HNA BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2025 - 2026
Sue Roe
DPA, MS, BSN, RN
President
Tucson, Arizona
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For over 25 years, Sue has been the Principal and Senior Practice Consultant for The Roe Group Enterprises, LLC. Emphasis is on strategic positioning; performance excellence, competency, and mastery learning systems and processes; impact assessment; program and process evaluation; comprehensive needs assessment and feasibility studies; academic affairs and administration; accreditation; program/curriculum design and development; and workforce development. She is also a partner in Holistic Nursing Exploration Hub, LLC which prepares nurses for holistic nursing certification and provides resources to advance nurses interested in pursuing holistic caregiving. She was the founder and executive director of a consortium focused on integrative healthcare and for many years served as the Arizona Chapter Leader for the American Holistic Nurses Association (AHNA). Present and past publications include textbooks, guidebooks, handbooks, and articles. She is currently co-authoring, "Holistic Caregiving: Pathway to Wellness" and authored the textbook, "The Nursing Assistant: Essentials of Holistic Care." Sue has her doctorate in health policy and administration and a masters and bachelor's degree in nursing.
Frank Russo
MS, FNP-BC, RN, DiHom, IACH, CCH, MM
Vice President
Asheville, North Carolina
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Frank is a Board-Certified Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) since 1995 from Columbia University in New York City and is a classically trained homeopath certified by the Council for Homeopathic Certification. He completed a 2-year and 3-year course at the International Academy of Classical Homeopathy in Alonissos, Greece. During that time, he became the editor of their e-learning course and also a contributing editor of the second edition of George Vithoulkas’ Levels of Health. He was trained as a classical musician and received a Masters of Music in Composition at The Juilliard School and continues to compose music. Frank continues to practice as an FNP providing psychiatric care and medication management while opening a homeopathic practice. He lives with his spouse and 2 cats in Asheville, North Carolina.
Lauren Fox
FNP-BC, CM
Director
(Professional Development)
Florence, Massachusetts
Lauren is a board-certified family nurse practitioner and classical homeopath. She is credentialed by the Council for Homeopathic Certification (CCH). Lauren has been in solo and group practice for almost four decades and was a community home-birth midwife for over 25 years. In 2011, Lauren became an educator and then clinical director for the non-profit organization, Homeopaths Without Borders. As the clinical director, she developed two curricula to teach fundamentals of Homeopathy to licensed medical professionals and midwives. Lauren is also a guest lecturer and workshop leader for numerous professional organizations. Along with two other physicians, she developed, and taught a course on introductory Homeopathy for doctors and nurses in the Boston area, sponsored by Northeastern University. Lauren's vast experience in conventional and homeopathic medicine allows her to truly integrate both knowledge and practice.
HNA was founded in 1985 by a group of nurses with a vision that nurses are a vital force in homeopathy. Through their ongoing dedication and outreach, HNA has become the leading organization to represent and support nurse homeopaths globally.
Karen Holder
​RNP, FNP-BC, MHS, AHN-BC, C.T.Hom, CCH,
Treasurer
Flagstaff, Arizona
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Karen started her healing career as an RN working with indigenous peoples on the Navajo and Hopi reservations in 1975. She completed an NP & PA certification in 1979, a master's in health services in 1980 and in 1990 her CNM degree. While on the reservation she became interested in Holistic approaches to healing mentored by Navajo and Hopi medicine men and nurses. She continued working with many marginalized populations and found that true healing included listening to patients, their stories, their values and cultures and the holism of their worlds. In 1996 she began her journey in homeopathy, studying with an internationally known teacher in the Evolution of the Self School of Homeopathy (ESSH). She received her CCH in 2012 after following hundreds of clients under the mentorship of her teacher. She became director of the US (ESSH) school in 2008, and remains active in homeopathic education, leadership and client-based care. Karen also works part time as an FNP and CNM in a community health center in rural Arizona. As part of a wonderful team, she provides healthcare to un-housed patients and additionally does "PRN" work providing OB and women's health care in the CHC's busy OB/GYN clinic.
