2026 Board of Directors

Executive Board

Michael Brown DNP, APRN, FNP-C

President

Deanna Harless, DNP, ACNP-BC, FNP-BC ACNP

Vice President

Jennifer Lemoine PhD, DNP, APRN

President-Elect

Sherri Drake DNP, APRN, FNP-C

Secretary

Deanna Kamphuis ACNP

Treasurer

Melissa Nunn DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC/AC, CNE

Past-President

Regional Reps

Jessie Iles FNP-C, PMHNP-BC

Acadiana Co-Rep

Marti Andries ANP, FNP, CWCN-AP

Acadiana Co-Rep

Anna Chauvin NP

Bayou Co-Rep

Tommie Landry MSN, APRN, FNP-C

Bayou Rep

Melissa Phillips FNP

Capital Co-Rep

Dianne Girlinghouse MSN, APRN, FNP-C

CENLA Co-Rep

Jeremy Wiley DNP, MBA, APRN, FNP-C

CENLA Co-Rep

Courtney Weston FNP

NELA Co-Rep

Amy Seale FNP-C

Northshore Co-Rep

Janeka Scott-collette DNP APRN FNP

Capital Co-Rep

Julia Makitra Bourgeois FNP

GNO Co-Rep

A. Sarah Warden FNP

GNO Co-Rep

Penny Cain DNP

NELA Co-Rep

Susette Dean FNP-C

Northshore Co-Rep

Francheska Brown NP

NWLA Co-Rep

Jessica King AGACNP-BC

NWLA Co-Rep

Health Policy Committee

Kathy Baldridge DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, FAANP

Health Policy Co-Chair

Lisa Bayhi DNP

Health Policy Co-Rep

Membership Committee

Jolie Montreuil FNP-C

Membership Chair

Education Committee

Penny Thomas FNP-C

Education Chair

Julia Makitra Bourgeois FNP

Education Co-Chair

PAC Committee

Shantell Burns DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC

PAC Chair

Erica Love NP

PAC Co-Chair

Additional Board Positions

Jean Genzale DNP, ANP-C, CVNP-BC

AANP Representative

Staff

Cody Blanchard LANP Executive Director

LANP Executive Director

Rebecca Thibodaux LANP Conference Coordinator

LANP Conference Coordinator

Keli Williams NP lobbyist

Lobbyist