PCNA Executive Board
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Joyce Ross,
MSN, CRNP, CS, CLS, FNLA, FPCNA |
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Jerilyn Allen, RN, ScD, FPCNA, FAAN |
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Lola Coke, PhD, APRN-BC, CNS, FAHA, FPCNA President Elect |
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Kathy Berra, MSN, ANP, FAHA, FPCNA, FAAN Treasurer |
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Barbara Fletcher, RN, MN, FAHA, FPCNA, FAAN Project Review Chair |
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PCNA Board of Directors
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Joanna D. Sikkema, MSN, ANP-BC, FAHA, FPCNA |  |
Nancy Houston Miller, RN, BSN, FAHA, FPCNA | ||
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Lynne Braun, PhD, CNP, CLS, FAHA, FPCNA, FAAN |  |
Jane Nelson-Worel, MSN, APRN-BC, APNP, FAHA, FPCNA | ||
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Mary Ann Champagne, MSN, CNS, FAHA, FPCNA |  |
Janet Long, MSN, ACNP, CLS, FAHA, FPCNA | ||
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Laura L. Hayman, PhD, RN, FPCNA, FAAN |  |
Cindy Lamendola, MSN, ANP-BC, FAHA, FPCNA | ||
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Sue Koob, MPA Chief Executive Officer |
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Kristie Kasbohm Membership Coordinator |
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Bonny Wolter Administrative Assistant |
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Tia Rice Grants Coordinator |
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Abby Gutowski Public Relations/Marketing |
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Suzanne Hughes, RN, MSN, FAHA, FPCNA Clinical Education Project Director |
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PCNA Board of Directors - Bios
LYNNE T. BRAUN, ANP, PHD, CNP, CLS, FPCNA
Dr. Braun is a nurse practitioner in the Rush Heart and Vascular Institute, Rush University Medical Center, and a Professor in the Department of Adult Health and Gerontological Nursing, Rush University, Chicago, Illinois. Her clinical and research interests include cardiovascular risk reduction, exercise, hyperlipidemia, and hypertension management. She is a co--investigator of the study, “Reducing Health Disparity in African American Women: Adherence to Physical Activity”, funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research. Dr. Braun a Fellow of the American Heart Association, PCNA, NLA, the Institute of Medicine of Chicago, and the American Academy of Nursing. She is on the Board of Directors of the American Heart Association of Metropolitan Chicago. She is a Past President of the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association and is the Vice Chairman of the Council on Cardiovascular Nursing (AHA). .
JANE NELSON-WOREL, MSN, APRN-BC, APNP, FAHA, FPCNA
Jane Nelson Worel MSN, APRN-BC, APNP, FAHA, FPCNA coordinates the Cardiovascular Disease in Women Program at the Meriter Heart & Vascular Hospital, in Madison, Wisconsin. She currently serves as the Meriter site coordinator for the VIRGO trial, an NIH funded trial established to better understand the variations in recovery and outcomes after AMI in young men and women.
Jane is an Adult Nurse Practitioner with over ten years of experience in Preventive Cardiology. Areas of clinical interest include women and heart disease and the management of patients with complex dyslipidemia, hypertension and metabolic syndrome. She has spent most of her career involved in cardiac rehabilitation and health promotion programs in administrative and program development roles. She is a 3-time graduate from the University of Wisconsin, Madison with both MS and BS degrees in Nursing and an MS in Clinical Exercise Physiology. She serves as clinical faculty member for the University of Wisconsin, Madison, School of Nursing - nurse practitioner program. Ms. Nelson Worel has been a member of PCNA since 1995 and the past Chair of the Great Plains Region of PCNA. She was elected to the Board of Directors in 2004 and is the immediate past president. She is a professional member and Fellow of the American Heart Association and serves on the National Physical Activity and Metabolism's Leadership Committee.
