Upstate Medical University
Nursing Alumni Association

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President

Zoe (Christensen) Gonza, RN, CCRN (AAS ’75)

 

Vice President

Nicholas Netti, BS ’18

 

Treasurer

Candace Carter, BS ’16, PMHNP ’20

 

Secretary

Kathryn Holliday, DNP, CPNP, CNE (MS 13)

 

Directors

Desta Anthony, MSN ’21, ANP-C, ACHPN, CDP, CAPC-D

Barbara A. Black, ANP ’98, MS, MA

Bambi Carkey, DNP, PMHNP-BC, NPP (MS ’00)

Patricia Carranti, MSN ’97, ANP-C

Dorothy Champney, FNP-BC/MS ’02

Diana Farneti, MSN ’98, FNP

Lorna Forbes, PMHNP ’18, FNP ’10, MSN

Barbara Kane, BS ’98/MS ’99

K. Brian Kling, MSN ’20, RN, FNP, CEN, CNE

Kelly Lonis, MSN ’98, ANP-BC, NBC-HWC

John Ringhisen, PMHNP 19

Caitlin Tomko-Smith, DNP, FNP-C ’18, NP, ACHPN

 

Ex-Officio Members
Mantosh Dewan, MD
   President, Upstate Medical University
Eileen M. Pezzi, MPA
   VP for Development, Upstate Medical University
Tammy Austin-Ketch, PhD, FNP-BC, FAANP
   Dean, College of Nursing, Upstate Medical University
Spencer Champagne
   Director, College of Nursing Alumni

 

Student Members
Natacha Edwards '24
Emily Smith '25
Emily Wright '25