AACN Board
July 2025-June 2028
Audrey R. Roberson, PhD, RN, CPAN, NPD-BC, serves a three-year term as a director on the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) Board of Directors from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2028.
Roberson is a clinical assistant professor at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) School of Nursing in Richmond. She leads the Nurse Leadership and Organizational Science (NLOS) graduate program in the areas of program admission, implementing change initiatives, advancing nursing decision-making and curriculum development. She teaches graduate NLOS and doctor of nursing practice (DNP) courses and is a member of the Faculty Search Committee, where she screens and interviews applicants for tenured and term faculty positions. Roberson is also a member of the inaugural Healthy Work and Learning Environment Task Force, which will be guided by AACN’s HWE standards. Building on the strong foundation of previous school activities, training and speakers, the task force's responsibilities include assessing and building on belonging, collaboration, wellness and resilience.
An AACN ambassador since 2021, Roberson is a research grants reviewer (2021-present) and a reviewer for Critical Care Nurse (2018-present). She previously served on the NTI Scholarship Review Panel and the AACN – AACN Certification Corporation Nominating Committee, and the NTI Program Planning Committee. Roberson co-authored “Pulmonary-Focused Verticalization Therapy in Patients Experiencing Respiratory Failure,” in the American Journal of Critical Care, March 2025.
Roberson has been a member of AACN since 1997 and a member of AACN’s Greater Richmond Area Chapter (GRAC) since 1998, serving as president in 2022-2023. She presented “Workplace Violence Prevention Strategies” for GRAC in 2024. Additional affiliations include membership in the American Nurses Association, Virginia Nurses Association and the Gamma Omega at-Large Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau. In December 2020, she was the first recipient of the COVID-19 vaccine at VCU Health System, which provided a platform for her to speak to the community about the disease, health equity and vaccination.
She earned a PhD in nursing in biobehavioral science and a Master of Science in adult health nursing, both at VCU, and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from New York University.
Roberson says, “Faith, Family, Friends are what keep me grounded! My zen is water, so I LOVE cruising, traveling, spending beach time with my family and friends, and reading mystery who-done-it novels. One of my greatest achievements was biking across the Golden Gate Bridge.”