Board of Directors

2026 AAPINA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
(Chairpersons of Standing Committees and Past Presidents)

Chair

Jung-Ah Lee, PhD, RN, FGSA, FAAN, FADLN
Immediate Past President of AAPINA
Professor and Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Belonging
Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing

Members

Jing Wang, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN
AAPINA – Past President
Professor & Dean
Florida State University, College of Nursing

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

Donna Palakiko, PhD, APRN
AAPINA Past Treasurer
Chair, Finance Committee
Director of Cultural Innovation and Strategy, Assistant Professor
University of Hawaii at Manoa, School of Nursing & Dental Hygiene