IPN Board of Directors

President:

Opal Lesse, DNP, MSN, FNP-BC, CNE

Nurse Practitioner
Adjunct Professor – School of Nursing

Eastern Michigan University

Ypsilanti, MI  48197

OLesse@emich.edu

 

Vice-President

Madonna Walters. BSN, MS, RN

Trauma Program

Henry Ford Jackson Hospital

Jackson, MI  49201

apricots1@gmail.com or mailto:mwalter6@hfhs.org

 

Treasurer:

Mark Kempton, MSN, RN, CHRS, CNOR(E)

Sr. Labor Relations Advisor – Retired

University of Michigan Medical Center

Ann Arbor, MI  48109

makmsnrn@umich.edu

 

Secretary:

Kathleen Jordan-Sedgeman, MSN, RN

Director or Labor Relations – Retired

University of Michigan Medical Center

Ann Arbor, MI  48109

sedgeman@umich.edu

 

Board member-at-large:

Lisa Friedman, MS, BSN, RN, NE-BC

Regional Director, Employee Education and Development

Trinity Health Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI 48108

Lisa.Friedman@Trinity-health.org

 

Board member-at-large:

Denise Garrecht, BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

Trauma Program Manager

Henry Ford Jackson Hospital

Jackson, MI  49201

DGarrec1@hfhs.org

 

Board member-at-large:

Caroline Peltz, PhD, RN, MSHSA, CNE

Assistant Professor of Nursing – School of Nursing

Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti, MI 48197

cpeltz@emich.edu

 

Board member-at-large:

Stephanie K. Black, BSN, RN

Education Specialist

RN Transition To Practice Coordinator

LTC. Charles S. Kettles VA Medical Center

Ann Arbor, MI 48105

stephanie.black109@gmail.com