Honorary Board


Virginia Trotter Betts, RN, JD, MSN, FAAN
Former President, American Nurses Association

Fran Buckley, RADM (ret.)
United States Navy

Donald Custis, MD
Former DVA Chief Medical Director

Rhetaugh Dumas, RN, Ph.D, FAAN
Past President, National League for Nursing

The Honorable Eddie Bernice Johnson
United States House of Representatives

Lucie Kelly, RN, Ph.D, FAAN
Professor Emeritus, Columbia University

Norma Lang, RN, Ph.D, FAAN, FRCN
School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania

The Honorable John McCain
United States Senate

Margaret McClure, RN, Ph.D, FAAN
Professor, New York University

The Honorable Sonny Montgomery
Former Chairman, House VA Committee

Daniel J. Pesut, APRN, Ph.D, BC, FAAN
President, Sigma Theta Tau

Richard Ryan, D.Sc.
University of Osteopathic Medicine & Health Sciences

The NOVA Foundation