The Vaccine Confidence Advisory Committee (VCAC) was a key component of NNCC’s Nurse-Led COVID Vaccine Confidence Project, a partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that ran from February 2021 until September 2023. After the creation of the committee in April 2021, members served a critical role in identifying vaccine knowledge gaps and informing the development and adaptation of COVID-19 vaccine guidance, tools, and best practices that consider the needs of nurses working in community settings with vulnerable populations.
Members of the Vaccine Confidence Advisory Committee
Ashley Beying, APRN, FNP-BC
Ashley is a Family Nurse Practitioner in the Waverly Medical Clinic - Coffey Health System in Kansas.
Maureen B. Boardman, MSN, FNP-C, FAANPMaureen is a Family Nurse Practitioner, Director of Clinical Quality at Little Rivers Health Care and Family Medicine, and the Clinical Research Director of the Dartmouth Primary Care Research Network.
Denise Bockwoldt, Ph.D., APRN, FNP-BC
Dr. Bockwoldt is a Family Nurse Practitioner at Family Christian Health Center and Assistant Professor of Nursing at the University of Illinois Chicago.
Kellie Bryant, DNP, WHNP, CHSE, FAAN
Dr. Bryant is Assistant Dean of Clinical Affairs and Simulation at the Columbia University School of Nursing.
Melody Butler, BSN, RN, CIC
Melody Anne Butler is the Founding Executive Director of Nurses Who Vaccinate and Registered Nurse, Infection Prevention and Control at Good Samaritan Hospital.
Evelyn Crump PhD, WHNP-BC, FNP-BC
Dr. Crump is dually credentialed as a Women's Health and Family Nurse Practitioner. Dr. Crump has experience teaching nursing and/or functioning as a clinical site preceptor for seven academic institutions.
Deepika Goyal, PhD, FNP-C
Dr. Goyal is a professor of nursing at San José State University and oversees the Family Nurse Practitioner program.
Monica J. Harmon, MSN, MPH, RN
Monica Harmon is an Assistant Clinical Professor at Drexel University College of Nursing and Health Professions, the Executive Director of the CNHP Community Wellness HUB, and Chapter President of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Area Black Nurses Association.
Joyce Johnson MSN, APRN, AGNP-C, CARN-AP
Joyce Johnson is the Clinical Director of Outpatient Services at Intensive Health in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, and serves as clinical faculty at the University of Louisville.
Gloria Jones-Dinkins DNP, APRN, FNP-BC
Dr. Jones-Dinkins is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Howard University College of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences and a Board-Certified Family Nurse Practitioner.
Letha M. Joseph, DNP, AGPCNP-BC, FFNMRCSI, FAANP
Dr. Joseph is a Nurse Practitioner at Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Durham, North Carolina, and a clinical instructor at Duke University School of Nursing.
Adeline R Kline, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, NCSN
Adeline Kline is a Family Nurse Practitioner who currently works in a School-Based Health Center on the island of Oahu for the Hawai'i Keiki Program.
Reglita Pogado Laput, MPHM, BSN, RN
Reglita is the Director of Clinical Services at Epic Home Health Care and President of the Philippine Nurses Association of Michigan.
Clair P. Millet, DNP, APRN, PHCNS-BC
Dr. Clair Millet is the Director of the Nursing Continuing Professional Development & Entrepreneurial Enterprise Department at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center.
Melina Moran, MSN, APRN, FNP-C
Melina Moran is a Board Certified Family Nurse Practitioner currently working in Addiction Medicine in Bend, Oregon. She also sits as the Chair of the Oregon Commission of Hispanic Affairs.
Janet Reich, RN, MSHSAJanet is a school nurse at the Leupp Elementary School on the Navajo Reservation, a Mentor for the AZ Dept of Ed Recruitment program for nurses, and owner of HealthView Systems/GRP-Global Research Partners.
Maria Saldiva, DNP, APRN, FNP-C
Dr. Saldiva is an Assistant Clinical Professor at UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing and a Family Nurse Practitioner in the Wellness 360 Clinic.
Laurie Sparr DNP, APRN, FNP-C
Dr. Sparr is a Family Nurse Practitioner at Chestnut Health Systems in Belleville, IL.
Deborah Washington, PhD, RN
Dr. Washington is a nurse at Massachusetts General Hospital, adjunct faculty at Emmanuel College School of Nursing, and sits on diversity advisory boards
Shannin Hatch, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC
Dr. Hatch is a Family Nurse Practitioner at Roper St. Francis Physician Partners Primary Care in South Carolina.
This project was funded in part by a cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (grant number NU50CK000580). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The contents of this resource center do not necessarily represent the policy of CDC or HHS and should not be considered an endorsement by the Federal Government.
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