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
Barbara Kane, BS ’98/MS ’99
Kelly Lonis, MSN ’98, ANP-BC, NBC-HWC
John Ringhisen, PMHNP ’19
Caitlin Tomko-Smith, DNP, FNP-C ’18, NP, ACHPN
Emily Smith, MSN ‘25
Emily Wright, MSN ‘25
Ex-Officio Members
Mantosh Dewan, MD
President, Upstate Medical University
Eileen M. Pezzi, MPA
Vice President for Development, Upstate Medical University
Tammy Austin-Ketch, PhD, FNP-BC, FAANP
Dean, College of Nursing, Upstate Medical University
Michele Vollmer
Nursing Alumni Director
Student Members