Diversity Team
The Diversity & Equity Team focuses their efforts on improving the skills of nurses and nursing students with a goal of reducing health disparities.
Other action areas include mentoring and increasing diversity within the nursing profession.
Leader: Sandra Burrell, ADN, RN, Public Health Nurse, WV Bureau for Public Health
Team Members:
Robin McDaniel, MSN PLNC RN, CNO, Montgomery General Hospital
Gabrielle Chapman, Executive Director, Call to Action for Racial Equality
Gregg Suzanne McAllister, President, Mothers of Diversity America
Aisha Reikow, APRN, Psych Nurse Practitioner
Myisha Robinson, Director Title V, WV Bureau of Senior Services
Angie Nixon, APRN, CNM, Nurse Midwife
Tiffany Plear, Partnership of African American Churches
Drema Smith, Chair, Civil Rights Committee, WV Department of Transportation
Teresa Johnson, RN
Angela Booker, BSN, RN, MS, Nursing Home Administrator/CEO
DeNeia Thomas, PhD, Chief of Staff, WV State University
Nicole Wilson-Carr, FNP-BC is a pediatric nurse practitioner
Crystal Lovett, RN, CLC, Owner, Mocha Milk in the Mountains
Accomplishments: In 2022, this team produced a Health Equities webinar series, designed to assist nurses in caring for marginalized populations in our state. Funded by the Campaign for Action, The WV Higher Education Policy Commission and the Center for Nursing, these modules are available for continuing education credit through Care Learning. Contact info@futureofnursingwv.org for more information.