Introducing the 2023-2024 ANPD Board of Directors
Elizabeth Fritz, PhD, RN, NPDA-BC, NPD-BC
joined as a Director. Elizabeth is an RN-Program Manager for System Clinical Education at SSM Health where she plans, implements and evaluates professional development opportunities at the system level for more than 20 hospitals, 5 long-term care facilities, and hundreds of outpatient offices. Prior to becoming a multisite leader, she worked in NPD in ambulatory care, working closely with staff in more than a dozen clinical specialties. Elizabeth has been a member of ANPD for nine years and, in that time, has served on the Consultative Function of the NPD Practitioner Task Force, the Diversity Task Force, and the Innovation Committee. She also was the President of ANPD’s SCWA Affiliate from 2017 to 2018 and from 2020 to 2022. Elizabeth has served as an EBP Academy mentor for several cohorts, contributed her expertise to the development of the 2022 NPD Scope and Standards of Practice, 4th Edition, and is a virtual ANPD cert prep instructor
joined as a Director. Ashlee is a Regional Director for Nursing Professional Practice and Development at Kaiser Permanente where she has multi-site responsibility for the daily operations of Nursing Professional Development and regional library departments. Ashlee has been a member of ANPD for nine years and, in that time, has been a member of the Products and Services Committee from 2020 to 2021 and was Chair of the Implementation Committee from 2021 to 2022.
Director from 2018 to 2022. Debbie is a Director of Professional Development and Education at Valley Medical Center in Renton, Washington.
2023-2024 ANPD Board of Directors
President: Sheila St. Cyr, MS, RN, NPD-BC
President-Elect: Dale Callicutt, PhD, RN, CV-BC, NPD-BC, CCRN-K
Treasurer: Rachael Frija, DNP, RN, NPD-BC
Director: Debbie Buchwach, MSN, RN, NPD-BC
Director: Elizabeth Fritz, PHD, RN, NPDA-BC
Director: Ashlee O'Meara, MSN-NL, BS-Ed, RN, NPD-BC
Director: Cathleen Opperman, DNP, RN, NPD-BC, NEA-BC, CPN
Director: Stephanie Zidek, MSN, RN, ACGNS-BC, NEA-BC, NPD-BC