Executive Board
RAA-I Executive Board
Theorist and Founder
Sister Callista Roy, RN, PhD, FAAN
Professor Emeritus
Mount Saint Mary鈥檚 University, Los Angeles, CA and
Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA
RAA-I President
Sister Clare M. Butt, PhD, RN
Coordinator of Transitional Services
Holy Family Province
Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth
Past RAA-I President
Leah FitzGerald, PhD, FNP-BC, FAAN
Dean of Nursing, Mervyn M. Dymally College of Nursing
1731 East 120th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90059
RAA-I Secretary
Ellen B. Buckner PhD, RN, CNE, AE-C, FNAP
Professor, Graduate Nursing
Moffett & Sanders School of Nursing, Samford University
Birmingham, AL, USA
RAA-I Treasurer
Millie Wilson, RN, MSN
Assistant Professor and Interim Director Simulation Laboratory
Mount Saint Mary’s University, Los Angeles CA
RAA-I Executive Board Members
Francisco Cadena, PhD
President, RAA-México (Nuevo Laredo, México – Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas)
Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas
Tamaulipas, Mexico
María Elisa Moreno-Fergusson, BSN, DNS
President, RAA-Colombia (Chía, Colombia – Universidad de La Sabana)
Director, Doctoral Nursing Science Program
Faculty of Nursing and Rehabilitation
Universidad de La Sabana, Colombia
Yolanda Gonzalez PhD, RN
President, RAA-Panama (Universidad de Panamá)
Ciudad Universitaria Octavio Méndez Pereira
Panamá
Tsuyako Hidaka, M.Ed., RN
President, RAA-Japan
Assistant to College President, St. Mary’s College School of Nursing
Director of the Roy Academia Nursology Research Center (RANRC)
St. Mary’s College, Japan
Lilia Andrea Buitrago Malaver, PhD, RN, MSc
President, RAA-Colombia (Pereira, Colombia-Universidad Libre Sectional Pereira)
Professor of the Nursing Program
Faculty of Health Sciences
Pereira, Colombia
Marsha E. Nickerson, EdD
President, RAA-United States, Home Chapter (California- Mount Saint Mary's University)
Associate Professor
Traditional BSN Program Assistant Director, Senior Level Education
Mount Saint Mary’s University, Los Angeles, CA
Aracely Díaz Oviedo PhD, MSN, RN
President, RAA-Mexico (San Luis Potosí – Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí)
Postdoctoral Program in Nursing Science, Federal University of PIAUI, Brazil
Researcher Professor, Level 6, PRODEP
Member, National System of Researchers Level 1
Research Coordinator, Faculty of Nursing and Nutrition
Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Mexico
Sandra Milena Velásquez Vergara, PhD, RN
President, RAA-Colombia (Medellín, Colombia – La Universidad de Antioquia)
Faculty of Nursing
University of Antioquia, Colombia
Academic Coordinator, Perioperative Care Area
Founding Member, Red_Estigma (International Network for Stigma Reduction)
Mildred Ortu Kowalski, PhD, RN, NE-BC
Independent Nurse Researcher
Volunteer at Atlantic Health/Morristown Medical Center, New Jersey
Carolyn Padovano, PhD, RN
Senior Program Director
Institute for Public Health Innovation
Washington, D.C.
Sandra A. Russo, PhD, RN
Chairperson of Nursing
Associate Professor
School of Nursing
Touro University
Administrative Support
- Katie Novoa