Board

BOARD OF DIRECTORS – Chairs and Officers

President

Donna Loehner RN, BSN, CWON

Clinical Services Manager, Wound Ostomy Nursing
Beth Israel Deaconness Medical Center
Boston, MA
phone: 617-632-7876

Email: newenglandwocn@gmail.com

President Elect

Mary Harris BSN, RN , CWON

Email: newenglandwocn@gmail.com

Treasurer

Melissa Mayes MSN, RN, CWCN

Wound Ostomy Care Nurse
Saint Anne's Hospital, Fall River MA 02721

Email: newenglandwocn@gmail.com

Interim Secretary

Lisa Orowson, MSN, RN, CWOCN

Limb Preservation Nurse Navigator
East Region, Hartford Healthcare
William W. Backus Hospital, Norwich, CT
Windham Community Hospital, Willimantic, CT

email: newenglandwocn@gmail.com

REGIONAL COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Education Co-Chair

Cherie Sapia, RN BA, CWOCN

Charlott Hungerford Hospital
Torrington, CT
Email: newenglandwocn@gmail.com

Education Co-Chair

Sharon Davis RN, BSN, CWCN, CWON

Central Region Wound/Ostomy Specialist
The Hospital of Central Connecticut
100 Grand Street
New Britain, CT 06050
Tel 860.224.5388
newenglandwocn@gmail.com

Nominations

Diane Bryant MS RN. CWOCN

WOC Nurse Clinical Nurse Specialist
Brigham and Women's Hospital

email:newenglandwocn@gmail.com

Membership/PR/Scholarship

Karen Beggetta BSN, RN, CWON

email: newenglandwocn@gmail.com

Communications Chair

Brianne Velazquez RN, BSN, CWOCN

email: newenglandwocn@gmail.com

Youth Rally Co-Chair

Leah Abecassis, MSN, RN, CCRN, CWOCN

Nurse Practice Specialist II
Clinical Specialist in Wound, Ostomy & Continence Care
Medical ICU
Boston Children's Hospital
email: newenglandwocn@gmail.com

Youth Rally Co-Chair

Jennifer Giannettino, MSN, BSN, NP-C, CWOCN-AP

Colorectal Surgery/Ostomy Program
Digestive Health Service Line
Yale-New Haven Health System, New Haven, CT

email: newenglandwocn@gmail.com

Political Action Chair

Barbara Falkowski BSN RN CWCN

Nurse Clinical Leader
Wound & Ostomy Team
Hartford Hospital

email: newenglandwocn@gmail.com

AD HOC BOARD MEMBERS

Past President 2021-2022

Lisa Orowson, MSN, RN, CWOCN

Limb Preservation Nurse Navigator
East Region, Hartford Healthcare
William W. Backus Hospital, Norwich, CT
Windham Community Hospital, Willimantic, CT

Email: newenglandwocn@gmail.com

Historian

Margaret Norberg BSN, RN, CWOCN

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Certified Wound Ostomy Continence Nurse

email: newenglandwocn@gmail.com

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