Interstate Commission of NLC Administrators Elects 2025 Executive Committee Member in Special Election

CHICAGO - The Interstate Commission of Nurse Licensure Compact Administrators (ICNLCA), the governing body of the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC), announces a returning member of its Executive Committee, elected to a two-year term in a special election:

Elected on Oct. 31, 2025:

Vice Chair
Linda Young, MS, RN, FRE, NLC Commissioner, South Dakota
Executive Director, South Dakota Board of Nursing
Term expires: Sept. 30, 2027

The remaining current members of the NLC Executive Committee include:

Chair
Sherry Richardson, MSN, RN, NLC Commissioner, Tennessee
Executive Director, Tennessee Board of Nursing
Term expires: Sept. 30, 2027

Treasurer
Samuel Delp, PhD, MPA, NLC Commissioner, Colorado
Division Director, Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies
Term expires: Sept. 30, 2026

Member-at-Large
Kristin Benton, DNP, RN, NLC Commissioner, Texas
Executive Director, Texas Board of Nursing
Term expires: Sept. 30, 2027

Member-at-Large
Mary E. Fortier, EdD, RN, CNL, NLC Commissioner, New Jersey
Executive Director, New Jersey Board of Nursing
Term expires: Sept. 30, 2026

Member-at-Large
Kelly Jenkins, MSN, RN, NE-BC, NLC Commissioner, Kentucky
Executive Director, Kentucky Board of Nursing
Term expires: Sept. 30, 2026

Member-at-Large
Crystal Tillman, DNP, RN, CNP, FRE, NLC Commissioner, North Carolina
Chief Executive Officer, North Carolina Board of Nursing
Term expires: Sept. 30, 2027

For more information about the NLC, contact [email protected] or visit nursecompact.com.

About the Interstate Commission of Nurse Licensure Compact Administrators (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 quasi-governmental and 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 RNs and 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. There are 43 jurisdictions that are 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.