Board of Directors

Deborah Buehler, PhD
President

West Coast NIDCAP & APIB Training Center
San Francisco, California, USA

Jean Powlesland, RN, MS
Secretary

Children’s Hospital of University of Illinois
NIDCAP Training Center
Chicago, Illinois, USA

Gloria McAnulty, PhD
Co-Treasurer

National NIDCAP Training Center
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Jennifer Hofherr, MS, OTR/L, CNT
Co-Treasurer

Children’s Hospital of University of Illinois NIDCAP Training Center
Chicago, Illinois, USA

Mandy Daly, ACII, DLDU

Family Representative
Dublin, Ireland

Fatima Clemente, MD

São João NIDCAP Training Center
Porto, Portugal

Jennifer Degl, MS

Family Representative
New York, USA

Monique Oude Reimer-van Kilsdonk, RN

Sophia NIDCAP and APIB Training Center, The Netherlands

Charlotte Tscherning, MD, PhD

Oslo University Hospital
Oslo, Norway

Juzer Tyebkhan, MBBS

Stollery Children’s Hospital and
Edmonton NIDCAP Training Centre Canada
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Dorothy Vittner, PhD, RN, FAAN

West Coast NIDCAP & APIB Training Center
San Francisco, California, USA

Founder and Past Presidents

Heidelise Als, PhD
Founder

Board Member 2001-2019
Past President 2001-2012
National NIDCAP Training Center
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

gretchen Lawhon, PhD, RN, FAAN
Past President 2012-2017

Board Member 2001-2017
Past President 2012-2017
Abington Hospital
Abington, PA, USA
West Coast NIDCAP and APIB Training Center
San Francisco, CA, USA

Program Directors

Sandra Kosta, BA
Executive Director of Administration and Finance