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2010 News and Alerts

19 January 2010

CGFNS International Board of Trustees elects new members and officers

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA — New officers and members were recently elected to the Board of Trustees of CGFNS International.

CGFNS’s newly elected board of trustees’ officers are

• PRESIDENT: Carol Bradley, MSN, RN, senior vice president, CNO, Legacy Health System, Portland, Oregon
• VICE PRESIDENT: Norma Lang, PhD, RN, FAAN, FRCN, University of Wisconsin School of Nursing, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Continuing officers are

• SECRETARY: Robert Watkins, MA, assistant director of admissions, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
• TREASURER: Mi Ja Kim, PhD, RN, FAAN, professor and Dean Emerita, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing, Chicago, Illinois
• INTERNATIONAL OBSERVER: Syringa Marshall Burnett, honorary president of the Jamaica senate, Kingston, Jamaica

CGFNS also welcomes new board member M. Louise Fitzpatrick ,EdD, RN, FAAN, Connelly Endowed Dean and professor, College of Nursing, Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania

CGFNS bids farewell to three board members

• Nena Peragallo, DrPH, RN, FAAN, professor and dean, School of Nursing & Health Studies, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
• Charles Gessert, MD, MPH, senior research scientist, SMDC Health System, Duluth, Minnesota
• John Kaiser, MS, president, Keystone Organization Consultants, Inc., Chatham, New Jersey

CGFNS is an immigration-neutral, nonprofit organization based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, and is an internationally recognized authority on the education, registration and licensure of nurses worldwide. CGFNS’s mission is to provide responsible leadership in the delivery of relevant services to the global nursing and health care community. The organization was founded in 1977 through a collaborative effort by representatives from the U.S. Department of Labor; Department of Health, Education and Welfare (now the Department of Health and Human Services); the Immigration and Naturalization Service; and representatives from nursing organizations, including the American Nurses Association and the National League for Nursing.

For additional information about CGFNS and its services, contact: CGFNS International, 3600 Market Street, Suite 400, Philadelphia, PA 19104-2651 USA; telephone: +1 (215) 222 8454.