CLN Welcomes 2020-21 Board Members

The Connecticut League for Nursing (CLN) attracts Board Members whose expertise and skills contribute to the ongoing success and sustainability of the League's mission:  To promote excellence in nursing education to build a strong and diverse nursing workforce to advance the nation's health.
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The Role of the CLN board is to provide strategic thinking and direction to the organization in the following priority areas:

• Strengthen relationships and partnerships between academia and practice to support innovative strategies in education to foster the successful transition and retention of new nurses to all practice settings; and
• Monitor and Assess the overall statewide capacity of nursing schools/programs at all education levels to align nursing graduates with projected employment demands from Connecticut healthcare providers to ensure that safe, quality and culturally sensitive care is accessible to meet the healthcare needs of our diverse Connecticut population.

CLN is delighted to introduce the 2020-21 OFFICERS & BOARD OF DIRECTORS :

Officers:
President:                 
Lisa Rebeschi, Associate Dean, Quinnipiac University

​President-Elect:        
Dawn Bunting, Division Director, Nursing, Capital Community College

Co-Treasurers: 
Vivienne Friday, ABSN Program Director, Goodwin University AND
Sheila Solernou, Division Dir., Allied Health & Nursing, Gateway Community College

Secretary:                 
Sherylyn Watson, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, College of Nursing, Sacred Heart University

Directors:
Patricia Baker - President & CEO, CT Health Foundation
Susan D’Agostino -  Director, Graduate Nurse Practitioner Programs, Quinnipiac University
Cheryl Ann Green - Assistant Professor, Southern CT State University & Nurse Leader, Yale-New Haven Hospital
Wendy Garvin Mayo - Assoc. Dir, Oncology Clinical Scientist, Janssen Research & Development Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson
Kelly Papa  - VP of Strategy & Community Life, Duncaster
Teresa Puckhaber-  Asst. Professor, Department of Nursing, Western CT State University
Marie Spivey  - Principal, SEET, LLC
Lisa Sundean  - Assistant Professor, College of Nursing & Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Boston
Teresa Twomey - Dir. Global Nursing Experiences & Asst. Professor, Quinnipiac Univ.