CINDY LAMENDOLA, MSN, ANP-CP-BC, FAHA, FPCNA
Cindy Lamendola, MSN, ANP-BC, FAHA, FPCNA is a Nurse Practitioner/Clinical Research Nurse Coordinator at Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Cardiology in Stanford, California. She received her MSN, from the University of California in San Francisco in 1997. In her current position Cindy’s time is divided between clinical research and clinical practice. Her clinical research focus is on insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes and the relationship to cardiovascular disease. Her clinical practice is focused on caring for complex patients with type 2 diabetes. Cindy has been involved in cardiovascular nursing and primary and secondary prevention most of her career. Previously she was an associate director/director of a large community cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation program with a focus on risk factor education, lipid management and research. She also developed and managed a lipid clinic in a cardiovascular medical practice. Cindy is a founding member, past president and current board member of the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association. She is also a member and fellow of the American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular Nursing Council and participated in the American Heart Association Prevention Conference VI: Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease Writing Group IV: Lifestyle and Medical Management of Risk Factors. She is also a member of the American Diabetes Association.
Cindy is past president of the California Society for Cardiac Rehabilitation and is a fellow of the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation. She currently serves on the review board for the Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation, and the Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. Cindy has spoken nationally on insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, lipid management, and cardiovascular risk factors, and has also published articles in peer-reviewed journals on these subjects. She recently wrote a chapter on Insulin resistance, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease, in Cardiac Nursing, a companion to Braunwald’s Heart Disease. Moser, D, Riegel B Eds, Saunders, Elesvier Missouri, 463-484. 2008.
JERILYN ALLEN, RN, SCD, FAAN, FPCNA
Jerilyn Allen, RN, ScD, FAAN is, Associate Dean for Research and M. Adelaide Nutting Professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing with joint appointments in the School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public health. Dr. Allen received a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing from Pennsylvania State University, a Masters degree from the University of Maryland, and a Doctor of Science degree from Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health.
The contributions of Dr Allen’s program of research to the understanding of cardiovascular risk factors, prevention, and lifestyle modification in persons with or at high risk for the development of cardiovascular disease is well- recognized and highly regarded in the field of cardiovascular nursing and medicine. She has developed and tested innovative intervention models to advance nursing care such as a program of home-based risk factor modification, a nurse case management system for the treatment of hyperlipidemia, and improving adherence to national guidelines in federally qualified community clinics to reduce total cardiovascular risk in urban underserved communities.
As the principal investigator and co-investigator on multidisciplinary research teams in the medical and public health arenas, she has advocated for the nursing perspective. This has shaped the scope of research questions asked and their relevance to nursing and cardiovascular health. The interdisciplinary nature and findings of the research have made important contributions to the practice of nurses, physicians, and other health care providers who are involved in the primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease. Her research is always characterized by its innovation and clinical relevance.
Dr. Allen has presented her work both nationally and internationally and authored many outstanding publications in refereed, peer-reviewed nursing and medical journals. Dr Allen’s expertise has been sought for formal consultation on numerous research initiatives in the US and abroad, influencing the directions of research, practice and policy. Dr. Allen has served actively as a positive mentor, teaching, guiding, and developing faculty and students in research within the Schools of Nursing, Medicine, and Public Health at Johns Hopkins University and other universities nationally and internationally.
JOANNA D. SIKKEMA, MSN, ANP, FPCNA
Joanna Sikkema, APRN-BC, FAHA, FPCNA is a Board certified adult nurse practitioner and full time faculty at the University of Miami School of Nursing and Health Studies. She is the Lead Faculty for the Acute Care / Adult Nurse Practitioner Program and teaches both undergraduate and graduate nursing course work. Ms. Sikkema also provides primary and urgent care to employees and their families of Florida Power and Light Company in the FPL-Well Employee Health Program. Ms. Sikkema is a Fellow of the American Heart Association Council of Cardiovascular Nursing.
Ms. Sikkema serves on several national health care advisory boards including the American College of Cardiology CREDO, the American Medical Association PCPI Project in Cardiology and the American Nurses Association Congress of Nursing Practice and Economics. She has authored several publications and chapters in current textbooks. She currently is completing her Doctorate of Nursing Practice at Case Western Reserve University.
