2019-2020 Advisory Board

Casey Armistead, MSN, RN
University of South AL College of Nursing

Samantha Baker, MD
UAB Medicine
Veterans Affairs

Karen Bolling-Walker, DNP, CNL
UAB Hospital

Stephanie Burnett, DNP, RN
Quality Improvement Specialist
UAB Viva Health

Jim Carnes
Policy Advisor
Alabama ARISE

Cyndi Cortes, PhD, MSN, RN
Professor
Ida Moffett School of Nursing
University of Alabama at Bham

Erika Cretton-Scott, PhD
Associate Professor
McWhorter School of Pharmacy
Samford University

Cheryl Cropp, PharmD, PhD
Associate Professor
McWhorter School of Pharmacy
Samford University

Robin DeMonia
Executive Vice President
Direct Communications

Joy P. Deupree, PhD, RN
Chair, AL Health Literacy Initiative
Associate Professor
UAB School of Nursing

Courtney Edwards, DNP, CNL
UAB Hospital

Annie Hails
Associate State Director of
Community Outreach
AARP Alabama

Karen Bolling-Walker, DNP, CNL
Rehabilitation Medicine Division
Children’s of Alabama

Amanda Hawkins, BS, MSW, LICSW
Social Services Coordinator
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of AL

Lakesha Kinnerson, MPH
Assistant Professor
Samford University

Kathleen Ladner, PhD, RN
Co-leader, AL-HAC
Adjunct Associate Professor
UAB School of Nursing

Coleen Lovett, RD, LD
Registered Dietician
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of AL

Adrienne Marshall
Director of Adult Basic Literacy
Literacy Council of Central AL

Raquel Mazer, DMD, MS, MPH
Associate Professor and Director
Comprehensive Care Clinic
UAB Dentistry

Pilar Murphy, PharmD
Associate Professor
McWhorter School of Pharmacy
Samford University

Ryan Parker, MPA
Assist. Vice President of Community
Impact-Health
United Way of Central AL

Elyse Peters
Health Partnerships Specialist
United Way of Central AL

Laura Promer, MS, CCC-SLP
Assistant Professor
School of Health Professions
Samford University

Whitney Pollio, EdD, MSN, RN
Assistant Professor
UAB School of Nursing

Yu-Mei Schoenberger-Godwin, PhD
Assistant Professor
UAB Preventative Medicine

Renee Sprague, MSN
University of South Alabama
Children’s and Women’s Hospital

Glenda Stanley, MA
Associate Director
Alabama Health Education Centers

Katrina Watson, MPA
President and Executive Director
Literacy Council of Central AL

Felecia Wood, PhD, RN
Professor
Capstone College of Nursing