PhD, RN, FAAN   2019-2023   29-31
Jane Brooks, PhD   2023-   32- 
         
AAHN Bulletin Editor   TERM   ISSUES
Bonnie and Vern Bullough, RN, PhD, FAAN   1983-1986   1-11
Signe S Cooper, RN, MN, FAAN   1986-1992   12-35
Alma S Woolley, RN, PhD, FAAN   1993-2002   36-55
Susan Dudas, RN, MN, FAAN   1997-2002   56-74
Linda Sabin, RN, PhD   2002-2007   75-96
Sylvia Rinker, PhD, RN   2008   97
Beth Ann Reedy   2008-2012   98-106
Gertrude Hutchinson   2013-2014   107-109
Adrian Melissinos, PhD, RN & Teresa O'Neill, PhD, RNC   2014-2018   110-118
Kim Curry, PhD, FAANP, APRN-C   2022-2025   119-127
Dominique Tobbell, PhD   2025-   128-