2024 Board of Trustees

Back Row, L-R:  Valerie Hardy-Sprenkle, Mary Rodgers Schubert (Development Co-Chair), Summer Teel (Program Co-Chair), Sharon McCrae (Communications Co-Chair), AnnMarie Papa (Past President), Barbara Wadsworth, Angela Coladonato, Nadeerah Coles, Michelle Conley (Awards Co-Chair),
Front Row, L-R:  Betty Long (President), Paula Coe (Program Co-Chair), Linda Kauffman (Communication Co-Chair), Eva Bering (Scholarship Co-Chair),  Jeanne Venella (Development Co-Chair), Susan Rux (Awards Co-Chair), 
Not Pictured:  Richard Arbour, Carol Amann (Patient Choice Award Chair), Allen Bonace, Jayne Felgen, Carol Gullo Mest, Teresa Hartmann, Candace McMullen, Claire Mooney, Sharon Muscatell, Denise Charron-Prochownik, Connie Sheaffer

Executive Committee

President
Betty Long, MHA, RN
President/CEO & Founder
Guardian Nurses Healthcare Advocates

Immediate Past President
AnnMarie Papa, DNP, RN, CEN, NE-BC, FAEN, FAAN

Treasurer 
Claire Mooney, DNP, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, CCRN
Sr. VP/Chief Operating Officer
Penn State Health

Communication Co-Chairs
Linda Kauffman, DNP, RN, NEA-BC
Retired

Sharon McCrae, PhD, SPHR, SHRM-SCP

President Emeritus and Nightingale Awards of PA Founder
Jayne A. Felgen, RN, MPA
Retired

Management Company--2024
Kathy Del Pizzo
Jane Barr Horstman & Associates

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Trustees

Carol Ann Amann, PhD, RN-BC, CDP, FNGNA
Associate Professor
Gannon University, Villa Maria School of Nursing, Morosky College of Health Professions and Sciences

Richard B. Arbour, MSN, RN, CCRN, CNRN, CCNS, CCTC, FAAN, FCCM
Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist, Clinical Rescue Nurse Coordinator
Temple University Hospital

Eva Bering, RN, MSN, MHA, NHA
Bering Consulting, LLC

Allen Bonace, MSN/MBA, RN, NE-BC, NHA
President/CEO
Saint Mary's Home of Erie

Denise Charron-Prochownik, PhD, CPNP, RN
Professor & Dept. Chair, Department of Health Promotion and Development
University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing

Paula F. Coe, DNP, MSN, RN, NEA-BC

Angela Coladonato, DNP, RN, NEA-BC
Senior Vice President/CNO
Chester County Hospital/Penn Medicine

Nadeerah Coles, EdD, MSN, RN
Clinical Manager of Nursing Support Services
Chester County Hospital/Penn Medicine

Michelle Conley, DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC
Senior Vice President & Chief Nursing Officer
Jefferson Health System

Teresa Hartmann, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor
Millersville University, Wehrheim School of Nursing

Candace McMullen, MHA, NHA, RN, CLNC
Executive Vice President, Consulting and Business Development
Affinity Health Services

Sharon McCrae, PhD, SPHR, SHRM-SCP
Adjunct Professor, Human Resource and Business Management
Peirce College

Carol Gullo Mest, PhD, RN, ANP-BC, FAANP
Chair of Graduate Nursing Programs
DeSales University

Claire Mooney, DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, CCRN
Senior Vice President/Chief Operating Officer
Penn State Health

Sharon L. Muscatell, RN, BS
Retired

Mary Rodgers Schubert, DNP, MPM, RN
Consultant

Susan Rux, PhD, DNP, RN, ACNS-BC, CENP, CNE, CPCC, FACHE, LNCC, NEA-BC, NPD-BC, OCN​
Associate Vice President, Professional Nursing Practice and Research
Fox Chase Cancer Center

Connie M. Sheaffer, MHA, BSN, RN
Semi-Retired
WellSpan Health/Good Samaritan Hospital

Summer Teel, MSN/MBA, RN
Interim Nurse Director, Medical Service Line
Jefferson Abington Hospital

Jeanne Venella, DNP, MS, RN, CEN, CPEN
Strategic Advisor
Strongline

Barbara Wadsworth, DNP, RN, FAAN, FACHE, NEC-BC, FNAP
Chief Operating Officer
Main Line Health System