The Clinical Nurse Specialist Institute (CNSI) is pleased to announce the 2025 Class of CNSI Fellows. This is a highly prestigious honor and only awarded to those members of the National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS) who epitomize the excellence of Clinical Nurse Specialist as leaders of the nursing profession, staunch advocates for patients and families, and forerunners of innovations to improve the health of populations. The new fellows will be inducted on Tuesday, March 11th during the NACNS 2025 Annual Conference in Boston, Massachusetts. All NACNS members and conference attendees are welcome and encouraged to attend by purchasing guest tickets to the GALA Celebration & CNSI Induction Dinner event; available on the NACNS 2025 Annual Conference registration website.
The CNSI 2025 Class of Fellows are:
Keitha R Beamer, DNP, APN, PMHCNS-BC, CARN-AP
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Psychiatric/Mental Health
Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Gloucester County Community Based Outpatient Clinic, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Shannon A Brunt, DNP, APRN, ACCNS-AG, CCRN, CBRN, CWCN, TCRN
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Adult-Gerontology
University of Michigan Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Carly C Byrne, DNP, APRN, PCNS-BC, CCNS, CENP, CPN, CCRN
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Pediatric
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Anchorage, Alaska
Alianna C Crotty, DNP, MSN, APRN, AGCNS-BC, NE-BC
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Adult-Gerontology
Naval Medical Center, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
Gina M Crudden, DNP, APRN-CNS, ACCNS-AG, CMSRN
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Adult-Gerontology
Assistant Professor – DNP Adult Gerontology Curriculum Coordinator, Nebraska Methodist College, Omaha, Nebraska
Jennifer L Elmer, DNP, APRN, CCNS, CCRN, FCCM
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Critical Care
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
Andi Foley, DNP, RN, APRN-CNS, EMT, ACCNS-AG, CEN, TCRN, CSM, LSSGB, FAEN
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Acute Care Adult-Gerontology
St. Luke’s Health System, Emergency Department and Medical Imaging, Boise, Idaho
Maria C Gallup, DNP, APRN, CCNS-N, NNP-BC, RNC-NIC
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Neonatal
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
Ellen M Harvey, DNP, RN, ACNS-BC, CCRN, TCRN, SCRN, FCCM
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Neuroscience, Critical Care
Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, Department of Surgery, Neurotrauma ICU, Roanoke, Virginia
Kayla M Little, MSN, APRN, AGCNS-BC, PCCN
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Adult-Gerontology
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
Jeannette Meyer, MSN, RN, APRN-CNS, CCRN, CCNS, PCCN, ACHPN
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Palliative Care
UCLA Health, Santa Monica, California
Pamela Moss, MSN, MPH, APRN-CNS, ACCNS-AG, CCRN-CSC
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Acute Care Adult-Gerontology
The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
Carrie Peluso, DNP, APRN, ACNS-BC
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Adult
Chief Nursing Officer, Providence Health and Services Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska
Kenneth Romito, DNP, APRN, AGCNS-BC, CNE, CNOR, CSSM, FAORN
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Adult-Gerontology
Assistant Professor, Uniformed Service University of the Health Sciences (USUHS), Bethesda, Maryland
Ludmila Santiago-Rotchford, DNP, RN, CNS, ACNS, PCCN
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Adult Health
Bayhealth, Dover, Delaware
Elizabeth M Savage, MSN, RN, ACNS-BC, CWON, IIWCC-NYU
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Wound & Ostomy
New York University Langone Health, Wound & Ostomy Program Manager, New York, New York
Theresa (Tess) Slazinski, DNP-APRN, RN, CCRN, CNRN, SCRN, CCNS
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Critical Care
Ventura County Medical Center, Ventura, California
Olena Svetlov, DNP, RN, AGNP/CNS, CCRN, ATCN, PHN, NE
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Adult-Gerontology
Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center, Critical Care, Los Angeles, California
Tracy Thomas, MSN, APRN, CCRN, TCRN, ACNS-BC
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Adult Health
Mayo Clinic, Critical Care, Phoenix, Arizona
Theodore J Walker, Jr., APRN, MSN, A-CNS, CNOR, NPD-BC, CPPS
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Perioperative
Providence Alaska Medical Center, Anchorage, Alaska
Please join us in congratulating our CNSI 2025 Class of Fellows!
In 2016, the CNSI was founded as an arm of the National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS). Its goal is to develop and promote the charitable, educational, innovative clinical practice and scientific purposes of NACNS. Today, the Clinical Nurse Specialist Institute is the 501(c)3 arm of the National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists.