AONL Announces 2025 Class of Fellows

The American Organization for Nursing Leadership announced the 2025 inductees into its fellow designation program. The AONL fellow designation, FAONL, recognizes a nurse leader’s sustained contributions to the specialty of nursing leadership, commitment to service and influence in shaping health care. AONL will honor the inductees at its annual conference March 30 - April 2, 2025, in Boston.

“The FAONL designation reflects excellence at the highest level of nursing leadership practice,” said AONL CEO Robyn Begley, DNP, RN. “We look forward to honoring these accomplished nurse leaders and thanking them for their contributions to AONL and health care.”

AONL 2025 Class of Fellows:

• Billie Lynn Allard, American Association of Ambulatory Care Nursing, Clarksburg, Mass.
• Leah Blackwell, Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, Katy
• Kimberly Cleveland, Kimberly Ann Cleveland, Kent (Ohio) State University
• Kate FitzPatrick, Jefferson Health, Philadelphia
• Melissa Fritz, Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital, St. Louis Park, Minn.
• Joanne Fucile, Spaulding Hospital, Cambridge, Mass.
• Nicole Gruebling, Vizient Inc., Irving, Texas
• Sara Kollman, Eisenhower Health, Rancho Mirage, Calif.
• Erik Martin, Norton Healthcare, Louisville, Ky.
• Kevin McEwan, Madison Health, Rexburg, Idaho
• Katie Boston-Leary, American Nurses Association, Silver Spring, Md.
• Carrie Peluso, Providence Health and Services, Anchorage, Alaska
• Lisbeth Votruba, AvaSure, Rockford, Mich.
• Rachel Wyatt, Kaiser Permanente South, Sacramento, Calif.
• Karen Wyche Latham, MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital, Clinton, Md.
• Susanne Yeakel, Hartford (Conn.) Hospital

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About the American Organization for Nursing Leadership

As the national professional organization of more than 12,000 nurse leaders, AONL is the voice of nursing leadership. Our membership encompasses nurse leaders working in hospitals, health systems, academia and other care settings across the care continuum. Since 1967, the organization has led the field of nursing leadership through professional development, advocacy and research to advance nursing leadership practice and patient care. AONL is an affiliate of the American Hospital Association. For more information, visit AONL.org/AONL.

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