CASN Board of Directors

CASN Board of DirectorsCASN Board of Directors (Nov. 2025 – Nov. 2026)


President: Suzanne Harrison
Director, School of Nursing, Université de Moncton

President-Elect: Rani Hajela Srivastava, Dean,
School of Nursing, Thompson Rivers University

Treasurer: Veronika Williams
Professor, School of Nursing, Nipissing University


Directors – Western Schools

Heather Bensler
Associate Professor (Teaching), Faculty of Nursing, University of Calgary

Leslie (Kim) Daly
Assistant Teaching Professor, School of Nursing, University of Victoria School of Nursing

Tess Robert Kroeker
Director of Nursing, Douglas College


Directors – Ontario Schools

Ramesh Venkatesa
Assistant Professor, York University

Sandra Filice
Dean, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Humber Polytechinic

Debbie Sheppard-LeMoine
Dean and Professor, Faculty of Nursing, University of Windsor


Directors – Quebec Schools

Myriam Gauthier
Professeure adjointe, inf. Ph. D., Université Laval, Faculté des sciences infirmières

Marjolaine Héon
Professeure agrégée, Vice-doyenne aux études de 1er cycle, Faculté des sciences infirmières, Université de Montréal


Directors – Atlantic Schools

Ruth Martin-Misener
Director and Professor, School of Nursing; Assistant Dean, Research, Faculty of Health, Dalhousie University

Colleen Maykut
Associate Professor, Saint-Francis Xavier University, Faculty of Science, Rankin School of Nursing, Marguerite Hall (Mount Saint Bernard)


Director – Indigenous Faculty Representative

Leanne Kelly
Associate Teaching Professor, University of Victoria


Public Representative

Chris Rutherford
Lawyer, Low Murchison Radnoff LLP


Student Representative

Luigi Imbrogno
Vice President, Canadian Nursing Students’ Association


Executive Director

Jean Daniel Jacob 
Executive Director, Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing