Meet The Foundation

Meet the ENA Foundation Board of Trustees and Staff

The ENA Foundation Board of Trustees leads with vision, dedicating its time and expertise to shaping strategy, providing governance and securing philanthropic support to champion the growth of emergency nurses and the emergency nursing specialty.

ENA Foundation Trustees

Kimberly Russo

Kimberly Russo, MSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

Chairperson
Kimberly.Russo@trustee.ena.org
Term ends December 2026
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CherylAnn MacDonald-Sweet, BS, RN, CEN, CPEN, TCRN

Chair-Elect
CherylAnn.MacDonald-Sweet@trustee.ena.org
Term ends December 2026
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Christine Russe, MSN, RN, CEN, CPEN, TCRN, FAEN

Immediate Past Chairperson
Christine.Russe@trustee.ena.org
Term ends December 2026
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Sara Daykin, DNP, MSN, RN, CPEN, TCRN, CNEcl, FAEN

Member-At-Large
Sara.Daykin@trustee.ena.org
Term ends December 2028
Neko Gilbert

Neko Gilbert, RN

Member-At-Large
Neko.Gilbert@trustee.ena.org
Term ends December 2027
Kelsea Heiman

Kelsea Heiman, MSN, BSN, BS, RN, CEN, TCRN

Member-At-Large
Kelsea.Heiman@trustee.ena.org
Term ends December 2027
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Tyler McCulloch, MSN, RN, MICN

Member-At-Large
Tyler.McCulloch@trustee.ena.org
Term ends December 2028
Nycole Oliver

Nycole Oliver, ACNPC-AG, APRN, CEN, DNP, FAEN, FNP-C, RN

Member-At-Large
Nycole.Oliver@trustee.ena.org
Term ends December 2027
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Jaime Stephens-Davenport, MSN, RN, CEN, CPEN, NRP, TCRN, NE-BC, CCRN, CFRN, CTRN

Member-At-Large
Jaime.Davenport@trustee.ena.org
Term ends December 2028
Amy Mills

Amy Mills, RN

Corporate Trustee
Amy.Mills@trustee.ena.org
Term ends December 2027
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Rebecca Paalman

Corporate Trustee
Rebecca.Paalman@trustee.ena.org
Term ends December 2027
Christie Susko

Christine Susko

Corporate Trustee
Christine.Susko@trustee.ena.org
Term ends December 2027
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Dustin Bass, DNP, MHA, RN, CEN, NEA-BC

ENA President
Dustin.Bass@board.ena.org
Term ends December 2026
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Ryan Oglesby, CEN, CFRN, MHA, NEA-BC, PhD, RN

Immediate Past President
Ryan.Oglesby@board.ena.org
Term ends December 2026

ENA Foundation Staff

The ENA Foundation Board of Trustees receives support from ENA's Leadership Team and ENA Foundation staff.
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Jennifer Schmitz, MSN, CEN, CPEN, FNP-C, NE-BC

Chief Clinical Officer
ena.foundation@ena.org
Meghan Higham

Meghan Higham

Manager, ENA Foundation
ena.foundation@ena.org