The Executive Board, the Advisory Board, the National Committees Chairs and the President of each Member Associations will constitute the Governing Board of NAINA. A non-nurse or lay person may be invited to serve as a guest from the community at large. This person will serve in an advisory capacity with no decision making authority or voting rights.

EXECUTIVE BOARD

Suja Thomas
AGPCNP-BC, MSN. Ed., RN, CWCN, CCCN, COCN
President
Email: president@nainausa.org

Sandra Emmanuel
MA, RN, NPD-BC
Vice President
Email: nainavicepresident@gmail.com

Umamaheswari Venugopal
MSN, RN, CCRN-K
Secretary
Email:
secretary@nainausa.org

Tara Shajan
RN, MSN, MBA, PMH-BC, PhDH
Treasurer
Email: nainatreasurer@gmail.com

ADVISORY BOARD

Lydia Albuquerque
DNP, RN, ACNP-BC, CCRN, FNAP
Chair, Advisory Board

Jackie Michael
PhD, APRN, WHNP-BC, PMHNP-BC
Advisory Board

Sara Gabriel
MSN, MBA, RN
Advisory Board

Solymole Kuruvilla
PhD, RN, MSN, ANP, ACNP-BC
Advisory Board

Omana Simon
DNP, MSN, ANP-C
Advisory Board

NATIONAL COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Anna George
PhD, APRN, FNP-C
Advocacy & Policy Chair

Simi Joseph
DNP, FPA-APRN, ANP, NP-C, NEA-BC
APRN Chair

Vidya Kanagaraj
MSN, RN
Awards & Scholarship Chair

 

Rani Kappen
MSN, RN, MBA, CPHQ
Bylaws Chair

 

Missam Merchant
MBA, BSN, RN, CENP, CCRN-K, PCCN, CV-BC,
GERO-BC, MEDSURG-BC, NE-BC

Communications Chair

Shyla Roshin
DNP, APRN, CNS, ANP, NP-C
Editorial & Journal Chair

Sujayalakshmi Devarayasamudram
PhD, M.Phil, MSN, RN, ACUE
Election Chair

Mary Philip
MSN, RN, CNOR
Fundraising Chair

Pressanna Parackal
DNP, RN, RN-BC, CCRN, CNRN, CRRN
Membership Chair

Shipra Prasad
DNP, APRN, FNP-C, PCCN
Professional Development Chair

Nisha Mathews
PhD, MSN, RN
Research & Grant Chair

CHAPTER PRESIDENTS

Elizabeth Sam
MSN, FNP-C, APRN, PCCN, PBNC
President, Gilbert, Arizona
Website

Harkiraat Bal
DNP, RN, FNP-C
President, Fresno, CA
Website

Sumith Abraham Varghese
MSN, RN
President,West Hartford, CT
Website

 

Manju Samuel
DNP, RN
President, Miami, FL

Website

Daisy Mathew
MSN, FNP-BC, APRN, RN
President, Tampa, FL 

Website

Rajitha Bommakanti
RN, BSN, CCM, NBC-HWC, FCN
President, Atlanta, GA

Website

Rani Kappen
RN-BC, MSN, MBA, CPHQ
President, Chicago, IL
Website

Vijaya Ramakirshnan
DNP, RN, CMSRN, CBN
President, Baltimore, MD
Website

Annie Mathews
RN
President, MI
Website

Munira Wells
PhD, RN

President, New Jersey II
Website

 

Boby Thomas
MSN, RN
President, New Jersey I
Website

Anna George
PhD, APRN, FNP-AC
President, New York, NY
Website

Ambili Nair
DNP, RN
President, Albany, NY
Website

 

Sheela Sajan
DNP, RN, NEA-BC
President, North Carolina

Website

 

Annie Zachariah
MSN, RN, CNOR
President, OK
Website

Sara Ipe
MSN, RN
President, Philadelphia, PA
Website

 

Tisa Mathew
BSN, RN, SMQT
President, Austin, TX
Website

Reenu Varghese
DNP, APRN, FNP-C
President, Houston, TX
Website

 

Regina Karakkatt
MSN-NL, RN, TMA
President, San Antonio, TX

Website

Liffy Cherian
APRN, AGCNS-BC, OCN

President, Dallas, TX
Website

Any questions?

Umamaheswari  Venugopal
MSN, RN, CCRN-K
Secretary
secretary@nainausa.org