Board of Directors
2024 AAPINA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
(Chairpersons of Standing Committees and Past Presidents)
Chair
Jing Wang, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN
Immediate Past President
Chair, Nominating Committee
Professor & Dean
Florida State University, College of Nursing
Members
Eun-Ok Im, PhD, MPH, RN, CNS, FAAN
AAPINA – Past President
Dean & Professor, Laura Lee Blanton Chair in Nursing
University of Texas at Austin, School of Nursing
Oi Saeng Hong, PhD, FAAN
AAPINA – Past President
Professor
University of California, San Francisco
School of Nursing
Alona D. Angosta, PhD, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, FAAN
AAPINA – Past President
Professor & Associate Dean for Research and Scholarship
Baylor University, Louise Herrington School of Nursing
Seonae Yeo, PhD, RN, FAAN
AAPINA – Past President
Professor
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Nursing
Weihua Zhang, PhD, AGACNP-BC, ANP-BC
Chair, Finance Committee
AAPINA- Past Treasurer
Clinical Professor
Neil Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University
Heeyoung Lee, PhD, PMHNP-BC, FAAN
Chair, Award Committee
Associate Professor & Chair for Health & Community Systems
University of Pittsburgh, School of Nursing
Angela Chia-Chen Chen, PhD, PMHNP-BC, FAANP
Chair, Communication Committee
Professor, McLaren Greater Lansing Endowed Chair for Behavioral Mental Health Nursing Education
Michigan State University, College of Nursing
Hyochol Brian Ahn, PhD, APRN, FAAN
Chair, By-Laws Committee
Chair, Program Committee
AAPINA President-Elect
Professor & Dean
University of Arizona, College of Nursing
Linda Kim, PhD, RN
Chair, Membership Committe
AAPINA Secretary
Research Specialist, Nursing Research
Assistant Professor, Medicine
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Donna Palakiko, PhD, APRN
AAPINA Treasurer
Assistant Professor
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Nancy Atmospera-Walch School of Nursing
Ex-Officio
Jung-Ah Lee, PhD, RN, FGSA, FAAN
AAPINA President
Professor and Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Belonging
University of California, Irvine
Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing