Board

President

Nancy Wilder, RN, BA

Nancy, a KCNA member since 1983, retired after nearly 40 years at Seattle Children’s. She served on various leadership committees at Children’s as well as the designated WSNA Membership Chair. Nancy holds an AND from Olympic College, a BA in sociology from UW and an ASPAN certification. Nancy has been a nurse at CYO Camps and Camp Gallagher for over 10 years.

Vice President 

Steven Simpkins, PhD, RN

Steven is the Director for Nursing Programs at Highline College and holds a PhD in Nursing Science from the University of Washington. He currently serves on the Washington Center for Nursing Board, UW Tacoma Advisory Board, Martin Family Foundation Board and is a mentor with the HRSA Diversifying Nursing Workforce Mentorship Program. Steven also currently serves on the KCNA Board and the Nominating Committee.

Secretary

Hannah Jeong, DNP, RN

Hannah is an Assistant Professor of Nursing at Lake Washington Institute of Technology. She earned her Doctor of Nursing Practice from the University of Washington. She is an active member of the National Alliance on Mental Illness and has been volunteering at the Seattle/King County Clinic since 2018. She currently serves on the KCNA Board and is a Grant Reviewer for the Community Grants Task Force.

Treasurer

Anne Poppe, PhD, MN, BSN, BA, RN

Anne has experience in gerontology, critical care, research, administration and education. She has served on the KCNA Board as treasurer as well as on the finance and program committees, the grant task force and the nursing practice special interest group. Anne has volunteered at the Washington Center for Nursing to develop guidelines for transition to practice programs and scope of practice issues in long-term care.

Past President

Chris Henshaw, EdD, RN 

Chris has over 25 years experience as a nurse educator and over 40 years experience as a nurse with a background in cardiac and critical care. She currently works as an adjunct professor at Seattle Pacific University. She is currently president of the KCNA Board and has previously served as secretary, as well as on the nominating, scholarship, bylaws, and program committees of KCNA and the Professional Nursing Health Care Council of WSNA.

Member at Large

Alison Bradywood, DNP, MN, MPH, RN, NEA-BC 

Alison is the executive director of Washington Board of Nursing (WABON). She is an experienced executive leader focused on nursing practice and quality improvement. She completed her MPH degree at the University of Washington. She served as co-chair for the WA Nursing Action Coalition for Health Equity and is involved with the WA Physicians for Social Responsibility. She is a healthcare workforce researcher and a nurse volunteer in the Maldives and Nepal.

Member at Large

Wendell Brunk, BSN, RN

Wendell graduated in 2019 from Pacific Lutheran University. While in school he served as Nursing Students of Washington State President for two years. Upon graduation he  became a professional member of WSNA. He currently works as a clinic RN, for Swedish Urology. In addition to nursing, he volunteers for the Sea Scouts as a Mate. Hobbies include knitting, boating, traveling, and volunteering in community building. He aspires to work in public health or nursing research.

Member at Large

Carolyn Clark, RN

Carolyn currently works at the King County Correctional Facility. She has been an active member of KCNA for 10 years and currently serves on the board. Carolyn also volunteers with the Seattle Humane Society, facilitating a pet loss support group and being a pet partner at a local nursing care facility with her dog Norton.

Member at Large

Edna Cortez, RN



Edna is a recovery room nurse at Seattle Children’s and has served as WSNA local unit co-chair for over 25 years. She sits on the WSNA board, chairs the Cabinet on Economic and General Welfare, and is active in numerous union councils. Edna also serves on the Washington Center for Nursing board and committees focused on finance, equity and critical gaps. A proud advocate for diversity, she supports Filipino and Asian Pacific American nursing communities.

Member at Large

Rachel Diller, BSN, RN

Rachel earned her BSN from Seattle Pacific University and is an inpatient bedside RN at Seattle Children’s Hospital where she has also been a member of a unit-based, shared governance committee for care delivery. She currently serves on the KCNA Grants Task Force and the Neighborhood Health Special Interest Group. She volunteers at Evergreen Health Hospital in Kirkland and has served as Member at Large for Sigma Theta Tau. She is most passionate about community health.

Member at Large

Leigh Kalaman, DNP, ARNP, RN, FNP-BC

Leigh, a former KCNA scholarship recipient and current committee member, earned her DNP as a family nurse practitioner from the University of Washington in 2023. She began her career as an LPN and has worked in critical care, school nursing, and long-term care. She completed a VA Primary Care Residency and a SANE fellowship. Today, she serves as a primary care provider at a Valley Medical Center clinic in Renton.

Member at Large

Erik Lund, BSN, RN, CCRN

Erik is a charge nurse in the Cardiac ICU at UW Medical Center, where he’s worked for over three years. A first-generation American, he lived in Denmark after high school before earning his BSN from the University of Washington in 2021. Erik previously volunteered in pet therapy at UWMC and spent four months in Tanzania training nurses in maternal and newborn care, during which he taught himself Swahili to better connect with patients and staff.

Member at Large

MaKenzie McLauchlan, BSN, RN, CCRN

MaKenzie is a cardiac ICU nurse at UW Medical Center and has served as her unit’s CLABSI Champion for over a year, promoting central-line infection prevention. She represents her unit on the Nursing Vascular Access Committee and has been an active WSNA unit representative since August 2023. She earned her BSN from Seattle Pacific University.

Member at Large

Louise Peterson, MN, RN

Louise is a Nurse Manager for Public Health Seattle & King County supporting a Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention Grant. During her nursing career of 29 years, she has worked as a clinical nurse in maternal-child health, pediatrics, lactation and primary care. She currently serves as KCNA treasurer. In addition to KCNA and WSNA, she is a member of the American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing and previous member of Sigma Theta Tau and the International Lactation Consultant Association.