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President's Message
Cheri Barber, DNP, RN, CRNP 
Welcome from your President, I am honored to be serving you the members as President during these challenging and changing times. As Pediatric Nurse Practitioners we continue to face the challenges of scope of practice along with implementation of healthcare reform. In 2010, NAPNAP formed a strategic partnership with ACNP and NONPF called the NP Collaborative. As part of this collaborative a full-time Washington Representative, Dave Mason, was hired. As a seasoned Washington lobbyist and familiar face to many on Capitol Hill, Dave along with Mary Chesney continue to provide the leadership we need to advance healthy policy for children’s health. This year as President of NAPNAP, I along with Jean Martin (Past President), the search committee the executive board and the executive committee have been given the responsibility of identifying an individual who has senior executive experience with the ability to increase revenue; excellent leadership skills; knowledge of health care; and strong communications skills to take the place of our current CEO, Karen Kelly- Thomas as she moves into the next phase of her life – retirement. I feel very fortunate as we begin this transition to have an excellent staff at the home office whom are willing to step up to the challenge and to have directors within the organization who are able to do what is necessary to keep our organization moving forward and to keep our mission of “Promoting optimal health for children through leadership, practice, advocacy, education and research” in the forefront of all we do. As we strive to remain the premier nursing organization dedicated to improving quality of healthcare for infants, children and adolescents we will continue to advance the role of the pediatric nurse practitioners. This could not be done without the volunteerism and input from our membership. I invite you to contact me at any time with questions and/or concerns at President@napnap.org. Cheri Barber, DNP, RN, CRNP
NAPNAP President
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