Elizabeth Anne Louden (elle) is a registered nurse of 50 years, practicing in critical care, pediatrics, and travel nursing. In 1999, she became part of the Calgary SANE team, then joined the International Association of Forensic Nurses (IAFN), became certified as a SANE-A and then coordinator of the Calgary SART team. She was a member of the IAFN Board of Directors for several years, serving as a member at large and President of the Board in 2017. She is currently the President on the executive for the Canadian Forensic Nurses Association (CFNA). She is currently a professor of undergraduate nursing at Nipissing University and of the graduate forensic nursing program at Fitchburg State University. She continues to practice forensic nursing through education (inclusion of forensic nursing principles in nursing curriculum) and presentations to national and international entities (nurses, law enforcement, judiciary).