About Us

2026 Planning Committee

Hosting Organization

UVA Health

Host Elect

Advocate Health

Immediate Past Host

Indiana University Health

Leadership & Guidance

Advisory Board

Kristen Nelson (Immediate Past Chair)
Nurse Practitioner, MedStar Health

Tamekia Hayes
Physician Assistant/Associate, Huntsville Hospital

Catherine Baglieri
Nurse Practitioner, Penn Medicine

Buffy Krauser Lupear
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, Vanderbilt

Kristen Koller
Nurse Practitioner, Johns Hopkins / Sibley Memorial

Jill Anderson (Chair)
Physician Assistant/Associate, Johns Hopkins Hospital

Gloria Franklin
Nurse Practitioner, Providence St. Jude

Linda Jordan
Physician Assistant/Associate, Miami Cancer Institute

Ashish Patel
Certified Anesthesiologist Assistant, MedStar Health

Margaret "Maggie" McLean
Clinical Nurse Specialist, UT Southwestern

Committees

Executive Committee

  • Stacey Woodburn, Indiana University Health
  • Lindsay Anderson, Indiana University Health
  • Tia Brutscher, Indiana University Health
  • Karen Snyder, Indiana University Health
  • William Lombardi, University of Virginia Health
  • Matthew Robertson, University of Virginia Health
  • Lauren Maino, University of Virginia Health
  • Christopher Roe, UT Southwestern
  • Meredith Stringer, UT Southwestern
  • Alyse Chambers, UT Southwestern
  • Clair Kuriakose, Stanford Health Care
  • Jasmine Garces-King, ChristianaCare
  • Corinna Sicoutris, Penn Medicine
  • Tamekia Hayes, Huntsville Hospital
  • Monica Nandwani, Stanford Health Care
  • Jay Navoa, Stanford Health Care
  • Eileen Legaspi-Wilson, Stanford Health Care
  • Jill Anderson, Johns Hopkins
  • Honore Kotler, Cedars Sinai

Awards Committee

  • Honore Kotler, Cedars Sinai (Chair)
  • Jasmine Garces-King, ChristianaCare (Past Chair)
  • Kimberly Brazee, University Hospitals
  • Kimberly Broughton-Miller, U of L Health
  • Carol Antequera, University of Miami
  • Matthew Sigafus, Penn Medicine
  • Melissa Campbell, Emory Healthcare
  • Bahare Farhadian, Stanford Medicine Children's
  • Kelly Haviland, Memorial Sloan
  • Elizabeth Orr, Prisma Health
  • Karen Holmes, Baylor Scott & White
  • Jillian Belmont, University of Vermont Health Network
  • Whitney Miller, Denver Health
  • Heather Augustyniak, Baptist Health
  • Jody Mackling, Children's Health System of Texas
  • Stephanie Nunes, Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Elmira Jangi, Fred Hutch Cancer Center
  • April Burke, Sound Physicians

Events Committee

  • Lindsay Anderson, Indiana University Health (Chair)
  • Meredith Stringer, UT Southwestern (Past Chair)
  • Edie Brucker, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
  • Matthew Robertson, University of Virginia
  • Jaime Melhorn, Inova
  • Jenny Morrison, University of Pennsylvania

Founders

Organizations that helped establish and support National APP Week.

  • Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant, Inc. (ARC-PA)
  • Advanced Infusion and Wellness Center
  • Advanced Practitioner Society of Hematology and Oncology
  • Advocate Aurora Health
  • Akron Children’s Hospital
  • Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
  • APPraise Network
  • Baptist Memorial Health Care
  • BJC Healthcare: St. Louis Children’s Hospital & Barnes Jewish Hospital
  • Cayuga Health
  • Centra Health
  • Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
  • Children’s Health
  • Children’s Hospital of New Orleans
  • Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
  • Children’s National Hospital
  • Cypress at Home
  • Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
  • Dayton Children’s Hospital
  • DispatchHealth
  • Edward-Elmhurst Health
  • Eisenhower Health
  • Erie Family Health Center
  • Federal Medical Center Carswell
  • Geisinger
  • Grand View Hospital
  • Hackensack University Medical Center
  • Hartford Healthcare
  • Healthy Alliance, LLC
  • HealthGigJobs
  • Hennepin Healthcare
  • Henry Ford Hospital
  • Horizon Behavioral Health
  • Hudson Medical
  • Huntsville Hospital
  • Indian Nurses Association of Illinois
  • Inova Health System
  • Intermountain Healthcare
  • Jefferson Health
  • Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital
  • Johns Hopkins Hospital
  • Johns Hopkins Hospital GYN/OB
  • Kadlec Regional Medical Center
  • Lahey Hospital & Medical Center
  • Lee Health
  • LewisGale Physicians, HCA Virginia
  • M Health Fairview
  • Maimonides Medical Center
  • Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Medical College of Wisconsin
  • Memorial Healthcare System
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  • Mercy
  • Metro Health System
  • Metro Infectious Disease Consultants
  • Miami Cancer Institute
  • Mon Health System
  • Mountain View Surgical Associates
  • Nemours Children’s Hospital
  • Nemours/A.I. duPont Hospital for Children
  • Newton-Wellesley Hospital
  • Northwell Health
  • Northwestern Medicine
  • Oak Street Health
  • OhioHealth
  • Orlando Health
  • OSU Wexner Medical Center
  • OU Health
  • Penn Medicine
  • Providence Saint John’s Health Center
  • Rush University Medical Center
  • Stanford Health Care
  • Texas Children’s Hospital
  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center
  • Washington University Anesthesiology
  • West Virginia University Medicine