Advisory Board & Staff

The Virginia Nursing Workforce Center’s Advisory Board provides strategic oversight and guidance to the Center, supporting its mission, priorities, and operational integrity. It is intended to include representation from the Virginia Department of Health, the Board of Nursing, nursing academia, and practicing nurses.

Applications for the Nursing Workforce Advisory Board will reopen in 2027.

Pamela Anderson, MHA, BSN, RN

System Vice President of Nursing Operations, Sentara

Nancy Boykin, DNP, MBA, RN, CMSRN, CENP

Chief Operating & Chief Nursing Officer, HCA Retreat Doctors' Hospital

Lindsey Cardwell, MSN, RN, NPD-BC

CEO, Virginia Nurses Association

Patricia Cohen, DNP, MSN, RN

Dean of Nursing, Bryant & Stratton college

Sonia Cooper, MSN, NEA-BC

Market CNO (Sentara VBGH, Sentara PAH and Sentara AMC), Sentara Health

Wendy Downey, DNP

Dean, College of Nursing, Radford University

Melody Eaton, Phd, MBA, MSN

Director and Academic Head, School of Nursing, James Madison University

Crystal Farmer, MBA, MSN, RN, FACHE

Chief Operating Officer, Augusta Health

Lelah Gary, MSN

Practical Nursing Program Director, Petersburg City Public Schools

Shamara Hayes, BSN, RN

Nursing Supervisor, Memorial Regional Medical Center

Kyndra Jackson, DNP, MPH, RN-BC

Director, Public Health Nursing, Virginia Department of Health

Meredith Joyner, MBA, MSNA, CRNA, FAANA

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Pamela Legette, LNHA, MBA, MSN

Hospital Administrator, Saber Healthcare Group

Cassandra Lewis, DNP, ACNP-BC

Market Chief Nursing Executive, Bon Secours Mercy Health

Rene Love, Ph.D., D.N.P., PMHNP-BC, FNAP, FAANP, FAAN

Dean, Old Dominion University

Claire Morris, RN, LNHA

Executive Director, Board of Nursing, Department of Health Professions

Allison Price, MHA, BSN, RN, NPD-BC

Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs, HCA Capital Division

Philmika W. Reid, M.Ed
Director, Healthcare Workforce and Community Engagement, Virginia Community College System

Cindy Rubenstein, Ph.D., RN, CPNP-PC, CNE

Director and Professor of Nursing, Randolph-Macon College

Michelle Strider, RN, MBA, CPHQ

CNO UVA Community Health, UVA Health

Caroline Sutter, DNP, MSN

Director, GMU Center for Health Workforce

Bridget Wilson, PhD, MSN, RN

Dean of Nursing and Allied Health, Brightpoint Community College