Leadership

IANDS Board of Directors and Staff

Executive Committee of the Board

Diane Corcoran, RN, PhD
President
Chair of Education and Research Committees
Residence: North Carolina
Occupation: Nurse, Educator, Retired Army Colonel, currently doing legal nurse consulting
Joined the board in 2004.
Past IANDS president and board member, written several articles on NDEs for health care professionals
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Nancy Evans Bush, MA
Vice -president, Publications Committee Chair
Residence: Connecticut/North Carolina
Occupation: Writer, retired educator,nonprofit administrator, President emerita; past editor of Vital Signs, several articles in Journal of Near-Death Studies
Rejoined the board in 2006.

Stephen Anderson, BS

Treasurer

Residence: North Carolina

Occupation: Retired executive

Joined the Board in 2007

Chuck Swedrock, MBA
Secretary
IANDS Groups Coordinator
Residence: Arizona
Occupation: Spirituality Support Group, Sr. Facilitator
Joined the board in 2005.

Other Board Members

Nancy Clark, PhD
International Group Coordinator
Residence: Arizona
Occupation: Executive director, psychotherapist, author, Int'l lecturer
Joined the board in 2006.

Allen Katzoff , M.B.A.
Marketing and Website Committees Chair
Residence: Massachusetts
Occupation: Retired college administrator and marketing executive
Joined the board in 2004.

Julie Lapham, Ph.D.
Governance Committee Chair
Residence: North Carolina
Occupation: Themis Institute, Research Director
Joined the board in 2008.

Ann Frances Ellis, M.Div., Ph.D.
Board Member at Large for Groups, Tulsa OK IANDS Group Ldr
Residence: Oklahoma
Occupation: USN Retd, Hospice Chaplain
Joined the board in 2008.

Committees

Bruce Greyson, M.D.
Research Director and editor of Journal of Near-Death Studies
Residence: Virginia
Occupation: Professor of psychiatry
Served on the board 1981-1992.

Janice Holden, Ed.D.
Ex-Officio
Residence: Texas
Occupation: Professor of counseling at the University of North Texas in Denton
Joined the board in 2000. Dr. Holden is an NDE researcher who also supervises doctoral students conducting NDE research.

Debbie James, M.S.N., R.N., C.C.R.N.
IANDS Conference Committee chair
National Conference Director, Education
Residence: Texas
Occupation: Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist
Joined the board in 1995.

Yolaine Stout, B.A.
Chair of the Integration/Support Committee

17 years experience in non-profit leadership and development. Honors graduate UC Berkeley. 25 year educator in Austria and the United States. Occupation: Self-Help Writer, Life Coach, Nonprofit Consultant
Residence: California
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Last Updated ( Friday, 10 April 2009 )