PCNA Executive Board
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Jerilyn Allen, RN, ScD, FPCNA, FAAN |
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Jane Nelson-Worel,
MSN, APRN-BC, APNP, FAHA, FPCNA |
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Joyce Ross,
MSN, CRNP, CS, CLS, FNLA, FPCNA President Elect |
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Kathy Berra, MSN, ANP-BC, FAHA, FPCNA, FAAN Treasurer |
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Mary Ann Champagne, MSN, CNS, FAHA, FPCNA Project Review Chair |
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Lola Coke, PhD, APRN-BC, CNS, FAHA, FPCNA Member at Large |
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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 |  |
Suzanne Hughes, RN, MSN, FAHA, FPCNA | ||
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Barbara Fletcher, RN, MN, FAHA, FPCNA, FAAN |  |
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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Carol M. Mason, ARNP, CLS, FAHA, FNLA, FPCNA |
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Sue Koob, MPA Chief Executive Officer |
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Lisa Lanting, CMP Meetings & Exhibits Manager |
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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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PCNA Board of Directors - Bios
LYNNE T. BRAUN, ANP, PHD, CNP, CLS, FPCNA
Lynne Braun, ANP, PhD, CNP, CLS is a nurse practitioner in the Preventive Cardiology Center and the Heart Center for Women, Rush Heart and Vascular Institute, Rush University Medical Center, and an Associate Professor in the Department of Adult Health Nursing, Rush University, Chicago, Illinois. She was a co-investigator of the study, “A Couples Approach for Cardiac Risk Reduction”, funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Her clinical and research interests include cardiovascular risk reduction, exercise, hyperlipidemia, and hypertension management. Dr. Braun a Fellow of the American Heart Association and the Institute of Medicine of Chicago. She is on the Board of Directors of the American Heart Association of Metropolitan Chicago, the AHA Council on Cardiovascular Nursing, and the Midwest Lipid Association. She is the Immediate Past President of the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association.
JANE NELSON-WOREL, MSN, APRN-BC, APNP, FAHA, FPCNA
Jane Nelson Worel MSN, APRN-BC, APNP, FAHA, FPCNA is the Manager of Outreach and Education and 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. 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. Ms. Nelson Worel is a Fellow of the American Association of Cardiovascular Rehabilitation. She has been active in AACVPR on the local, regional and national level for many years. She is a professional member and Fellow of the American Heart Association and serves on the National Physical Activity and Metabolism Council’s Obesity Committee.
CINDY LAMENDOLA, MSN, ANP-CP-BC, FAHA, FPCNA
Cindy Lamendola, MSN, ANP-BC, FAHA 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 Director of the Center for Collaborative Intervention Research, 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, MSN, ANP is the Director of the Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program at the University of Miami and also currently is employed as a clinical nurse practitioner for Whole Health Management providing employee primary health care and wellness at Florida Power and Light Corporation. She was previously the Director of Cardiovascular Prevention Services and the Women’s Heart Program at the Cardiovascular Center of South Florida. She has also served as Director of Non-invasive Services for the Miami Vascular Institute of Baptist Health System where she managed multiple departments including the Cardiac Rehabilitation Center, Echocardiography, Peripheral Vascular Laboratory, Cardiovascular Prevention Center, and Research and Outcomes Management. Joanna is past president of the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association where she currently serves on the Board of Directors.
KATHY BERRA, MSN, ANP, FAAN, FPCNA
Kathy Berra graduated from Stanford University and received her Master's Degree in Nursing and Adult Nurse Practitioner Degree from the University of San Francisco. She co-founded a community based program for cardiac rehabilitation which has become a model for similar programs nationwide. Kathy’s current research is with the Life Study at the Stanford Prevention Research Center. LIFE is evaluating a variety of biophysical and psychosocial responses to physical activity in seniors. She is past president of the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation and the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association where she currently serves on the Board of Directors. She has published extensively in the field of CVD risk reduction. She was honored as “Clinician of the Year” by the AHA Council on Cardiovascular Nursing in 2009.
CAROL M. MASON, ARNP, CLS, FAHA, FPCNA
Carol M. Mason, ARNP, CLS, FAHA, is Clinical Director of the Division of Preventive Cardiology, USF Heart Health Dept., at the University of South Florida College of Medicine in Tampa. In addition is Co-director of the USF Women’s Heart Health Program, a collaborative effort on the part of USF Cardiology and USF Gynecology departments. In addition to her cardiology clinics Ms. Mason spends one clinic day per week in the gynecology department caring for women at risk for cardiovascular disease. A board-certified lipid specialist, with 25 year’s experience in cardiovascular medicine, Ms Mason is Past President of the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association, President-elect of the Southeast Lipid Association, and Vice President and Diplomate of the Accreditation Council on Clinical Lipidology. Ms. Mason lectures frequently and serves as a consultant on lipid management, diabetes and dyslipidemia, organizational management of heart disease prevention programs, as well as women’s heart health issues. She has authored many articles on lipid management and lipid clinic organization and administration including a chapter in the book entitled; A Guide to Risk Reduction Management as well as a chapter in the book entitled; Reducing Cardiovascular Risk in the Insulin Resistant Patient. A recent chapter in the text Therapeutic Lipidology is entitled: ‘Development & Management of a Lipid Clinic’.
