CHICAGO, Jan. 13, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Certification Corporation (NCC) is pleased to announce the outcome of the 2016 election of NCC Board of Directors and Officers. Directors are elected by constituents through a slate approval process and officers are elected by the Board of Directors. New and returning directors are listed below. The full Board of Director listing is available at https://www.nccwebsite.org/NCC-Leadership.aspx
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New & Renewed Term Appointments:
Suzanne L. Staebler, DNP, APRN, NNP-BC, FAANP, was elected to serve as President of NCC. Ms. Staebler is currently Associate Professor at Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.
Education
DNP, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX
MSN, The University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX
BSN, Baylor University, Waco, TX
NCC Service
Director, NCC Board of Directors - 2014 to the present
NCC Continuing Education Module Developer/Reviewer
NCC Certification
NNP-BC, Neonatal Nurse Practitioner - since 1992
Heather Gocke, M.S., RNC-OB, CPHRM, LNC, C-EFM a current director and was re-elected to serve as Vice-President of NCC. Ms. Gocke is currently Director of Risk Management & Patient Safety for BETA Healthcare Group, Alamo, California.
Education
BS, Excelsior College, NY
Legal Nurse Consultant and Paralegal, University of California, Riverside, CA
AD, Long Beach Community College, Long Beach, CA
NCC Service
Director, NCC Board of Directors - 2008 to present
Member, ICP Committee - 2005
ICP Coordinator
NCC Certification
RNC-OB, Inpatient Obstetric Nursing - since 2000
C-EFM, Electronic Fetal Monitoring - since 2011
Jacki S. Witt, JD, MSN, WHNP-BC, SANE-A, FAANP, a current director, was re-elected to serve as the Secretary-Treasurer of NCC. Ms. Witt is currently Coordinator of Prenatal Education at North Kansas City Hospital, North Kansas City, Missouri and Clinical Associate Professor & Director of Continuing Nursing Education at University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri.
Education
Post-Master's Nurse, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
Midwifery Certificate, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
JD, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
MSN, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
BSN, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, MO
NCC Service
Director, NCC Board of Directors - 2013 to present
NCC Certification
WHNP-BC, Women's Health Care Nurse Practitioner - since 1993
David McLean, MD, MPH, FACOG, C-EFM, a current director was re-elected to serve as a director of NCC. Dr. McLean is currently an Attending Physician, Department of Ob/Gyn, LeHigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
Education
MD, University of West Indies, Jamaica
MPH, Columbia University, NY
NCC Service
Director, NCC Board of Directors - 2013 to present
Member, EFM Content Team - 2006 to present
NCC Certification
C-EFM, Electronic Fetal Monitoring - since 2005
Cynthia Weiss, RNC was elected as a director of NCC. Ms. Weiss is a NICU traveling staff nurse based at Crouse Hospital, Syracuse, New York.
Education
RN, Buffalo General Hospital School of Nursing, Buffalo, NY
NCC Certification
RNC-NIC, Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing - since 1986
Tara Jane Muir, JD, of Charleston, South Carolina was elected to the NCC Board as a Public Member. Ms. Muir is an Attorney-at-Law specializing in healthcare law.
Margaret Conway-Orgel, DNP, APRN, NNP-BC, was re-elected as the NCC Representative to the Nominating Committee. Ms. Conway-Orgel is a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner and Clinical Faculty at Medical University of South Carolina, Children's Hospital, Charleston, South Carolina.
Education
DNP, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
MSN, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT
BSN, Daemen College, Amherst, NY
Neonatal Transport Nurse Clinician, Children's Hospital of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
Diploma in Nursing, Clara Maass Memorial Hospital of Nursing, Belleville, NJ
NCC Certification
NNP-BC, Neonatal Nurse Practitioner - since 1985
NCC welcomes their knowledge, expertise and support.
Outgoing Directors and Officers:
Two long-term Directors have left the NCC Board after serving their maximum terms; NCC Past-President, Catherine L. Witt, MSN, NNP-BC, PhD and Public Member, Kathryn Morganelli. NCC has been fortunate to have had their wisdom and leadership over the past decade.
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ABOUT NCC:
NCC is a non-profit organization committed to promoting quality healthcare to women, neonates and their families. NCC provides credentialing, recognition and educational programs for nurses, physicians and other licensed health professionals in the obstetric, gynecologic and neonatal specialties.
Contact:
Cyndi Scovel, Consultant, NCC Media & Special Projects
Email
219-871-9360
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