Interstate Commission of Nurse Licensure Compact Administrators Elects 2026 Executive Committee

CHICAGO - The Interstate Commission of Nurse Licensure Compact Administrators (ICNLCA), the governing body of the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC), announces new members of its Executive Committee, elected Oct. 1, 2025 to two-year terms.

Chair
Sherry Richardson, MSN, RN, NLC Commissioner, Tennessee
Term expires: Sept. 30, 2027

Member-at-Large
Kristin Benton, DNP, RN, NLC Commissioner, Texas
Term expires: Sept. 30, 2027

Member-at-Large
Crystal Tillman, DNP, RN, CNP, FRE, NLC Commissioner, North Carolina
Term expires: Sept. 30, 2027

A special election will be scheduled to elect a commissioner to the vacant office of Vice Chair which was created by Sherry Richardson's election to the office of Chair.

For more information, contact [email protected] or visit https://www.nlc.gov.

About the ICNLCA
The ICNLCA facilitates cross border nursing practice through the implementation of the nationally recognized, multistate license, the NLC. The ICNLCA enhances nurse mobility and public protection through maintaining uniform licensure standards among party state boards of nursing; promoting cooperation and collaboration between party states, facilitating the exchange of data and information between party states; and educating stakeholders. The ICNLCA is a governmental joint public agency of the party states created and established on July 20, 2017. The Executive Committee is the seven-member elected leadership of the ICNLCA.

About the NLC
The NLC allows for registered nurses (RNs) and licensed practical/vocational nurses (LPN/VNs) to have one multistate license, with the ability to practice in person or via telehealth in both their home state and other NLC states. Forty-three jurisdictions are presently members of the NLC. Licensing standards are aligned in NLC states, so all nurses applying for a multistate license are required to meet the same standards, which include a federal and state criminal background check that will be conducted for all applicants for multistate licensure.

The NLC also enables nurses to provide telehealth nursing services to patients located across the country without having to obtain additional licenses. In the event of a disaster, nurses from multiple states can easily respond to supply vital services. Additionally, almost every nurse, including primary care nurses, case managers, transport nurses, school and hospice nurses, among many others, needs to routinely cross state boundaries to provide the public with access to nursing services, and a multistate license facilitates this process.