KATHY BERRA, MSN, ANP, FAAN, FPCNA
Kathy Berra graduated from Stanford University and received her Master's and Adult Nurse Practitioner Degree from the University of San Francisco. Her research at the Stanford University School of Medicine has focused on heart disease prevention, women and heart disease, and nurse case management for CVD riskreduction. She is past president of the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation and the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association where she serves on the Board of Directors. She is active on the American Heart Association and serves on the Scientific Advisory Board of WomenHeart – the national coalition of women with heart disease.
Kathy’s current research is with the Life Study at the Stanford Prevention ResearchCenter. LIFE is evaluating a variety of biophysical and psychosocial responses to physical activity in seniors. She has published extensively in the medical literature, has authored 2 books, and speaks internationally on heart disease related subjects. She was honored as “Clinician of the Year” by the AHA Council on Cardiovascular Nursing in 2009.
CAROL M. MASON, ARNP, CLS, FAHA, FPCNA
Ms. Mason is a cardiovascular nurse practitioner at LifeLink Healthcare Institute, Cardiology Division, in Tampa, Florida. Prior to this position she served as Clinical Director of the Lipid Clinic, University of South Florida College of Medicine. She has been in practice in preventive cardiovascular medicine as a Nurse Practitioner for 20 years. Prior to moving to Florida she was the Clinical Director of the Division of Preventive Cardiology at the St Paul Heart Clinic in St. Paul, Minnesota where she developed and managed the lipid clinic for 13 years. She is a Board Certified Clinical Lipid Specialist, presently the President of the Accreditation Council for Clinical Lipidology. Ms. Mason is on the National Board of the National Lipid Association and the Immediate Past President of the Southeast Lipid Association Chapter. She is Past-president of the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association and a present Board Member. She publishes and speaks nationally on topics such as dyslipidemia, hypertension, insulin resistance, lipid clinic management and women and heart disease.
MARY ANN CHAMPAGNE, RN, MSN, FPCNA
Mary Ann Champagne, RN, MSN is a Clinical Nurse Specialist and the Nurse Coordinator for the Stanford University Medical Center's Preventive Cardiology Clinic. Mary Ann received her Bachelor of Science degree from Seattle University and her Master of Science degree with a specialty in Adult Cardiovascular Nursing from the University of California, San Francisco. She has spent the majority of her professional career in the area of risk reduction and prevention of cardiovascular disease; starting out in the coronary care unit and moving in to cardiac rehabilitation and then to primary and secondary prevention. She was one of the nurse coordinators in the Stanford Coronary Risk Intervention Project (SCRIP). This was an angiographic regression trial that utilized nurse case managers to implement an aggressive multiple risk factor reduction intervention in patients with coronary artery disease. She has been a medical supervisor in the local cardiac rehabilitation program for over 30 years. She also lectures in subjects related to global cardiovascular risk reduction and disease prevention with an emphasis on dyslipidemia and hypertension. Mary Ann is one of the founding board members of the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association. She served as president of PCNA for two terms and has also been co-chair for the annual symposium. She continues to serve on the Board of PCNA and has been involved in a variety of activities, including serving as chief editor of “A Pocket Guide: National Guidelines and Tools for Cardiovascular Risk Reduction.” Mary Ann has been a member of the Cardiovascular Nursing Council of the American Heart Association (AHA) since mid 1980’s. She has supported many of the local, state and national AHA initiatives. In November 2004, she was designated as a Fellow in the AHA.
