AAPPN Leaders

AAPPN has been fundamental to my success as a nurse clinician. The founders were colleagues of mine at the University of Washington who envisioned AAPPN as a user-friendly organization to enhance education, nurture leadership, and lend supports to advanced practice psychiatric nurses.

I am sole practitioner in Mount Vernon, Washington and also work a prescriber in the Skagit County Jail. I have extensive experience in community mental health. Since 1987, I have managed medication and therapeutic interventions for acute and chronic behavioral health issues.

I have been practicing for the past five years after graduating from Seattle University in 2013. I practice in community mental health and focus on addictions.

Steven is in the final year of a PMHNP DNP program at the University of Washington. His population of interest for practice is with adolescents living with substance use and co-occurring disorders. He has been involved in AAPPN during the last two years by attending AAPPN conferences, chapter meetings, student events, and as a volunteer.

Piper is a board-certified psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner over the lifespan and is the co-founder of Med Rx Partners and TMS NW. She worked for Western Psychological and Counseling for 6-1/2 years until transitioning to full-time private practice in 2014. In 2017, Piper was one of three PMHNPs who founded the first and only deep TMS treatment clinic, TMS NW in Vancouver, WA.

Leslie has been practicing in mental health care as a RN for over 12 years. After graduating as a PMHNP, she moved to Okanogan County and currently practices in a rural primary care clinic. She has been an AAPPN member since graduating and moving to Washington. She also serves on the AAPPN legislative committee, learning more about advocacy and connecting with other members throughout the state.

Connie, along with Claire Foot, recently completed a chronicle of AAPPN’s early days.