ASAN Board of Directors Meetings

2nd Monday each month, 8 - 9pm eastern

For more information, visit the Board webpage (login required)

2025 Meeting Schedule: 13 Jan 2025, 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM eastern 10 Feb 2025 10 Mar 2025 14 Apr 2025 12 May 2025 9 Jun 2025 14 Jul 2025 11 Aug 2025 8 Sep 2025 13 Oct 2025 10 Nov 2025 8 Dec 2025

Join using zoom https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83420952958 Meeting ID: 834 2095 2958 Passcode: 335470

Board, expected to attend in person

Position, Report	Name	Email	Cell
President	Bill Lorman	blorman@hotmail.com	215-870-6812
Vice President	-vacant-
Treasurer	Suzan Blacher	shblacher@gmail.com	305-803-7737
Secretary	Suzanne Alunni-Kinkle	suzannealunni@yahoo.com	609-706-4160
Board Member	Carolyn Baird	carolynabaird@comcast.net	724-263-0475
Board Member	Fran Campbell	campbell1556@comcast.net	412-613-7947
Board Member	Tracy Andrews	tracy.andrews@pennmedicine.upenn.edu; tracydandrews@gmail.com	917-224-9024
LPN Board Member	Natalia Peters	maky51987@gmail.com	845-326-6787
Executive Office	Robert Ranieri	info@addictionnursing.org	205-396-6726

Exploration of risk factors and effects of substance use on the developing brain and current patient education practices around substance use and the developing brain.

Learner Objectives

1. Understand risk factors for substance use in the developing brain. 
2. Understand the effects of substance use on the developing brain. 
3. Understand current patient education practices around substance use and the developing brain.

Presenter

Megan Phillips, MSN, FNP-BC; MGH IHP/MGB Urgent Care; Boston, MA

Meg Phillips is a family nurse practitioner with health care experience including correctional medicine, veteran and undomiciled population care, substance use medicine, urgent care, and occupational health. She has been teaching APP students since 2023 and is a full time faculty member in the School of Nursing at the IHP. She has many clinical interests including trauma informed care and vulnerable population health and is the co-chair of the MGB Community Connections Committee.

Registration Rates

• ASAN Members: $0, free to members

• Non-Members: $15

• • Not a Member? Click here to join, then sign up for the webinar.

Nursing CE

This event is approved for Nursing CE with the California Board of Nursing.

Cancellation

No refund due to cancellation. All registrants will have access to a video archive if you are unable to attend in person.

American Society of Addiction Nursing (ASAN)
Call for Abstract Reviewers

Signup Now

ASAN is seeking reviewers to read and evaluate abstract submissions for our 2026 Addiction Nursing Conference, which will be held August 6-8 in Disney Springs, Florida.

CRITERIA NEEDED TO APPLY

• Current membership in the American Society of Addiction Nursing
• Doctoral Degree
• Evidence of expertise in substance use disorders/addiction/behavioral/process addictions, psychiatric/mental health nursing
• If you meet these criteria and would like to be considered for selection, please fill out the Reviewer Information Application Form and submit it by December 5, 2025. Selected reviewers will be notified by January 4, 2026.

Time frame for reviews

• Reviews begin: January 12, 2026
• Reviews completed: April 1, 2026

Please complete the Review Information Application Form.