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2024 Board of Trustees

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

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
Chief Nursing Officer, Central Region
Jefferson Health

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

Retired

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

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

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

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


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

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2024 Scholarship Recipients
2024 Award Finalists and Winners



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  • Home
    • Nursing is a Fine Art
  • Awards
    • Award Categories & Descriptions
    • Entrepreneurial Award
    • Jayne Felgen Legacy Award
    • Patient Choice Award
    • Selection Process
    • 2024 Award Finalists and Winners
    • 1990-2023 Award Recipients
  • Scholarships
    • PhD Scholarship Criteria
    • Non-PhD Scholarship Criteria
    • 2024 Scholarship Recipients
    • 1991-2023 Scholarship Recipients
  • 2024 Gala
  • Support Us
  • Contact Us
    • Board of Trustees
    • Committees
    • NAP Office