The North Carolina Nurses Association is led by a Board of Directors elected by the membership and consisting of three Executive Committee members, four Members at Large, and the Chair of the Commission on Advanced Practice Nursing. This Board set the strategic direction of the organization and set priorities and policy, which are then implemented in partnership with a staff led by Tina Gordon, MPA, CAE, FACHE, who serves as NCNA’s Chief Executive Officer.
(October 2019 through October 2021)
President
Dennis A. Taylor, RN, DNP, PhD, ACNP-BC, FCCM
of Lexington
President-Elect
Meka Douthit EL, DNP, RN, NE-BC
of Winston-Salem
Secretary/Treasurer
Ryan Lewis, MSN, RN, FNP-BC
of Apex
Albert Anderson, Jr., PhD, MBA, RN, CCRN, NE-BC
of Winterville
Bonnie Davis Meadows, MSN, RN
of Belmont
Ashley Sholar, BSN-RN, MBA
of Wallace
Holly Wei, PhD, RN
of Chapel Hill
Cathleen Wheatley, DNP, RN, CENP
of Winston-Salem
Tomika M. Williams, PhD, AGPCNP-C, CDP, RN
of Greensboro
Commission on Advanced Practice Nursing (CAPN)
Carrie Palmer, DNP, RN, ANP-BC, CDE
of Cary
