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.

2020-2021

2020- 2021 Executive Committee

Eun-Ok Im, PhD, MPH, RN, CNS, FAAN
President (January 1, 2020 – December 31, 2021)

Senior Associate Dean for Research and Innovation
Professor & Edith Folsom Honeycutt Endowed Chair
Emory University
Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing
1520 Clifton Road, Atlanta GA 30322
Phone: 404-712-9805

Jing Wang,
PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN
President-Elect (January 1, 2021 – December 31, 2021)
Hugh Roy Cullen Professor and Vice Dean for Research
Director, Center on Smart and Connected Health Technologies
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
7703 Floyd Curl Dr, San Antonio, TX 78229
Phone: 412-805-8264

Lina Nguyen, PhD, RN, CNE
Secretary (January 1, 2019 – December 31, 2022)
Assistant Professor
Louise Herrington School of Nursing
Baylor University
333 North Washington Avenue, Dallas, TX 75246-1754
(972) 576-9196

Weihua Zhang, PhD, APRN, AGACNP-BC, ANP-BC
Interim Treasurer ( June 2021 – December 31, 2021)

Clinical Professor
Neil Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing
Emory University
1520 Clifton Road, NE
Atlanta, GA 30322-4027
Phone: (404) 727-4813

Young-Shin Lee, PhD, RN
Treasurer (January 1, 2019 – June 2021)

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

Alona Angosta, PhD, APRN, FNP, NP-C
Past President (January 1, 2020 – December 31, 2021)

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