Executive Committee
Executive Committee Members
Roberta Proffitt Lavin, PhD, FNP-BC, FAAN (Lead) (rlavin@utk.edu) @robertalavin
Executive Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor
University of Tennessee Knoxville, College of Nursing
orcid.org/0000-0001-6106-8066
Mary Pat Couig, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN
Program Manager
Special Projects and Public Health Emergency Preparedness (Intermittent)
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Nursing Services (ONS)
MaryPat.Couig@va.gov
Aram Dobalian, PhD, JD, MPH
Director, Veterans Emergency Management Evaluation Center (VEMEC)
Veterans Health Administration Office of Patient Care Services
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
aram.dobalian@va.gov
Cole Edmonson, DNP, RN, FACHE, NEA-BC, FAAN Chief Nursing Officer / Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas
Alicia R. Gable, MPH
Senior Project Director
Veterans Emergency Management Evaluation Center (VEMEC)
Veterans Health Administration Office of Patient Care Services
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs alicia.gable@va.gov
Anne “Belle” Griffin, MPH, BSN, RN
Clinical Investigator and Senior Project Director
Veterans Emergency Management Evaluation Center (VEMEC)
Veterans Health Administration Office of Patient Care Services
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
anne.griffin@va.gov
Judith Katzburg, PhD, MPH, RN
Health Services Researcher
Veterans Emergency Management Evaluation Center (VEMEC)
Veterans Health Administration Office of Patient Care Services
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Judith.Katzburg@va.gov
Joanne C. Langan PhD, RN, CNE
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education and Pre-Licensure Programs in Nursing
Associate Professor & Coordinator, Disaster Preparedness
Saint Louis University School of Nursing
langanjc@slu.edu
Tener Goodwin Veenema, PhD, MPH, MS, RN, FAAN
Professor of Nursing and Public Health 
Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing
Center for Humanitarian Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health tveenem1@jhu.edu
Kelly Wolgast DNP, RN, FACHE, FAAN, Colonel, U.S. Army (Ret)
Associate Teaching Professor; Assistant Dean for Online Education and Outreach
Penn State University College of Nursing
University Park, PA
kaw466@psu.edu