LOLA COKE, PHD, APRN-BC, CNS, FAHA, FPCNA
Dr. Lola Coke is an Assistant Professor in Adult Health and Gerontological Nursing at Rush University College of Nursing in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Coke has worked as a cardiovascular nurse for 30 years; 15 as a Cardiovascular Clinical Nurse Specialist. Her acute care experience ranges from intermediate cardiac critical care to care of post open heart and peripheral vascular surgery patients. Her research area of interest includes the impact of resistance training on household physical activities and quality of life in women experiencing cardiac events. She was awarded an Albert Schweitzer Fellowship in 2001 and developed a “Healthy Heart” program for underserved African American women, continuing the program for two years, and currently serves on the Advisory Council for the program. In 2006 she received the “Martha Hill New Investigator” Award from the Council on Cardiovascular Nursing, American Heart Association for her resistance training research. In addition, Dr. Coke recently completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Biobehavioral Health Science at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Dr. Coke is certified in Motivational Interviewing and conducts workshops and webinars in MI. Dr. Coke is a member of the American Heart Association’s Council on Cardiovascular Nursing, serves as co-web editor for the Council website and serves on the membership committee. Dr. Coke is also a member of AACVPR and ACSM. Besides her program of research, Dr. Coke’s passion is to develop culturally sensitive, literacy appropriate materials to teach underserved populations about cardiovascular risk factor reduction and to develop creative and effective methods to begin educating patients in the acute care setting.
BARBARA FLETCHER, RN, MSN, FAAN, FPCNA
Barbara Johnston Fletcher, RN, MSN, FPCNA, FAAN is currently Clinical Associate Professor in the School of Nursing, College of Health, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida. As a clinician and researcher in the field of cardiovascular nursing, she has conducted seminal studies on activity for cardiac patients which evolved into a steady trajectory of scholarly inquiry into exercise behaviors and outcomes for different patient populations. She has led multidisciplinary research projects as a co-principal investigator of federally funded studies addressing cardiovascular risk factors. Barbara has consistently disseminated her expertise and research through over 45 publications in peer-reviewed journals and books, and she has been the lead author on most. Her leadership in the American Heart Association's Council on Cardiovascular Nursing and the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association led directly to innovative health policy activities, increased visibility for nursing science, and expanded the scope of nursing's influence in important patient care and research issues. Her innovative and creative contributions to nursing, health care, and the public are exemplary.
LAURA L. HAYMAN, PHD, RN, FAAN, FPCNA
Laura L. Hayman, PhD, RN, FAAN, FPCNA is Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Nursing in the College of Nursing and Health Sciences (CNHS) at the University of Massachusetts Boston and Director of Research at GoKids Boston, an interdisciplinary research, training and community outreach center focused on empowering children to become healthy adults with emphasis on prevention and management of overweight and obesity.
Dr. Hayman earned her BSN, MSN, and PhD at the University of Pennsylvania. Her program of research and scholarship has focused on primary prevention of obesity and cardiovascular disease (CVD) in children, adolescents and families from diverse populations. Her current interdisciplinary projects combine clinical and community-based approaches designed to promote healthy lifestyle behaviors and reduce risk for obesity and cardiometabolic disease in school-aged children and adolescents.
Dr. Hayman has served on numerous national and international interdisciplinary advisory and expert panels relevant to primary prevention of obesity and CVD in childhood and adolescence. Dr. Hayman serves on the Editorial Boards of Annals of Behavioral Medicine, Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, and MCN: The American Journal of Maternal-Child Nursing. She is a past president of the Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM) and a member of the Society's Health Policy Committee.
Dr. Hayman has also served in leadership roles in the American Heart Association (AHA); currently, she is a member of the Committee on Atherosclerosis, Hypertension and Obesity in the Young and the Leadership Committee, Council on Cardiovascular Nursing. She holds fellowships in SBM, AHA, the American Academy of Nursing, the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research and PCNA. She has been a member of the PCNA Board of Directors since 1997, served as president, 2006-2007, and currently chairs the International Committee.
NANCY HOUSTON MILLER, RN, BSN, FAHA, FPCNA
Nancy Houston Miller, RN, BSN, FAHA, FPCNA, is the Associate Director of the Stanford Cardiac Rehabilitation Program and adjunct clinical assistant professor at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) School of Nursing and the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. She attended the University of Washington School of Nursing where she obtained her Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing. Her fellowships include the American Heart Association’s Council on Cardiovascular Nursing, the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation and the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association. Nancy has been the director of many major clinical research trials in cardiology prevention and rehabilitation. She is also one of the developers of the MULTIFIT nurse care management program for patients with chronic disease including hypertension, diabetes, CAD, and heart failure. She is a past Chairman of the Board of Directors of the California Affiliate of the American Heart Association, and has served on the national board of directors. Nancy is one of the founders of the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association and is Past-President. In 2000 she received the Award of Meritorious Achievement from the American Heart Association for her work in secondary prevention, and the Award of Excellence from the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation for her contributions to cardiac rehabilitation. The author of over 150 publications including both journal articles and book chapters, she also serves on editorial boards and speaks both nationally and internationally on topics of prevention and rehabilitation.
