The History of LSNA Leadership
LSNA Executive Directors
Marie Primm
Executive Director
1970-1982
Barbara Morvant RN
Executive Director
1983-1988
Mical Debrow
Executive Director
1989-1994
Tawna Pounders
Executive Director
1997-2005
Jo Ann Clark
Executive Director
2005-2011
Rita Finn
Executive Director
2011-2016
John Wyble
Executive Director
2016-2019
Thea Ducrow
Executive Director
2020-2022
Ahnyel Burkes RN
Executive Director
2022- 2025
Deborah Ford MSN
Interim Executive Director
2025-
LSNA Past Presidents
Frances M. Quaife
Past President
1904
Katherine Dent
Past President
1904- 1905
Claire Fromherz
Past President
1905-1909
Patrick Reed DNP,MBA,MSHCM,MSN,RN
Past President
(2019-2020)
Jacqueline Hill PhD, RN
Past President
(2011-2013)
Emma L. Wall
Past President
1912-1913
Agnes Daspit
Past President
1914-1915
Mary C. Gillespie
Past President
(1916-1917)
Lena Cross
Past President
(1918-1920)
J.E. Haley
Past President
1921
Sara Babb
Past President
1922
Lydia Breaux
Past President
(1923-1924)
Geneva Peters
Past President
(1925-1926)
Norlyn Hyde RN
Past President
2015-2017
Denise Danna DNS, RN, NEA-BC, CNE, FACHE
Past President
(2009-2011)
Georgia Johnson MS, RN, NEA-BC
Past President
(2017-2019)
Ecoee Rooney DNP, RN, AFN-C, NPD-BC, DF-AFN
Past President
2020-2023
Benita Chatmon RN
Past President
2023-2025