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Alisa Schneider, RN is secretary of the National Nursing Network Organization.  She has practiced as a registered nurse for 17 years, specializing in pediatrics.  She received her Master's of Science in Nursing Administration from George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia where she taught nursing and worked in the Center for Health Policy, Research and Ethics on emergency preparedness curriculum for nurses.  Alisa was awarded a Certificate of Nursing Education in Virginia and now practices as a nurse educator for Portland Community College in her hometown of Portland, Oregon.

Ms. Schneider is devoted to advocating for nurses and in Virginia led legislative activities to further nursing involvement in workforce issues and health policy.  Her concern for nursing issues worldwide inspired her to travel to Romania and Barbados to work as a nurse and nurse educator.  She has worked as a grant writer for the March of Dimes and served on the Mayor's Advisory Committee on Metabolic Disorders in the District of Columbia.  She has lectured extensively on various topics related to pediatrics, nursing in foreign countries, and emergency preparedness for nurses, as well as ethical and legislative topics. Alisa co-authored Office of the National Nurse-Leadership for a New Era of Prevention, published February 2007 in Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice. Alisa is the.