JANET B. LONG, MSN, ACNP, FAHA, CLS, FPCNA
Janet Long earned a Masters in Nursing in the Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program from the University of Massachusetts Graduate School of Nursing in Worcester. She practices as a cardiology nurse practitioner at Rhode Island Cardiology Center where she manages general cardiology patients as well as serves as the Co-Director of the Cardiovascular Risk Reduction Program.
She is the past president of the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association (PCNA) where she continues to serve on the board of directors. She also serves on the board of directors for the National Lipid Association (NLA), the Northeast Lipid Association (NELA) and the Accreditation Council for Clinical Lipidology (ACCL). She is a member on the American College of Cardiology (ACC) Nursing Education Committee and the ACC Core Curriculum Education Committee, where she is a faculty member. She is a fellow in the American Heart Association, National Lipid Association, and the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association and a Diplomate of the Council of Clinical Lipidology.
JOYCE ROSS, MSN, CRNP, CS, CLS, FPCNA
Ms. Ross is a Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner, Clinical Specialist and Clinical Lipid Specialist with specialized training in preventive cardiology. Her undergraduate work was completed at Gwynedd Mercy College, in Gwynedd Valley, PA, where she was graduated Cum.Laude. She holds two Master’s Degrees from the same institution as a Clinical Specialist with subspecialties in Gerontology and Administration, and the second as an Adult Nurse Practitioner. She recently received accreditation as a Clinical Lipid Specialist by The Accreditation Council for Clinical Lipidiology and is a Fellow of the National Lipid Association.
Ms. Ross practices at the University of Pennsylvania in The Cardiovascular Risk Intervention Program with Dr. Daniel J. Rader. Ms. Ross also enjoys a three prong arena of practice and has presented extensively in several National and Regional education forums. She is active in clinical research and has been both a clinical coordinator and sub-investigator on several cardiovascular risk reduction trials for lipids, and other aspects of risk reduction. Ms Ross is published in the fields of Gerontology and Cardiovascular Risk Reduction and has contributed to CE-today for Nurse Practitioners and CE on CD CMEs programs on issues surrounding dyslipidemia and cardiovascular risk reduction.
Ms. Ross is a guest lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania, Jefferson, and Temple Universities Nurse Practitioner program. She precepts Nurse Practitioner Students from Temple University, Jefferson University, Gwynedd Mercy College and the University of Pennsylvania at her clinical site.
Professional memberships include Board Member for The Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association (PCNA), Founder & President of the Tri-State Cardiovascular Consortium, which is now a regional chapter of PCNA, She is a member of The National Lipid Association, Board member for The Northeast Lipid Association, Board Member for the Cardiovascular Institute of Philadelphia, Practicing Clinicians Exchange, and Sigma Theta Tau.
Terry Thomas, RN, MSN, FNLA, FPCNA
Terry Senour Thomas, RN, MSN, FNLA, FPCNA is currently a health care consultant in Chapel Hill, NC. As a clinician in the field of cardiovascular nursing, she has been a leader in the field of preventive cardiology in developing lipid and heart disease prevention programs. She also developed one of the initial women’s heart disease prevention programs (Women's Heart Program at the UNC Heart Center) in the country and has consulted with a number of institutions in developing women’s heart programs.
Ms. Thomas has been active in educating and training all levels of health care providers in the prevention field. Additionally, she has participated in major inpatient initiatives to improve cardiovascular outcomes in individuals hospitalized with cardiovascular disease.
She is a founding member of the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association and the initial nurse leader on the board of the Southeast Lipid Association offering guidance to the organization that led to the development of the National Lipid Association.