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Advisory/Ad Hoc Committees and Workgroups
The BRN establishes and appoints advisory/ad hoc committees and workgroups as needed to complete specific tasks. The current committees and workgroups and their functions are as follows:
Education Issues Workgroup
Reviews and provides recommendations to BRN staff for the Annual School Survey and report. Considers and provides recommendations to the BRN staff, as necessary, on various nursing education related topics.
Current Members:- Loucine Huckabay, PhD, RN, PNP, FAAN - California State University, Long Beach
- Audrey Berman, PhD, RN - Samuel Merritt University
- Liz Close, RN, PhD - Sonoma State University
- Brenda Fong - Community College Chancellor's Office
- Patricia Girczyc, RN, MSN, MPH - College of the Redwoods
- Marilyn Herrmann, PhD, RN - Loma Linda University
- Deloras Jones, RN, MS - California Institute for Nursing and Health Care
- Stephanie Leach - Kaiser Foundation Health Plan
- Judy Martin-Holland, PhD, MPA, RN, FNP - University of California, San Francisco
- Tammy Rice, MSN, RN - Saddleback College
- Louise Bailey, MEd, RN, Executive Officer
- Carol Mackay, MN, RN - Board of Registered Nursing
- Julie Campbell-Warnock, MA - Board of Registered Nursing
Nursing Workforce Advisory Committee
Advises the Board members and staff of the BRN on current and projected issues affecting the nursing workforce in California and reviews and provides input on the biennial RN survey instrument.
Current Members:- Barbara L. Blake, RN - UNAC/UHCP, NUHHCE, AFSCME
- Bonnie Castillo - California Nurses Association
- Dorel Harms - California Hospital Association/North
- Tricia Hunter, MN, RN - American Nurses Association\California
- Deloras Jones, RN, MS - California Institute for Nursing and Health Care
- Stephanie Leach - Kaiser Foundation Health Plan
- Pat McFarland - Association of California Nurse Leaders
- Doug Perkins, M.Ed. - Pacific Gateway Group
- Tammy Rice, MSN, RN - Saddleback College
- Joanne Spetz, Ph.D. Phillip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies University of California, San Francisco
- Jeannine Graves, MPA, BSN, RN, OCN, CNOR – Sutter Medical Center
- Louise Bailey, M.Ed., RN, Executive Officer
- Janette Wackerly, Supervising NEC – Board of Registered Nursing
- Julie Campbell-Warnock, MA, Research Program Specialist, Board of Registered Nursing
