Committees

IFNA Standing Committees

Communications Committee
Purpose: Assume responsibility for the development of the infrastructure that assures effective communication among members and timely dissemination of information.

Co-Chair: Wendy Looman – looma003@umn.edu
Co-Chair: Janice Bell - jmbell@ucalgary.ca
Board Liaison: Sharon Denham – denham@ohio.edu

Conference Committee
Purpose: Assume responsibility for conference planning.

Chair: Kathy Knafl – kknafl@email.unc.edu
Co-Chair: Kit Chesla – kit.chesla@ucsf.edu
Board Liaison: Marcia Van Riper – vanriper@email.unc.edu

*2013 IFNA Conference Details: Click here*

Education Committee
Purpose: Identify and disseminate the best educational practices for family nursing worldwide.

Co-Chair: Dorothee J H O’Sullivan Burchard – d.osullivanburchard@gcu.ac.uk
Co-Chair: Lorraine Thirsk – lorraine.thirsk@ualberta.ca
Board Liaison: Carole Robinson – carole.robinson@ubc.ca

*Resources for family nursing education: Click here

Membership Committee
Purpose: Develop strategies to recruit and retain members worldwide.

Co-Chair: co-chair position opened.
Co-Chair: Barbara Mandleco – barbara_mandleco@byu.edu
Board Liaison: Erla Kolbrun Svavarsdottir – eks@hi.is

*For information on Membership, click here

Nominating Committee
Purpose: Identify nominees, present a ballot, and oversee the election of IFNA officers and BOD.

Chair: Barbara Habermann – habermab@iupui.edu
Co-Chair: Maria Gudmunsdottir – - mariagudmund@yahoo.com
Board Liaison: Roberta Rehm – roberta.rehm@ucsf.edu

Practice Committee
Purpose: Identify and disseminate the best practice family nursing models used internationally.

Chair: Kathryn Anderson – khanderson@georgiasouthern.edu
Co-Chair: Michiko Moriyama – morimich@hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Board Liaison: Donna Curry – donna.curry@wright.edu

*Resources for family nursing practice: Click here

Research Committee
Purpose: Advance the conduct, dissemination, and use of family nursing research worldwide.

Chair: Ann Garwick – garwi001@umn.edu
Co-Chair: Janet Deatrick – deatrick@nursing.upenn.edu
Board Liaison: Suzanne Feetham – stfeetham@earthlink.net

*Resources for family nursing research: Click here