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Board Members

Jennifer Phelps, BS, LPN, QMHP-A, CSAC President Lynchburg 2nd term expires 6/30/2021	Cynthia M. Swineford, MSN, RN, CNE Disputanta 1st term expires 6/30/2021
Marie Gerardo, MS, RN, ANP-BC First Vice President Midlothian 2nd term expires 6/30/2022	Margaret Joan Friedenberg, Citizen Member Richmond 1st term expires 6/30/2021
Mark Monson, Citizen Member Second Vice President Fairfax 2nd term expires 6/30/2022	Felisa Smith, RN, BSN, MSA, MSN/Ed, CNE Portsmouth First term expires 6/30/2023
Louise Hershkowitz. CRNA, MSHA Reston 2nd term expires 6/30/2021	Meenakshi Shah, BA, RN Roanoke Unexpired term ending 6/30/2020
Ann T. Gleason, PhD, Citizen Member Zion Crossroads Unexpired term ending 6/30/2020	Brandon A. Jones, MSN, RN, CEN, NEA-BC Roanoke Unexpired term ending 6/30/2021
Yvette Dorsey, DNP, RN Richmond Unexpired term ending 6/30/2020	Ethlyn McQueen-Gibson, DNP, MSN, RN-BC Yorktown 1st term expires 6/30/2021
Dixie L. McElfresh, LPN Richmond First term expires 6/30/2023	James L. Hermansen-Parker, MSN, RN, PCCN-K Norfolk First term expires 6/30/2023

Massage Therapy Advisory Board

Dawn M. Hogue, MA, LMT (Faculty) Advisory Board Chair Virginia Beach Term Expires 2020	Kristina E. Page, LMT Sandston Term Expires 2020
Jermaine Mincey (Citizen) Advisory Board Vice-Chair Annandale Term Expires 2021	Erin C. Osiol, MSW, LMT Richmond Term Expires 2023
Shawnte’ Peterson, LMT Chesapeake Term Expires 2023

Committee Of The Joint Boards Of Nursing And Medicine

Members of Committee

Marie Gerardo, MS, RN, ANP-BC - Chair Midlothian, VA Board of Nursing	Karen A. Ransone, MD Cobbs Creek, VA Board of Medicine
Ann Tucker Gleason, PhD Zion Crossroads, VA Board of Nursing	Kenneth J. Walker, MD Pearisburg, VA Board of Medicine
Louise Hershkowitz, CRNA, MSHA Reston, VA Board of Nursing	Nathaniel Ray Tuck, Jr, DC Blacksburg, VA Board of Medicine

Members of Advisory Committee

Mark Coles, RN, BA, MSN, NP-C Virginia Beach, VA 1^st term ends 2020	Thokozeni Lipato, MD Richmond, VA 1^st term ends 2021
Janet L. Setnor, Colonel, C.R.N.A. Springfield, VA 1^st term ends 2021	David Alan Ellington, MD Lexington, VA 1^st term ends 2020
Kevin E. Brigle, RN, NP Richmond, VA 1^st term ends 2020	Stuart F. Mackler, MD Franktown, VA 1^st term ends 2020
Wendy Dotson, CNM, MSN Ashburn, VA 2^nd term ends 2020	Sarah E. Hobgood, MD Richmond, VA 2^nd term ends 2022

Contact the Board:
Perimeter Center
9960 Mayland Drive, Suite 300
Henrico Virginia 23233-1463
Phone: 804-367-4515
FAX: 804-527-4455
nursebd@dhp.virginia.gov
Hours: M-F 8:15 - 5:00

Virginia Board of Nursing
Jay P. Douglas, MSM, RN, CSAC, FRE, Executive Director
Jennifer Phelps, BS, LPN, QMHP-A, CSAC, President