The Reason I Serve

Jennifer Inocencio MSN-Ed, BSN, RN

I believe that change starts at the top, leaders need to be the role models, need to support and encourage other nurses and create new leaders in our profession and I believe I am a good start to that change. Continue Reading

- MSN-Ed, BSN, RN

Dee Dinsdale DNP, MEd, RN

As a nurse I can offer views other than economical. Continue Reading

- DNP, MEd, RN

Boards: City Council- Parking and Transportation Board

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Beverly Sigl Felten PhD, RN, APNP

Ethics, responsibility, preparation, discomfort with the status quo. Shortly after coming onto the ESSFTA board, I learned of this organization being a leader in supporting Canine Health Organization research. In response to discussion, I volunteered to write a lay synapsis of each of the five grants supported by ESSFTA focusing on tick borne illness. In those summaries, I used my PhD in nursing research to explain why each of these studies was important, how each added to the knowledge, integrated how this information applied to human health, and explained how the each of supported studies related to the other four. I previously was on the board of Citizens Against Drug/Impaired Drivers (CANDID). Continue Reading

- PhD, RN, APNP

Boards: English Springer Spaniel Field Trial Association, Cudahy Kennel Club

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Maryanne Locklin PhD, RN

When I retired from the university in 2006 I was asked to serve on the hospital Board of Directors. From 2006 until 2017 I continued to teach part-time in the School of Nursing while serving on the Board. I realized almost immediately that my knowledge of healthcare allowed me to ask thoughtful questions and present information that confirmed to others that nurses understand the healthcare system, from direct patient care to economics as well as the impact that the political system plays in healthcare. Continue Reading

- PhD, RN

Boards: Rush-Copley Medical Center

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Gloria Willingham BSN, MNSc, PhD, Lt. Colonel- US Army Retired

I first became active in Board Leadership many years ago when Dr. Carrie Lenburg recommended me to serve on the newly formed Alumni Trustee Board of the USNY Regents External Degree Programs (Now Excelsior College). I suddenly found myself interacting with other Board members from different disciplines as I was the only RN on that board at the time. I gained a deeper understanding of Board operating procedures and responsibilities. I was eventually elected as President of that Board which now was growing in its responsibilities and accountabilities. Continue Reading

- BSN, MNSc, PhD, Lt. Colonel- US Army Retired

Boards: Goddard College-Board of Trustees; California State University Long Beach Board of Governors; Claremont Graduate University Alumni Board of Trustees; Afram Global Organization Inc. Board of Trustees

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