Board of Directors
Meet the team who continue to make NIGH happen!
Deva-Marie Beck
​PhD, RN, DTM, HSGAHN
International Co-Director
Barbara Dossey
​PhD, RN, FAAN, HSGAHN
International Co-Director
Phalakshi Manjrekar
​PhD, MScN, RN, HSGAHN​
MEMBER at LARGE
Cyril Ritchie
SECRETARY
Lynne Chase
MPH, MMgt, RN, CEN
MEMBER at LARGE
Tess Panizales
​DNP, Dr.(h.C.),MSN, RN
MEMBER at LARGE
Remembering Two Founding Directors — In Memoria
                                                              Louise Selanders, EdD, RN, FAAN
                                                                       1947-2022​ ​
              Wayne Kines, DTM
                     1935-2022
— Click on their images to see their remarkable biographies --
Council of Advisors
NIGH has leaders from all around the globe! Meet the team that helps advise! ​
Cheryl van Daalen-Smith
PhD, RN
Member at Large
Benoit Charlebois
Member at Large
Hironobu Shibuya
Member at Large
Dionne Sinclair
MScN, MCHM, RN, CHE, IDI LLC
             Member at Large
Andrew Mukwana
Member at Large
Poonam Sharma
RN, BN, MN
Member at Large
Jan Gustav Strandenaes
Member at Large
 Heather L. Maurer, MA, CAE
Member at Large
Marilyn 'Dee' Ray
RN, PhD, CTN-A , FSfAA, FAAN, FESPCH (hon) FNAP, HSGAHN,
​Hon LL. D​
                  Christina Jackson
                   PhD, MSN, APRN, APN-BC
Marisha Wojciechowska-Shibuya                                                                          
Language Council of Advisors
Alina Kushkyan,
MD, PhD
RUSSIAN ADVISOR
Daad Z. Shokeh
​MSc, APN, RMN, RN 
Pia Coppex-Gasche
RN, MS, MA, CESS
Silvina Malvarez
​RN, MMH, MMCH, PhD
Sue Kim, 
RN, PhD, HSGAHN
Ilya Kagan
PhD, RN
HEBREW ADVISOR
Veronica Jeniffer Mukhwana
KISWAHILI ADVISOR
Yinong Chong, PhD
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CHINESE ADVISOR
Isabel Amélia Costa Mendes PhD, RN
PORTUGUESE ADVISOR
Lalezar Tuner
BScN, RN
TURKISH ADVISOR
Sarah Pitcher
MALTESE ADVISOR
Lusine Asatrayan
ARMENIAN ADVISOR
Gunilla Hamne
SWEDISH ADVISOR
Ulf Sandström
SWEDISH ADVISOR
Maria Jiménez-Herrera, PhD, RN
CATALAN ADVISOR
Vanessa Vicente-Cabedo, RN
CATALAN ADVISOR
Abril Jiménez-Barceló
CATALAN ADVISOR