BOD and Staff

New Jersey State Nurses Association
Institute for Nursing
1479 Pennington Road | Trenton | New Jersey 08618
(609) 883-5335
Fax (609) 883-5343

Directors

Jackie Owens, DNP, APN

Director

(2023-2025)

Denise Nash-Luckenbach, PhD, MS, RN, APRN-PC, CPNP, CCRN-K

Director

(2023-2025)

Larider Ruffin,
DNP, APN, AGNP-C, CTTS, FAANP, FADLN, FAAN

Director

(2025-2027)

Director

 

Tracy Vitale, DNP, RNC-OB, C-EFM, NE-BC
COPP Chair

Region Presidents

Karen Kinsley, MSN, RN, OCN

Region 1

Counties: Morris, Passaic, Sussex, and Warren

 

MARGARET HOPKINS, BSN, RN, CCRN, C-ELBW, CPLC, HNB-BC

Region 2

Counties: Bergen and Hudson

 

Alissa Walaszek, BSN, RN

Region 3

Counties: Essex and Union

 

Ginette Watkins-Keller, DNP, RN, OCN, NEA-BC

Region 4

Counties: Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset, and Bucks

Marilyn Mapp, DNP, RN, NEA-BC

Region 5

Counties: Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem

Sheila Caldwell, BSN, RN, CSN, FNASN

Region 6

Counties: Atlantic, Cape May, Monmouth, and Ocean

NJSNA Staff

Judy Schmidt, DHA, MSN, RN

Chief Executive Officer

Nina Vaid Raoji, DNP, APN-BC, MSN, RN

Deputy Director

(ext. 119)

LISA GOLINI, PhD, MSN, RN
Director of Clinical Operations:  Practice & Education

(ext. 102)

Terri Ivory, MSN, RN

RAMP Director

(ext. 152)

Jennifer Chanti

Executive Assistant/Membership Services Administrator

(ext. 111)

Lynne Stauffer

Finance Department

(ext. 116)

Tyea Santiago, BSN, RN

Education Coordinator

(ext. 112)

ANNEMARIE EDINGER

RAMP Communications Coordinator

(ext. 115)

Benita James, BSN, RN

RAMP Case Manager

(ext. 125)

Joan Peditto, RN

RAMP Case Manager

(ext. 134)

Emily Gannon

RAMP Intake Coordinator

(ext. 124)

Patti Travaglio, RN

RAMP Case Manager

(ext. 121)

Forum/Other Contacts

Regina Adams, MSN, RN, CNOR

NJNS, Inc. Administrator

FNAP Chair

LOUISE GABRIELE, DNP, PMHNP-BC

SPAPN Chair

INPAC Chair

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