OUR OFFICERS

Maddie Cox, President

Maddie is in her J2 semester of nursing school, graduating class of May 2023.

President: 
  • Plan board meetings
  • Delegate responsibilities appropriately to board and committee members
  • Communicate with EMSON faculty
  • Ensure that SNA executive officers and committees fulfill their duties. This includes: general body meetings, fundraising events, and helping with White Coat, Senior Splash, and Pinning ceremonies. Most importantly, the president is available to help the board members in whatever way needed.
​​E-mail: mac075@uark.edu

Brooke Weaver, Vice President

Brooke is in her J2 semester of nursing school, graduating class of May 2023.

Vice President:
  • Coordinate meeting dates and times- both for the board and for general body meetings
  •  Reserve rooms for meetings and order food for SNA body meetings
  • Facilitate meetings alongside the president
  • Assist the President in any other tasks necessary
E-mail: baw042@uark.edu

Cate Abrajano, ​​Secretary

Cate is in her J2 semester of nursing school, graduating class of May 2023.

Secretary:
  • Corresponding with SNA members through emails regarding all questions
  • Record all points for members participation in SNA sponsored events
  • Correspond with faculty about events and volunteers
  • Create point opportunities and decide point values
  • Disseminate information to SNA members about upcoming event
E-mail: caabraja@uark.edu

Kim Umberson, Treasurer

Kim is in her J2 semester of nursing school, graduating class of May 2023.

Treasurer:
  • Handle the finances of SNA
  • Make a yearly budget that monitors the spending and fundraising to ensure the club stays financially stable 
  • Write checks as needed for club spending, and deposit money that the club makes during our fundraisers 
  • Collect incoming J1 dues and equipment sales
  • Help plan senior splash and Arkansas state and National convention
E-mail: kumberso@uark.edu

Matha Phakhin, Volunteer Chair

Matha is in her J1 semester of nursing school, graduating class of December 2023.

Volunteer Chair:
  • Organize community outreach events for students- both on campus and off campus
  • ​Organize drives to benefit local charities 
  • Provide opportunities to earn points for SNA through community service
E-mail: mphakhin@uark.edu

​Lauren Mulligan, Breakthrough to Nursing

Lauren is in her J2 semester of nursing school, graduating class of May 2023.

​Breakthrough to Nursing:
  • Oversees distributing mentor and cohort representative applications for each semester, and selecting mentors and cohort representatives
    • In charge of keeping up with points from the mentor meetings and making sure all challenges are resolved 
  • Remind the cohort representatives about the monthly faculty meetings
  • Organize monthly NSNA Breakthrough to Nursing projects 
  • Help grow the number of nursing students in the local SNA chapter 
  • Help mentor fellow nursing students
  • Aid in the development of leadership and professional skills among the nursing school
E-mail: lrmullig@uark.edu

Haley Burnett, Fundraising Chair

Haley is in her J2 semester of nursing school, graduating class of May 2023.

​Fundraising Chair:
  • Responsible for putting on events and selling items that raise money for our organization
  • Put on a back to school bash for EMSON to raise money
  • Organize percentage nights for SNA by talking to local businesses
  • In charge of taking t-shirt/sweatshirt designs to Houndstooth and other vendors to order and print t-shirts and sweatshirts for all students of EMSON to purchase and enjoy 
  • Organize the t-shirt/sweatshirt pass-outs and collect the money
E-mail: haburnet@uark.edu

Jessica Hanson, Webmaster

Jessica is in her J2 semester of nursing school, graduating class of May 2023.

Webmaster:
  • Update all of the social media accounts (Insta and FB page) on a regular and timely basis
  • Maintain the EMSON website
  • Make flyers for upcoming meetings and post them around Epley
  • Take photos for SNA at events held (i.e. Volunteer events, White Coat, Pinning, etc.)
E-mail: jrhanson@uark.edu

OUR ADVISORS

​Dr. Lisa Franks, SNA Mentor

Dr. Lisa Franks is an instructor of Nursing and lab coordinator at the University of Arkansas and a mentor for the Eleanor Mann School of Nursing Student Nurses Association.

Dr. ​Kelsey Gilmet, SNA Mentor

Dr. Kelsey Gilmet is a professor of Nursing at the University of Arkansas and a mentor for the Eleanor Mann School of Nursing Student Nurses Association.