Chair 2026
Jill Anderson
Johns Hopkins
National APP Week
The people behind the movement
About Us
Advancing recognition, connection, and meaningful celebration for Advanced Practice Providers across the nation.
Our purpose
Recognize. Elevate. Connect.
Hosted by
UVA Health
Advisory Board
Co-Chair 2026
Kristen Nelson
MedStar Health
Gloria Franklin
St. Jude
Catherine Baglierie
Penn Medicine
Buffy Krauser Lupear
Vanderbilt
Kristen Koller
Johns Hopkins
Margaret McLean
UT Southwestern
Executive Committee
Host 2026
William Lombardi
UVA Health
Host 2026
Matthew Robertson
UVA Health
Host 2026
Lauren Maino
UVA Health
Host 2026
Ana Tortosa
UVA Health
Tia Brutscher
IU Health
Tamekia Hayes
Huntsville Hospital
Stayce Woodburn
IU Health
Rhonda Hoyer
Advocate Health
Monica Nandwani
Stanford
Meredith Stringer
UT Southwestern
Lindsay Anderson
IU Health
Karen Snyder
IU Health
Jill Anderson
Johns Hopkins
Jay Navoa
Stanford
Jasmine Garces-King
Christian Care
Honore Kotler
Cedars-Sinai
Eileen Legaspi-Wilson
Stanford
Corinna Sicoutris
Penn Medicine
Clair Kuriakose
Stanford
Britney Broyhill
Advocate Health
Allison Burris
Advocate Health
Awards Committee
Chair 2026
Honore Kotler
Cedars-Sinai
Co-Chair 2026
Jasmine Garces-King
Christian Care
William Lombardi
UVA Health
Whitney Miller
Denver Health
Stephanie Nunes
Mass General Brigham
Rhoda Shulaw
UVA Health
Michael Haefele
NYU Langone
Melissa Campbell
Emory
Matthew Robertson
UVA Health
Lauren Maino
UVA Health
Karen Holmes
Baylor Scott & White
Jody Mackling
UT Southwestern
Jillian Belmont
University of Vermont
Jennifer Schach
UVA Health
Heather Augustyniak
Baptist Health
Elmira Jangi
Fred Hutch
Elizabeth Orr
Prisma Health
Christine Murray
UVA Health
Carol Antequera
University of Miami
Events Committee
Host 2026
William Lombardi
UVA Health
Host 2026
Matthew Robertson
UVA Health
Host 2026
Lauren Maino
UVA Health
Host 2026
Ana Tortosa
UVA Health
Maheswari Murugesan
UVA Health
Jennifer Schach
UVA Health
Rhonda Hoyer
Advocate Health
Meredith Stringer
UT Southwestern
Lindsay Anderson
IU Health
Britney Broyhill
Advocate Health
Allison Burris
Advocate Health
National APP Week 2026
Planning Committee
Leadership transitioning National APP Week from one host organization to the next.
Immediate Past Host
Indiana University Health
Hosting Organization
UVA Health
Current Host
Host Elect
Advocate Health
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