Comprised of practicing, expert nurse leaders from every aspect of emergency nursing, BCEN’s Board of Directors oversees the organization’s strategic direction including activities pertaining to the quality, content, development and maintenance of exams and the certification process. Throughout the year and across the country, BCEN board members advocate for emergency nursing specialty certification and promote the value of board certification for nurses.
Meet our 2022-2023 board members:

Rebecca Steinmann
Chairperson
MS, APRN, NPD-BC, CPEN, CEN, TCRN, CCRN, CCNS, FAEN Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago LinkedIn URL
Allen C. Wolfe Jr.
Chairperson-Elect
MSN, CNS, APRN, CFRN, CCRN, CTRN, TCRN, CMTE Life Link III
Julie Ruddy
Secretary/Treasurer
BS, RN, CEN, CPEN, TCRN
Kyle Madigan
Immediate Past Chairperson
MSN, RN, CEN, CFRN, CTRN, CCRN, CMTE Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center LinkedIn URL
Sean M. Elwell
Member-at-Large
MSN, RN, NE-BC, TCRN, EMT Nemours/Alfred I duPont Hospital for Children
Steven P. Talbot
Member-at-Large
MSN, RN, CEN, TCRN Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital
Roger Casey
Member-at-Large
MSN, RN, CEN, TCRN Kadlec Regional Medical Center
Brody Eick
Member-at-Large
MBA, BSN, BS , RN, CEN, CCRN, TCRN Loma Linda University Medical Center and Loma Linda Children’s Hospital
Leigh Ann Yates
Public Representative
Hallmark Financial Services