2022/2023 CAPN Board Election

As we ring in the new year, please take a moment to vote for your 2022/2023 CAPN Board President and Treasurer using THIS LINK

You must be an active full member or associate member to vote.

Cast your vote by 1/14/22 at noon

Here is more info about the candidates:

Susan Alvarez, DNP, APRN, AGPCNP-BC

Dr. Susan Alvarez, DNP, APRN, AGPCNP-BC is a nationally certified Adult/Gerontology Nurse Practitioner. After completing her education at the University of Florida College of Nursing, she relocated to Tallahassee and has since been working full time in a Rheumatology specialty outpatient clinic servicing Tallahassee and the Big Bend region since 2016. She is a strong advocate for evidence-based medicine and holistic and compassionate patient care. 

When she is not caring for patients, she has a passion for service, volunteering as CAPN Treasurer (2020/2021). As a CAPN board member, she was instrumental in supporting such initiatives such as student scholarship opportunities, the creation of a written history of the CAPN/APRN organization in the Big Bend Region as well as helping to establish a social media presence for the organization. She hopes, in this new role, to continue to grow the viability and visibility of APRNs and provide more opportunities to make Tallahassee healthier. She believes that united, there are few things Advanced Practice Nurses cannot accomplish for the wellbeing of a patient or a community. 

In her spare time, she is an avid tennis player, captaining USTA tennis leagues and can be found outside hiking while enjoying the beautiful North Florida weather. 

She is honored by the nomination for President-Elect and if selected, will lead with enthusiasm and integrity.  

David Guthrie, DNP, APRN, ACNP-BC, CCRN

Having been a Nurse since 1988 and a Nurse Practitioner since 1995, David has always been in support of professional nursing organizations. He just received the FNA lamplighter award for 25 continuous years as a member of FNA/ANA. He also maintains memberships in the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, the American Association of Critical Care Nurses, the American Association of the Colleges of Nursing and, of course, the Tallahassee Area Council of Advanced Practice Nurses (CAPN). David served CAPN on the executive board, as secretary, from 2016 to 2018; in addition he earned the prestigious Tallahassee Area Council of Advanced Practice Nurses (CAPN)- Nurse of Excellence  for 2016/2017. David received his DNP, with a Health Systems Leadership focus, from FSU in 2014 and is currently, an Assistant Professor at FAMU’s School of Nursing . His past employment includes nurse practitioner roles in TMH’s Heart Transplant program, Weems Hospital (Apalachicola) ER, and Doctor’s Hospital (Quincy) ER. David has been an ACEN Site Visit Peer reviewer for the past three years, often analyzing School’s of Nursing fiscal health as part of the review process. He also has also received/or been involved with grant awards such as: Physio-Control AACN Small Projects Grant--Title-- “ Acute Myocardial Infarction Clinical Pathway”, Florida State University-College of Graduate Studies-Presentation Grant-Fall 2010, Florida State University-College of Graduate Studies-Presentation Grant- Spring 2012, HRSA Grant- Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students (HRSA-20-006)-application submitted-not funded- Spring 2020.

David feels he would serve as an effective treasurer for CAPN. Having courses involving finance, accounting, administration and management through his DNP curriculum, David feels he has the didactic background to fulfill the treasurer role. In addition, David manages fiscal and contractual obligations as part of his family’s timber farm in Georgia.

Thank you to the members of CAPN for accepting my candidacy for this prestigious office.