
IT TAKES LEADERSHIP TO DRIVE AN ORGANIZATION FORWARD.
MNRS is a membership run organization. Board and committee members who generously lend MNRS their time, talents, and expertise work alongside our Executive Office staff to maintain the momentum we see today. Our Board of Directors is tireless in their pursuit of ensuring the MNRS is ethical, inclusive, diverse, relevant, and financially sound. We are thankful for the leadership that is represented through our Board of Directors and know that the future is bright for MNRS!

Sharon Tucker, PhD, APRN-CNS, NC-BC, EBP-C, FNAP, FAAN
President | Term: 2023-2025
Professor & Director
The Ohio State University

Kathleen Buckwalter, PhD, RN, FAAN
Past-President | Term: 2023-2024
Professor of Research & Distinguished Nurse Scientist in Aging
Donald W. Reynolds Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence, College of Nursing, OUHSC
Professor Emerita, University of Iowa College of Nursing

Amy Jude Hoffman, PhD, RN, FAAN
Vice President | Term: 2022-2024
Professor and Assistant Dean
The University of Nebraska Medical Center, College of Nursing

Diane Von Ah, PhD, RN, FAAN
Treasurer | Term: 2023-2025
Distinguished Professor of Cancer Research, Dean of Cancer Research, Center for Healthy Aging, Self-Management and Complex Care
College of Nursing, The Ohio State University

Eileen Hacker, PhD, APRN, AOCN, FAAN
Secretary | Term: 2022-2024
Professor and Chair, Department of Nursing
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Helen Lach, PhD, RN, CNL, FGSA,FAAN
MNRS Foundation President | Term: 2023-2025
Associate Dean for Research and PhD Program Director, Interim
Saint Louis University

Carolyn Still, PhD, CNP, MSN, AGPCNP-BC
Board Member-at-Large | Term: 2023-2025
Assistant Professor
Case Western Reserve University

Sheria Robinson-Lane, PhD, RN, MSN, MHA
Board Member-at-Large | Term: 2022-2024
Assistant Professor
University of Michigan

Masako Mayahara, PhD, RN, FAAN, CHPN, FPCN
Board Member-at-Large | Term: 2023-2025
Associate Professor
Rush University

Florence Johnson, RN, MHA, MSN, CDP
Student Representative | Term: 2022-2024
Student
University of Michigan