INS BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Inez Nichols

DNP, FNP-BC, CRNI®, VA-BC

President

Inez Nichols is a nurse practitioner currently licensed in Florida and Georgia. She is a hospitalist/infusion and vascular specialist at the Madison County Memorial Hospital in Madison, Florida. Career roles have integrated acute care, primary care, and occupational health care, as well as incorporated patient education, nursing education, and outcomes of monitoring related to infusion therapy. Inez attended the University of North Florida and completed the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) in 2017. Professional contributions include active work within professional nursing organizations, particularly INS, where she has been a member for over 20 years and served in various roles, including a chapter liaison (Southeast), in chapter leadership, a Vesicant Task Force member, an INCC examination council member and secretary, and as the 2018-2020 INS secretary/treasurer. She has served as a Journal of Infusion Nursing reviewer beginning in 2003 and has published widely within this specialty field.  

Danielle Jenkins

MBA, BSN, RN, CRNI®

President Elect

Danielle Jenkins works as the director of nursing for Fenway Health and serves on the DEI Task Force and the Awards and Recognition Committee for INS. Danielle received her associate’s degree from the Charity-Delgado School of Nursing, her bachelor’s from The University of Texas-Arlington, and her MBA in health care from Capella University. She has been practicing nursing for over 20 years, spending her early years in the fields of oncology, med-surgical, wound care, home health, and nursing administration. She has received numerous awards in leadership; is the proud mother of two children; and enjoys fine dining, traveling, reading, and making handcrafted jewelry. Danielle’s mission is to reintroduce humanity and compassion back into the field of health care, and she strives to inspire others to live life to their fullest potential.

Sue Weaver

PhD, RN, CRNI®, NEA-BC

Presidential Advisor

Sue Weaver has been a nurse for more than 30 years. She has a PhD in nursing and a master’s degree in nursing with a focus in nursing administration. Currently, Sue is a nurse scientist at Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH), Ann May Center for Nursing and the New Jersey Collaborating Center for Nursing, with a program of research on the nursing workforce. She has published her work in multiple peer-reviewed nursing journals and presented at state and national conferences. At HMH, Sue is an active member of the Vascular Access Device Team. She has experience as an ICU nurse, evening nursing supervisor, and nurse educator, with responsibility for teaching the IV course. Sue has just completed her term on the INS National Council on Education. Sue has been a CRNI® since 2008 and also has nurse executive, advanced certification.

Joan Couden

BSN, RN, CRNI®

Secretary-Treasurer 

Joan Couden is currently the regional vice president of Compassus, a role she has held since August of 2021. From 2017 to 2021, she served as the vice president, nursing, at Option Care Health. Prior to that, she held multiple clinical and operational roles in infusion and home health services. Joan received her BSN from The Ohio State University, and obtained her CRNI® in 2019. In her more than 25 years in the home infusion industry, she leaned on the INS Standards and policies as the north star for infusion nursing. Upon assuming the VP in nursing role, she looked to INS for support in developing a career ladder for nursing with Option Care. When Option Care developed the certified infusion nurse role, she sat for the CRNI® exam herself, then challenged all of her direct reports to do the same. She firmly believes that the knowledge obtained through this certification can ensure that nurses are guided by evidence-based principles and support patient safety and clinical excellence. Joan has attended multiple INS conferences and presented in 2018 on “Peripheral Infusion Success Rates in Home Infusion.” She looks forward to giving back to INS through her board appointment as she believes she owes them a debt of gratitude for all they have done to elevate the practice of infusion nursing.

Pamela McIntyre

MSN, RN, CRNI®, IgCN, OCN, VA-BC

Director-at-Large

Pamela McIntyre is the founder and operator of Expert Infusion Nurse Consulting, providing clinical advice, program-building, and legal review and testimony for infusion nursing. A registered nurse for nearly 4 decades, she holds a special interest in ambulatory and home infusion sites of service, oncology, palliative care, and mentoring nurses to advanced credentials. Pamela has earned an MS in nursing leadership and administration from Capella University, is a member of Sigma Theta Tau, and served as volunteer chairperson for the American Cancer Society Relay for Life for 3 years. She has also been a member of INS since 2016, is a reviewer for the Journal of Infusion Nursing, and is a member of the Clinical Practice Committee for the National Home Infusion Association.

Jannifer Stovall

MBA, BSN, RN, CRNI®, IgCN

Director-at-Large

Jannifer Stovall has 34 years of experience as a nurse, in critical care, emergency room, and primarily, home infusion. She has a bachelor’s in nursing and master’s in business administration. Currently Jannifer is the assistant vice president of nursing of the Midwest region for KabaFusion, a home infusion pharmacy and infusion nursing company serving over 45 states. Jannifer serves on the policy and procedure review committee and is a key member of the nursing leadership team. Nursing truly is a passion for Jannifer: she loves that it is continually changing to meet the needs of patients and nurses. Jannifer is a member of the INS DEI Task Force and an Accreditation Commission for Health Care home health nurse consultant.

Lisa M. Ong

CPA, PCC

Public Member

Lisa M. Ong is the president and founder of Wishing Out Loud LLC, based in Plano, Texas. She is an award-winning diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) strategy consultant, speaker, and professional certified executive coach. With over 30 years of experience in business, leading change, and DEIB strategy, Lisa helps organizations and leaders to focus on building trusting connections, meaningful relationships, and engagement to cultivate cultures of belonging. Previously, she served as a national diversity director in PwC’s office of diversity and inclusion and as an audit senior manager. She received her BBA in accounting from The University of Texas at Austin and her MS in management and professional executive coaching from The University of Texas at Dallas. ForbesDallas Business JournalD CEO MagazineAuthority Magazine, and the American Management Association have featured interviews of her DEIB and inclusive leadership expertise. Lisa has held leadership roles on several advisory boards for national and local nonprofits and national professional associations. As INS celebrates a 50-year legacy of leadership and continues to build an inclusive leadership lens into the ongoing practice of infusion nursing, Lisa is honored to join INS as a public member of the INS Board of Directors. 

Christopher Hunt

MBA

Chief Executive Officer

Chris serves as the Chief Executive Officer of INS and INCC and an Ex Officio member of both the INS and INCC board of directors. In his role as CEO, Chris works with the executive management team to develop strategies for new business development and overall organizational growth. Chris began his INS career in 1995 when INS did not have e-mail or the internet, and people had to use a telephone to communicate. He held positions as meetings manager, director of meetings, director of marketing, and executive vice president before assuming his current position as CEO in May 2023.

An avid and passionate Boston sports fan, Chris has spent the last 20 years enjoying one Boston team championship after another while trying to convince his three equally passionate adult children that Boston sports wasn’t always this wonderful.

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The Infusion Nurses Society (INS) is an international nonprofit organization representing infusion nurses and other clinicians  who are engaged in the specialty practice of infusion therapy.

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