2025 Board of Trustees

Back Row, L-R:  Nicholas Novella, Nadeerah Coles, Summer Teel (Gala Co-Chair), Allen Bonace
Middle Row, L-R: Carol Gullo Mest, Richard Arbour, Carol Amann, Valerie Hardy-Sprenkle, Michelle Conley (Awards Co-Chair), Angela Coladonato, Claire Mooney (Treasurer), Mary Rodgers-Schubert (Development Chair), Denise Charron-Prochownik, and Carol Ann Gioia
Front Row, L-R:  Sharon McCrae (Communication/Marketing Co-Chair), Jayne Felgen (Founder), Susan Rux (Awards Co-Chair and President-Elect), Betty Long (President), Teresa Hartman (Scholarship Co-Chair), Annmarie Papa (Gala Co-Chair), Connie Scheaffer
Not Pictured:  Barbara Wadsworth, Eva Bering (Scholarship Co-Chair), Linda Kauffman (Communication/Marketing Co-Chair), Sharon Muscatell, Samantha Ann Davis

Executive Committee

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

President Elect
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​

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

Treasurer 
Claire Mooney, DNP, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, CCRN
Senior VP/Regional Chief Nursing Executive, Central Region
Jefferson Health

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

Sharon McCrae, PhD, SPHR, SHRM-SCP
Adjunct Professor, Human Resource and Business Management
​Peirce College
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President Emeritus and Nightingale Awards of PA Founder
Jayne A. Felgen, RN, MPA
Retired

Management Company
Mazda Miles
Transcend Management Company

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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
Consultant

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

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

Nadeerah Coles, EdD, MSN, RN
Director of Nursing Professional Development and Clinical Excellence
Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health

Samantha Ann Katherine Davis, MSN, RN-BC, RN-NE
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, SEAL Team

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

Carol Ann Gioia, DNP, RN, NEA-BC
Senior Vice President/Chief Nursing Officer
AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center  

Valerie Hardy-Sprenkle, MPH, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE
Retired

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

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

Sharon L. Muscatell, RN, BS
Retired

Nicholas Novella, MSN, BA, RN, CNOR
Team Lead, Provider Informatics
​Chester County Hospital

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

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