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The meeting was hosted by Ubrelvy and Qulipta at Orofino’s to discuss treatment for daily and episodic migraine.

8/23/25 is the Night of 1000 Pies to benefit Empowerhouse, the local domestic violence shelter. Several members are making pies and Kelly, Robin, Carrie and Tiffany plan to attend.

9 weeks left of FNP school for Carrie- congratulations!!

Ashley reported that the VCNP is encouraging legislative meetings and we discussed the 2 meetings she hosted at her clinic, one with Delegate Cole, and one with Delegate Milde and Scott. PAC was encouraged when paying annual dues in order to support our legislative efforts going forward.

With Tiffany stepping down as treasurer due to her move and job change, Cherie Wright has volunteered to take over as the treasurer of our Fredericksburg VCNP chapter. Piper announced the motion and Hishani seconded it. Thank you Cherie!!

Next meeting 9/11/25 location TBD

Submitted 8/17/25 JPSF

Please join us for an end-of-summer social and networking event at Random Row Brewing Co. on August 14th from 6:00-8:00 PM on the patio. Two drink tickets and pizza will be provided.

Catch up with your Piedmont Region friends and bring a non-member NP colleague! I would love to meet them.

RSVP Here: https://evite.me/W7wCzJYx8u

Our treasurer Tiffany Simmons, took a job at VCU and will resign from her local position 9/2025. We will need to find a replacement for her treasurer position since she will be living and working in Richmond. Cherie will check with her employer, and finding no barrier to accepting the treasurer position, will work with Tiffany to get the bank accounts rolled over and Cherie trained. The treasurer is responsible for a quarterly statement to the VCNP regarding the status of our account, writes checks to cover for our philanthropy projects or other donations, and occasionally cashes checks coming from the VCNP.

Ashley Cremisio arranged a legislative meeting with Delegate Paul Milde and Delegate Scott which was held at her primary care practice over a lunch hour. Active discussions were much appreciated!

Our leadership encourages those who qualify to obtain autonomous practice designation.

8/23/25 is our annual Night of 1000 Pies to support local Empowerhouse, which supports victims of domestic violence and abuse.

Next meetings will feature speakers on Migraine management, Vasomotor symptoms and perimenopause, GLP1 management.

Submitted 7/13/25 JPSF

Monthly meeting was held at Brocks and sponsored by Sandoz to discuss Biosimilar science and pharmaceuticals. These are therapeutic protein products similar to it’s reference biologic product with similar structure, function, pharmacokinetics, efficacy and safety.

To increase attendance at the local meetings, support our local NPs and generate interest in our state VCNP, several ideas were discussed. Hishani brought up the fact that Mary Washington Hospital has it’s own radio channel. Mary Washington radio will discuss the NP role and diverse NP specialties as we lead up to NP week. There are so many NPs locally with different specialties and abilities, more awareness regarding these important roles is crucial to support our NPs and make other healthcare providers and the public aware of all NPs do. Eastern Associates also discussed mentoring a new NP and help them navigate the legislative process in order to get more NPs involved in and aware of the governing of NPS. Our state VCNP board discussed providing a “VCNP 101” talk, which would inform NPs about all the VCNP does for them as their representatives in the legislature and encourage them to get involved in their local chapters. Business and press releases were discussed to share achievements and increase visibility.

Goals for next year are to increase attendance at our meetings. Hishani urged everyone to bring someone with them to the next meeting. We discussed changing the meeting nights, or holding additional gatherings- either a happy hour one evening after work, or a coffee gathering on a Saturday morning. We discussed having a health “fair”, maybe providing screenings for hypertension or diabetes, providing education, food samples/recipes for a healthy dish using an unusual vegetable. We discussed hosting this “fair” at the food bank, or the Rappahannock Educational Farm.

Our next meeting will be 6/12/25 place TBD.

Submitted 5/10/25 JPSF

Dr Elias of Virginia Interventional Vascular Associates spoke on embolization to treat hemorrhoids, uterine fibroids, prostate enlargement. They do vascular ultrasounds, treat varicose veins, spider veins, restless leg, PAD and provide dialysis access care.

Our president is now Hishani Perera, we thank Rachel Farrar for the past 2 years plus of guidance as our president. She is now our past president and the position of president elect is now open. This post will need to be filled in 2 years.

Hishani retires from her position on the conference planning committee. Kelly Rollins is considering taking her place on the committee.

Next meeting 5/2025 will be on non-opioid pain management. Time, date and location TBD. A vote was taken on preferred time, and 6pm was the majority.

Submitted 4/15/25 JPSF

PR report- Gear store is open. Go to the VCNP website to access NP wear.

Requesting volunteers to get together a basket for the VCNP conference this year.

Government relations- Lobby day was a success with 5 participants from our local area in attendance. Still working on pay parity with midwives now, and an anti violence bill.

Submitted 3/4/25 JPSF

VCNP is excited to share that Amy E. Johnson , DNP, FNP-C is a recipient of the 2025 AANP Nurse Practitioner State Award for Excellence. Congratulations, Amy!