BBNA 2025 Officers

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President

Theresa Rodgers, DNP, RN, CPNP-PC/AC
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President-Elect

Arina Riley, MNHSA, MHLP

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Secretary

Tanisha Leonard, BSN, BA, RN AHA Certified Instructor/TCF

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Secretary-Elect

Kimberly Bell, DNP, FNP-C

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Parliamentarian

Wanda Pendleton

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Treasurer

Cynthia Cleveland, DNP, RN, NE-BC

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Assistant Treasurer

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Immediate Past President

Patricia S. Curry, RN, BSN, BS, CNMT

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Board Member at Large

Cecelia Sims, DNP, RN, PNP-BC, CIC

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President Emerita

Deborah Walker, BSN, MA, NE-BC

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Vice President Emeritus

Geneva Irby

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Historian

Deborah Thedford-Zimmerman, RN, MSN, WOCN

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Student Representative

Lorren Rice