Angie is the manager of nursing services for Compass Oncology in the Portland, Oregon/Vancouver, Washington area, where she oversees infusion operations and activities across 3 states. Angie has experience in oncology and outpatient infusion service and has managed an IV team, dialysis unit, and outpatient infusion unit. She has served on the INCC RN exam council and on the INS board of directors as a director-at-large. Angie previously served as president of her local INS chapter and was named INS chapter president of the year in 2010. She had presented at numerous conferences, reviewed policy and procedure manuals, and contributed to the revised edition of IV Therapy Made Incredibly Easy. Angie has been a CRNI® since 1999 and an OCN® since 2000

Kathy has been a registered nurse for 34 years. She has clinical experience in emergency room, critical care, and infusion nursing. Kathy has a master of science in nursing with a specialization in health care education. Kathy served as president of the INS Board of Directors from 2012 to 2013. In addition, she was on the INCC RN Council as an expert in question development and evaluation of the CRNI® from 2003 to 2011. She currently serves as the director of nursing for the Specialty Pharmacy Certification Board. Kathy is employed by Smiths Medical on the professional services team as a clinical manager of home infusion and pharmacy services.

Mary Alexander, MA, RN, CRNI®, CAE, FAAN, has served as CEO of the Infusion Nurses Society (INS) and Infusion Nurses Certification Corporation, since 1997. She is also editor-in-chief of the Journal of Infusion Nursing, the Core Curriculum for Infusion Nursing, and INS’ textbook, Infusion Nursing: An Evidence-Based Approach. In addition, Mary represented INS on the panel that revised the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-Related Infections, in 2011. She speaks globally on topics such as the benefits of the specialty practice of infusion nursing, the development of standards of practice, and improving patient safety.

Sally Barbour, PharmD, BCOP, CPP, is the Director of Oncology Pharmacy Programs and the Oncology Pharmacy Residency Program Director at Duke University Medical Center. Before taking on these leadership responsibilities, she served as a clinical oncology pharmacist for the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr. Barbour co-founded the North Carolina Oncology Pharmacists Association in 2001 and co-plans their annual meeting. She has developed numerous supportive care guidelines at Duke and lectures on topics related to chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, myelosuppression, general supportive care, lung cancer, oral chemotherapy, and the role of pharmacy in oncology practice.

Jennifer Flynn, CPHRM, is Risk Manager in the Healthcare Division of Aon Affinity Insurance Services, Inc. She is dedicated to educating nurses and health care professionals on professional liability risks. Jennifer offers strategies to mitigate risks by supporting patient safety principles and developing quality management programs. She is a frequent national speaker on healthcare risk and liability and is published on various risk management topics. Jennifer is a Certified Professional in Healthcare Risk Management and is a licensed Property & Casualty agent. She earned a BA in Psychology from Arcadia University in Glenside, Pennsylvania.

Maggie Perrone, BSN, MA, CRNI®, OCN, holds a Master of Arts Degree in Pastoral Ministry and has been an RN for 36 years. In LA, Maggie helped develop and implement an acuity tool. As an infusion float nurse, now at Michigan Medicine, Maggie identified a need for an appropriate and reliable tool to determine staffing needs based on acuity, chair time and patient care needs. A dynamic speaker, Maggie has developed, created and facilitated many workshops and retreats on coping, stress, PTSD and trauma.

Cynthia Saver, MS, RN, is a communications expert and president of CLS Development, Inc., which provides writing, editing, and education services. She has more than three decades of publishing experience as a writer, editor, and senior editorial executive. Cynthia is the editor of and contributor to Anatomy of Writing for Publication for Nurses, which is now in its fourth edition. Her articles have appeared in many nursing publications including Nursing Management, AORN Journal, Journal of Nursing Regulation, OR Manager, and the American Journal of Nursing, to name a few. She helped launch American Nurse Journal, the official journal of the American Nurses Association, and served as its editorial director for 15 years. Cynthia has presented many programs on writing for publication.

Joan Harvey, DNP, RN, BC, CCRN, has extensive experience in Critical Care Nursing and Gerontology. She is board certified in both and currently sits on a panel for the ANCC as a content expert for the Gerontological exam. She is a Professor at Georgian Court University, teaching Generic BSN students. Her passion for safe medication use dates to when she was at the graduate nurse level. She remains focused on quality education regarding safe medication administration.

Kathleen Russell, JD, MN, RN, is both a lawyer and a nurse. She serves as an Associate Director in the Division of Nursing Regulation for NCSBN. Her professional background includes 40 years of nursing, legal and non-profit leadership experience. Kathleen practiced nursing as a pediatric CNS and nursing educator. In area of law, she was a trial attorney. At NCSBN, she is responsible for investigation and discipline, NPDB reporting, alternative to discipline programs, substance use disorder, licensure fraud and, most recently, cannabis.

Lynn Hadaway has 50 years of experience in infusion nursing. Her clinical experience comes from infusion therapy teams in multiple acute care settings. She is president of Lynn Hadaway Associates, Inc., an education and consulting company started in 1996. She holds two national certifications—infusion nursing from the Infusion Nurses Certification Corporation and nursing professional development from the American Nurses Credentialing Corporations—as well as a master’s in education from the University of Georgia. She has authored more than 75 published articles and 8 textbook chapters on infusion therapy and vascular access and was the clinical editor for Infusion Therapy Made Incredibly Easy. She served on the Infusion Nurses Society Standards of Practice committees to revise the 2006, 2011, 2016, and 2021 Standards of Practice, and served on the committees to revise the 2014 and 2022 Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Compendium (SHEA) CLABSI chapter and the 2015 Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) CLABSI Implementation Guide.

Lisa Gorski has worked for over 35 years as a clinical nurse specialist (CNS)/educator for Wheaton Franciscan Home Health and Hospice, now Ascension at Home. Lisa is the author of more than 70 book chapters and journal articles and is the author of several books. She has served as the INS president from 2007-2008 and as the chair of the INS Standards of Practice Committee from 2009 to 2021, and is the cochair for the 2024 Standards. She is also the leader of the INS Vesicant Task Force. She speaks nationally and internationally on standards development, home health care, and infusion therapy/vascular access.