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 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 works as a physical activity interventionist using telephonic motivational interviewing (MI) on an NIH funded study examining physical activity in caregivers of loved ones with Alzheimer’s Disease and is certified in MI. Dr. Coke is a member of the AHA Council on Cardiovascular Nursing, AACVPR, ACSM and serves on the Advisory Council of the Chicago Albert Schweitzer Fellowship Program. 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, 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 40 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 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 is Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Nursing in the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Boston. She is also adjunct professor, Department of Nutrition, Food Studies and Public Health, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development, New York University. Dr Hayman earned her BSN, MSN, and PhD at the University of Pennsylvania. Her program of research and scholarship focuses on primary prevention of obesity and cardiovascular disease (CVD) in children, adolescents and families. Her research, in collaboration with colleagues from several disciplines, has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and included clinical, school, and population-based studies of biobehavioral risk factors for CVD. 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, Progress in 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 HealthCare Expert Panel on Childhood Obesity. She holds fellowships in SBM, AHA, the American Academy of Nursing and the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research. She has been a member of the PCNA Board of Directors since 1997 and served as president, 2006-2007.
NANCY HOUSTON MILLER, RN, BSN, FAHA, FPCNA
Nancy Houston Miller, RN, BSN, FAHA 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. With over 25 years of experience, her primary responsibilities include directing major clinical research trials in prevention and cardiac rehabilitation as well as training nurses and other health care professionals in this field. Nancy is one of the developers of the MULTIFIT program, a nurse case management system for managing patients with chronic cardiovascular diseases including hypertension, diabetes, heart failure and CAD. She has also served as the Director of Community Outreach under the Stanford Prevention Research Center where she was involved extensively in health promotion. Nancy is a past Chairman of the Board of Directors of the California Affiliate of the American Heart Association, has served on the national board of directors, and has served on many local, state, and national committees of the American Heart Association. From 1995-2005 she represented the American Nurses Association nationally, serving on the Coordinating Committee of the National High Blood Pressure Education Program of the National Institutes of Health. She has also served on the Cardiovascular Measurement Advisory Panel for the National Committee on Quality Assurance. She is one of the founders of the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association and is Past-President. Her honors include Fellowships in the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation and the Council on Cardiovascular Nursing of the American Heart Association. 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 125 publications including both articles and book chapters in the areas of risk factor management, case management, and recovery of post-M.I. patients, she has also co-authored a book entitled "Lifestyle Management for Patients with Coronary Heart Disease". Nancy serves on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Progress in Cardiovascular Nursing, the Journal of Clinical Hypertension, and Congestive Heart Failure. She has many national and international presentations on prevention and cardiac rehabilitation to her credit.
JANET B. LONG, MSN, ACNP, FAHA, CLS, FPCNA
Janet Long, MSN, ACNP, FAHA, CLS 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 interim 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) Prevention Committee, ACC Nursing Education Committee and the ACC Core Curriculum Education Committee. She is a fellow in the American Heart Association and a Diplomate of the Council of Clinical Lipidology.
SUZANNE HUGHES, RN, MSN, FAHA, FPCNA
Suzanne Hughes, RN, MSN is the Director of Health Education and Nursing Research at Robinson Memorial Hospital in Ravenna, Ohio. Ms. Hughes has been a cardiovascular nurse for over 30 years and has worked in coronary care, cardiac rehab, and preventive cardiology. She received a masters degree in nursing from Kent State University. Ms. Hughes is board member and past president of PCNA. She serves as co-editor of "Progress in Prevention," a regular feature in the Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. She is active in the American College of Cardiology, and is the current chair of the ACC’s Nursing Education Committee. Ms. Hughes is an associate editor for Cardiosource, the online journal of the ACC.
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. Ms. Ross practices at the University of Pennsylvania in The Cardiovascular Risk Intervention Program with Dr. Daniel J. Rader, an internationally recognized Lipidologist, Educator and Researcher. 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. She is responsible for the largest and longest running LDL Apheresis program in the United States and serves as a consult for this treatment modality for institutions wishing to implement such programs. Ms Ross is adjunct faculty in the Nurse Practitioner program at Gwynedd Mercy College, and is a guest lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania, Jefferson, and Temple Universities. 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 The Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association (PCNA), Founder & President of the Tri-State Cardiovascular Consortium, which is now a regional chapter of PCNA, The American Heart Association, specifically involved with the Go-Red-for Women Campaign in areas of planning for educational programs, fund raising and the annual luncheon.. She is a member of The National Lipid Association, Board member for The Northeast Lipid Association, Board Member for the Cardiovascular Institute of Philadelphia, Member of the American College of Cardiovascular Nursing, National Stroke Association, Coalition for the Advancement of Cardiovascular Health (COACH), Practicing Clinicians Exchange, Philadelphia Lipid and Arteriosclerosis Club, National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties, The Delaware Valley Lipid Society and Sigma Theta Tau.