Press Release
For
Immediate Release
Constituents Elect
Incumbents, New Board Members
The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education
(CCNE) has successfully completed its 2005 elections process.
CCNE distributed ballots to 425 institutions - all with
baccalaureate and/or master's degree programs holding
accreditation or preliminary approval by CCNE - to be
cast in the elections for the CCNE Board of Commissioners
and the CCNE Nominating Committee. Valid ballots were
returned from 211 institutions, resulting in a 50% response
rate. The election results are presented below.
Representing Deans
Jill B. Derstine, EdD, RN, FAAN*
Chair/Professor, Department of Nursing
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA
Representing Faculty
Mary Jo Clark, PhD, RN
Professor, Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science
University of San Diego
San Diego, CA
Representing Practicing Nurses
Anne W. Wojner-Alexandrov, PhD, RN, APRN, CCRN, FAAN*
APRN and Nurse Researcher, Barrow Neurologic Institute
Clinical Professor and Assistant Director, Center for
the Advancement of Evidence-Based Practice, Arizona State
University
Tempe, AZ
Representing Professional Consumers
Thomas Smith, MS, RN, CNAA
Former Senior Vice President for Nursing
The Mount Sinai Hospital
New York, NY
Representing Public Consumers
Jane Voglewede, JD
Legal Counsel
MeritCare Health System
Fargo, ND
*Dr. Derstine and Dr. Wojner-Alexandrov ran as incumbents.
Officers Elected by the CCNE Board of Commissioners
At its annual meeting on September 29 -
30, 2005, the CCNE Board of Commissioners elected a chair,
vice chair, treasurer, and secretary of the Commission.
The term of office is one year and begins January 1, 2006.
Chair
Jill B. Derstine, EdD, RN, FAAN
Chair/Professor, Department of Nursing
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA
Vice Chair
E. Jane Martin, PhD, RN, CRNP, FAAN
Dean/Professor, School of Nursing
West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV
Treasurer
Mary Ann McGinley, PhD, RN
Senior Vice President, Patient Services and Chief Nursing
Officer
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Secretary
Harriet R. Feldman, PhD, RN, FAAN
Dean/Professor, Lienhard School of Nursing
Pace University
Pleasantville, NY
Constituents Elect Nominating Committee
Members
Chair
Patricia Kraft, EdD, APRN, BC, FNP*
Dean of the Division of Nursing
Carson-Newman College
Jefferson City, TN
Members
Laurel S. Garzon, RN, DNSc, PNP
Graduate Program Director, School of Nursing
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VA
Susan R. Jacob, PhD, RN
Executive Associate Dean/Professor, College of Nursing
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Memphis, TN
Norma Kiser-Larson, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing
North Dakota State University
Fargo, ND
Kathleen Krichbaum, PhD, RN
Division Head/Associate Professor, School of Nursing
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
*Member of 2005 Nominating Committee elected
by the Committee to chair the 2006 Nominating Committee.
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CONTACT: Crystal
Pool
(202) 887-6791, x245
cpool@aacn.nche.edu
