Asian American / Pacific Islander
Nurses Association, Inc.

Affiliation to National Coalition of Ethnic Minority Nurse Associations (NCEMNA)

NCEMNA is a unified force advocating for equity and justice in nursing and health care for ethnic minority populations. The Asian American / Pacific Islander Nurses is a proud affiliate of NCEMNA.

2018-2019

2018-2019 Executive Committee

Alona Angosta, PhD, APRN, FNP, NP-C
President (January 1, 2018 – December 31, 2019)

Associate Professor & Graduate Program Coordinator (MSN & Post-Master’s Certificate)
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
School of Nursing
4505 Maryland Parkway, Box 453018
Las Vegas, NV 89154-3018
Phone: (702) 895-1218

Eun-Ok Im, PhD, MPH, RN, CNS, FAAN 
President-Elect (January 1, 2018 – December 31, 2019)

Mary T. Champagne Professor & Professor
Duke University School of Nursing
307 Trent Drive
Durham, NC 27710
Phone: (919) 668-3838

Lina Nguyen, MSN, RN, CNE
Part-time Clinical Instructor (January 1, 2019 – December 31, 2020)
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
School of Nursing
4505 Maryland Parkway, Box 453018
Las Vegas, NV 89154-3018
702-895-3360

Mahealani Suapaia, PhD, RN
Secretary (Served two terms: January 1, 2015 – December 31, 2018)
Queen’s Medical Center
Honolulu, HI

Young-Shin Lee, PhD, RN
Treasurer 
(January 1, 2019 – December 31, 2021)
Associate Professor

School of Nursing, San Diego State University
AH 3154, 5500 Campanile Dr.,
San Diego, CA 92182
Phone: (619) 594-5385

Marife Aczon-Armstrong, PhD, MSN, MSCP, CCM,RN -BC
Treasurer (January 1, 2018 – November 30, 2018)
Assistant Professor
Roseman University of Health Sciences
College of Nursing
11 Sunset Way, Henderson
Nevada 89014
Phone: (702) 968-7057

Patricia T. Alpert, DrPH, MSN, APN, FNP, PNP, FAANP, CNE
Past-President (January 1, 2018 – December 31, 2019)
Dean
School of Nursing, Las Vegas Campus
Arizona College
2320 S. Rancho Road
Las Vegas, Nevada, 89102
Phone: (702) 831-5020