Steering Committee

Carol S. Brewer, PhD, RN, Professor of Nursing, University at Buffalo School of Nursing. Director of Nursing of the New York State Area Health Education Center System (NYS AHEC), University at Buffalo.

Dianne Cooney-Miner, PhD, RN, Dean and Professor, Wegmans School of Nursing, St. John’s Fisher College, Rochester and Chair, New York State Council of Deans and Directors in Baccalaureate and Higher Degree Programs in Nursing.

Christine T. Kovner, PhD, RN, FAAN, Senior Fellow, Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing and Professor, both at New York University College of Nursing.

Marianne Markowitz, MS, RN, Dean, College of Nursing, St. Joseph’s Hospital and Health Center, Syracuse and President, New York State Council of Associate Degree Nursing Programs.

Mary Ellen Plass, MS, RN, Senior Vice-President and Chief Nursing Officer at Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY and a member of the Board of Directors of the New York Organization of Nurse Executives and Co-chair of its Public Policy Committee.

Cathryne A. Welch, EdD, RN, Director of the Foundation’s Bellevue Alumnae Center for Nursing History and the Central New York Nurses Center for Nursing Research and Interim Director, Institute for Nursing.

Barbara Zittel, PhD, RN, Executive Secretary, New York State Board of Nursing