Steering Committee members represent their respective organizations in shaping CINHC’s work and advising the Board of Directors. Though members represent the concerns of their constituents, members are committed to acting on behalf of what’s best for nursing in California. Committee members serve as communication liaisons to their organizations on behalf of CINHC.

• Gloria Bancarz, Assistant VP, Clinical Operations, Adventist Health
• Joan Burritt, Representative for Healthcare Association of San Diego & Imperial Counties
• Carol Bradley, Chief Nursing Executive, Tenet Health
• Janice Buehler, Director, Workforce Planning, Cedars Sinai Medical Center
• Susan Bumatay, Chief Nursing Exec./Assist. Admin. Sutter Health, Sutter Delta Medical Center
• Josie Clevenger, Chair, Northern California Association of Health Care Recruiters
• Linda Coale, Nurse Executive Council (HASC)
• Jim Commins, Dir. California Community Colleges, Economic Development Program
• Martha Daniel, Director of Health Services, Vista Del Monte Retirement Community
• Judy Dahl, Operating Room Nurses Council of California
• Linda Gregory, Manager, Coalition for Nursing Careers in California
• Liana Hain, PhD, RN, California League for Nursing
• Sharlyn Hansen, Executive Director, California Nurse Alliance
• Dorel Harms, VP Professional Services, California Healthcare Association
• Jean Harlow, Board of Registered Nursing, retired
• Rosalind Hartman, Chair, Associate Degree Directors, North
• Wynelle Huff, VP, Delivery of Care, Adventist Health
• Beverly Hugh-Pugh, VP, Chief Nursing Officer, Childrens Hospital, Central Valley
• Tricia Hunter, Executive Director, American Nurses Association\California
• Judy Husted, Director of Regional Patient Care Services South, Kaiser Permanente
• Beverly Jones, Sr. VP, Patient Care Services, John Muir Medical Canter
• Sarah Keating, Chair, CSPCN
• Vernon Lin, Associate Medical Director, Veterans Hospital, Long Beach
• Richard Martin, VP, Patient Care Service, Hoag Memorial Hospital, Newport Beac
• Patricia McFarland, Executive Director, Association of California Nurse Leaders
• Robyn Nelson, Prof. Nursing, CSU, Sacramento; President-elect, Calif. Assoc. Colleges of Nursing
• Cindy Noonan, VP, Nursing Services, ValleyCare, Pleasanton
• Susan Odegaard Turner, Consultant
• Jill Olmstead, MSN, NP-C, Representative for Advance Practice Nurses
• Sandra Proctor, VP, Nursing Services, Memorial Hospitals, Modesto
• Tammy Rice, Chair, Associate Degree Directors, South
• Elizabeth Rich, Representative for Southern California Directors Vocational Nursing Programs
• Catherine Robinson-Walker, President, Leadership Studio
• Arlene Sargent, California Association of Colleges of Nursing
• Meliva Saulo, Board Member, American Nurses Association\California
• Cecelia Smith, MD, representing Calif. Medical Association
• Katie Skelton, VP, Patient Care Services & Chief Nursing Officer, St. Joseph’s Hospital, Orange
• Jane Swanson, Director, Institute for Profession Practice, Cedars Sinai Medical Center
• Ruth Ann Terry, Executive Officer, Board of Registered Nursing
• Louise Timmer, President, America Nurses Association\California
• Verdie Thompson, Representative for Public Health Nursing Directors
• Carolyn Webster, Sr. VP, CNO, Fresno Community Hospital