NEW YORK NURSE: January 2007

Nursing leaders look forward to new year

The following nurses are serving in leadership positions in New York state. Please give them your support as they work to promote nursing practice. Members of the NYSNA Board of Directors are listed on page 2. The leaders of NYSNA local bargaining units and the officers of the Delegate Assembly will be published next month.

Council Chairs

Continuing Education: Karen “Toby” Haghenbeck
Council on Ethics & Human Rights: Marilyn Kagan
Legislation: Marilyn Dollinger
Nursing Education: Verna Kieffer
Nursing Practice: Bridget Maybury
Nursing Research: Nancy Watson
NYSNA-PAC Board of Trustees: Audrey Ludmer

Committee Chairs

Bylaws: Ellen Mitchell
Finance: Mary Finnin
Nominating: Anne Cardinale
Peer Assistance: Connie Spentz
Rural Health: Mary Lou Wranesh Cook
Membership: Audrey Ludmer

Clinical Practice Unit Chairs

Ambulatory Care: Karen Leone-Natale
Community Health: Barbara Lewis
Gerontological: Anne Cardinale
Medical-Surgical: Lukmon Kalejaiye
Parent-Child Health: Elisa Mancuso
Psychiatric-Mental Health: Carmel Dato
School Health: Elizabeth Carde

Functional Practice Unit Chairs

Advanced Practice Nurses: Karen Emerson
Continuing Education/Staff Devevelopment: Marion Spector
Direct Care Practitioners: M. Gorete Crowe
Nurse Administrators & Managers: Marlene Gerber
Nurse Educators: Alayne Fitzpatrick
Retired Nurses: Miriam Gonzalez

Constituent District Nurses Association Presidents

1: Colleen Murphy
2: Margaret Carno
3: Linda MacAuslan
4: Mary Ellen Berg
5: Debbie Lis
6: Darlene Welbourn
7: Karen Lallier
8: Martha Passino
9: Marianne Lettus
10: Sherry Warner
11: Jeffrey Falk
12: Janice Viola
13: Rosa Parris
14: Joanne Lapidus-Graham
15: Amy Jeffrey
16. M. Gorete Crowe
17: Donna Peters
18: Dorothea Lever
19: Ann Tahaney