The School of Nursing’s Advisory Board is comprised of recognized nurse leaders throughout the state, representing various health care sectors and settings. The Advisory Board serves as a vital link between academe and health care institutions in educating the present and future healthcare workforce at the baccalaureate, master’s and doctoral levels.
The purpose of the Board is to advise the Dean and faculty on national health care trends, legislative and regulatory changes, and workforce issues that advance the goals of the School of Nursing to prepare nurses for 21st century health care practice.
Sheila Collier, MSN, RN, CNL
- Vice President & Chief Nursing Officer
- Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center
Teresa DiElmo, RN, MSN
- Vice President and CNO
- Clara Maass Medical Center
Mary Ann Donohue-Ryan, PhD, RN, APN, NEA-BC
- Executive Consultant
Margaret A. Farrell Daingerfield EdD, RN, CNE
- Professor Emerita Felician University
- NJSNA Board of Directors
Karen Gentile, RN
- Director of Nursing, Inglemoor Rehabilitation and Care Center
Linda Gural, MSN, RN
- Director of Clinical Services
- Bartley Healthcare Nursing and Rehabilitation
- Past Board Member, American Nurses Association
Nancy E. Holecek, MSHA, RN, NE-BC
- Senior VP of Patient Care Services/Chief Nursing Officer
- RWJBarnabas Health, Northern Region
- Visiting Professor, Felician University School of Nursing
Ramonita Jimenez, DNP, MPA, RN, NE-BC
- Administrator, Department of Patient Care
- Hackensack University Medical Center
Lucille A. Joel, EdD, RN, FAAN
- Professor, Rutgers – The State University School of Nursing
- Past President, American Nurses Association
Judith Padula, MSN, RN
- Vice President, Patient Care Services and
- Chief Nursing Officer, St. Joseph’s Healthcare System
JoAnne Penn, MA, RN, BC
- Past President, New Jersey State Nurses Association
Norma L. Rodgers, BSN, RN, CCRA
- Past President New Jersey State Nurses Association
- Senior Site Manager, Oncology Clinical Trials
Barbara Rosen
- HPAE State Secretary/Treasurer
- Health Professionals Allied Employees
Mary Beth Russell, PhD, RN
- Senior Vice President, The Center for Professional Development, Innovation and Research, and The Institute for Nursing Excellence
- RWJ Saint Barnabas Medical Center
Philip Scala, Esq.
- President and Chief Executive Officer
- Bartley Healthcare Nursing and Rehabilitation
Judith Schmidt, MSN, RN
- Chief Executive Officer
- New Jersey State Nurses Association
MaryPat Sullivan, MSN, RN, CNS
- Chief Nursing Officer
- Overlook Hospital
Carolyn T. Torre, MA, RN, APN
- Practice Consultant
Melinda S. Weber, DNP, RN, APN, AKON, C
- Director of Care Transformation
- John Theurer Cancer Center
- Hackensack Meridian Health
Ann Tritak, EdD, RN
- Professor Emerita Felician University
- Director NJSNA
- Past Associate Dean Department of Graduate Nursing at Felician University
