What We Do
ACNN Committees
Awards Committee
- Review applications for ACNN awards
- Consider additional ways of acknowledging member excellence
Communications Committee
- Help improve between-conference member interaction through:
- Quarterly newsletter
- Publication updates from our members
- Social media posts
- Website content
Conference Planning Committee
- Assist with the planning of the annual ACNN conference during bi-weekly meetings (every other week during planning season)
- Create conference agenda and planning timelines
- Identify and coordinate speakers
- Assist with event outreach efforts
Education Committee
- Help identify speakers and topics for webinars
- Coordinate between-conference learning events
Membership Committee
- Re-examine membership categories
- Consider group memberships
- Set a more equitable fee structure
Quality, Research, and Scholarship Committee
- Promote scholarship within the organization by curating a collection of members scholarly work
- Review applications for and manage the Elizabeth F. Hobdell Research Grant program
Special Interest Groups (SIGs)
- Collaborate with colleagues who share your professional interests in epilepsy, headache, movement, neuromuscular, development, acute care, critical care, and ambulatory nursing.
- SIGs may choose to network with each other to share clinical perils and pearls, collaborate on research or produce scholarly work such as practice guidelines, position statements, book chapters or journal articles.
Transition to Practice (TTP) Task Force for NPs/PAs
- Collaborate with advanced practice colleagues to create a road map and develop educational content for onboarding new APPs
Transition to Practice (TTP) Task Force for RNs and Clinical Assistants
- Collaborate with colleagues to develop an orientation guide for ambulatory or acute care nurses and clinical assistants
Board of Directors
Current Board Members
Mona Jacobson
President
Mona is a MSN, CPNP, and Senior instructor in Pediatrics, Section of Neurology at Children's Hospital Colorado. She has been a member of ACNN for the past 10 years, during which she served a term as Director At-Large and participated on the conference planning committee.
Samantha Weaver
Secretary
Samantha is a PNP-AC, RN, MSN, CNRN in Birmingham, AL. She has served the last two years on the Alabama chapter National Assoc of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners, performing dual roles in communication and membership chair.
Susanna Fenstermacher
Treasurer
Susanna Fenstermacher, MSN, RN, CPNP-PC, is a pediatric nurse practitioner in the Division of Pediatric Neurology at Seattle Children’s Hospital. She specializes in the care of children and young adults with epilepsy, including dietary therapy and neuromodulation. She joined ACNN in 2022 and has also participated in the conference planning committee.
Kathleen Wetherell-Griffin
Director At-Large
Kathleen Griffin is a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, PNP-BC and Adjunct Faculty Appointment in PA Studies at WF School of Medicine in North Carolina.
Toni Kavanagh
Director At-Large
Toni Kavanagh RN, BSN, MSHA, MBA, CNRN is currently the program coordinator for pediatric neurology at Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital in New York. She has ten years of experience in pediatric neurology. She has been the recipient of the Claire Chee award for Excellence from ACNN and recipient of the Emma Rose award from The Epilepsy Foundation of Metropolitan New York.
Rasha Srouji
Director At-Large
Rasha Srouji DNP, CPNP, CNRN is a nurse practitioner in the Neurology department at Boston children's Hospital and the lead NP for onboarding and the procedural clinic. She has been a member of ACNN for the past 7 years and has been chair of the conference planning committee for the past two years.
Scott Turner
Past President
Scott Turner, DNP, RN, FNP-BC, is a family nurse practitioner and an assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine. He has more than 15 years of advanced practice experience in pediatric neurology.
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