Mary Beth Hovda Davis, MSN, RN, VA-BC™, has been practicing as a pediatric nurse since 2006, specializing in vascular access since 2008. She is a nursing practice leader for pediatric vascular access at the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital. She currently serves as the chair of PediNeoSIG for AVA. She graduated with her bachelor of science in nursing from the University of Iowa College of Nursing and attained her master’s in nursing education from Mount Mercy University in 2012. She is currently enrolled at the University of Iowa PhD program with a research focus on pediatric vascular access.

Darcy Doellman MSN, RN, CRNI, VA-BC™, is a vascular access specialist and clinical manager for the Vascular Access Team at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. Darcy is involved with all aspects of vascular access, which includes clinical practice, education, policy and procedures, and research for neonatal, pediatric, and adult patients. Darcy is certified in both infusion therapy and vascular access and is a former president of AVA. She is widely published in professional journals and a coauthor of the 2012 National Home Infusion Association Central Line Guidelines, 2016 Infusion Standards, and a reviewer for the 2015 National Association for Neonatal Nurses PICC Guidelines. Darcy has a bachelor of science in nursing from Capital University in Columbus, Ohio, and a master’s degree in nursing from the University of Phoenix.

Stephanie Pitts, MSN, RN, CPN, VA-BC™, has been a pediatric registered nurse since 1998. She developed the Pediatric Vascular Access Team at St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital (Tampa, FL) and is a vascular access nurse on the team. She is the director of Healthcare Strategy & Innovation for B. Braun USA (Bethlehem, PA), stockholder of AngioDynamics, Inc. (Latham, NY), and member of the Board of Directors for Navi Technologies (Melbourne, Australia). She is a former director-at-large for the AVA Board of Directors, served as the interim-president of the AVA Foundation, and is a past president of the Pediatric Special Interest Group. Stephanie has multiple publications specifically related to pediatric vascular access, is an international speaker on vascular access, and was awarded the 2018 Janet Pettit Scholar Award in Neonatal and Pediatric Vascular Access.