Dr. Janell Wildgoose-Carroll was selected as a member of the Board of Directors of the Friends of the National Institute of Nursing Research (FNINR). She is the sole non-nurse ally on the board to increase fundraising and philanthropy. Her two-year term will begin on January 1, 2025, and concludes on December 31, 2026. Dr. Wildgoose-Carroll’s voice at this table is integral to the Florida Atlantic Carnegie Research Redesignation as an R1 institution by representing nursing research at the federal level.