NLC Commission
Chair
Term Expires: Sept. 30, 2023
Pamela C. Zickafoose, EdD, MSN, RN, NE-BC, CNE, FRE
NLC Commissioner, Delaware
Executive Director, Delaware Board of Nursing
Vice Chair
Term Expires: Sept. 30, 2024
Missy Poortenga, MHA, BSN, RN
NLC Commissioner, Montana
Executive Director, Montana Board of Nursing
Treasurer
Term Expires: Sept. 30, 2024
Joe Baker, Jr.
NLC Commissioner, Florida
Executive Director, Florida Board of Nursing
Member-At-Large
Term Expires: Sept. 30, 2023
Jenny Barnhouse, DNP, RN
NLC Commissioner, Oklahoma
Executive Director, Oklahoma Board of Nursing
Member-At-Large
Term Expires: Sept. 30, 2024
Carol Moody, RN, BSN, MS, NEA-BC
NLC Commissioner, South Carolina
Administrator, South Carolina Board of Nursing
Member-At-Large
Term Expires: September 30, 2024
Sherry Richardson, MSN, RN
NLC Commissioner, Tennessee
Executive Director, Tennessee Board of Nursing
Member-At-Large
Term Expires: September 30, 2023
Linda Young, RN, MS, FRE
NLC Commissioner, South Dakota
Executive Director, South Dakota Board of Nursing
Rules Committee
- Alice Henley, Co-chair, AL
- Joey Ridenour, Co-chair, AZ
- Kim Esquibel, ME
- Sara Hansen-Baiamonte, MT
- Michelle Chapman, WV
- Debbie McKinney, OK
- Carol Moody, SC
- Stacey Pfenning, ND
- Deborah Loucks, FL
- Rick Masters, Special Counsel
Training and Education Committee
- Ann Oertwich, Chair, NE
- Erin Matthies, Vice-chair, SD
- Nicole Benson, FL
- Tony Graham, NC
- Lisa Hastings, WY
- Shan Montgomery, MS
- Carol Moreland, KS
- Nancy Norris Johnson, MS
Technology Task Force
- Nicole Benson, FL
- Adrian Guerrero, KS
- Alice Henley, AL
- Melissa McDonald, NC
- Lori Scheidt, MO
Research Committee
- Tammy Buchholz, Chair, ND
- Jennifer Lewis, NC
- Jenny Barnhouse, OK
- Priscilla Burks, MS
- Sue Painter, WV
- LaDonna Patton, AL
- Sherri Sutton-Johnson, FL
Elections Committee
- Lori Hart, WY, Co-chair
- Crystal Tillman, Co-chair, NC
Policy Committee
- Missy Poortenga, Chair, MT
- Allison Bailey, NC
- Joe Baker Jr., FL
- Peggy Benson, AL
- Maureen Bentz, ND
- Adrian Guerrero, KS
Compliance Committee
- Lori Scheidt, Chair, MO
- Kathy Weinberg, Co-chair, IA
- Karen Evans, MD
- Melissa Hanson, ND
- Megan Hudson, ME
- Karen Lyon, LA
- Patrick Samuelson, AL
- Jackye Ward, OK
NLC Operations Network
The NLC Operations Network is an ongoing series of quarterly virtual meetings led by the NLC director. The intended audience for the meetings is any board staff whose work involves the NLC. Agenda items are submitted by board staff for discussion at the virtual meeting. Topics may relate to licensure, discipline, Nursys or any NLC-related operational issue. Invitations to attend the network meeting are sent based on the submission of board staff names by the NLC Commissioner of the state.