Board of Directors
Executive Committee
President
Illya DeVera-Bonilla
DNP, RN
Faculty, RWJBarnabas Health School of Nursing
President-Elect
Jeannette Manchester
DNP, MBA, RN
Associate Dean for the Center for Educational Innovation and Quality and Associate Professor, Teaching Track, Division of Entry to Baccalaureate Nursing,
Rutgers University, School of Nursing
Treasurer
Lisa Camacho
EdD, MSN/Ed, RN, CCRN, CNE
Professor of Nursing
Mercer County Community College
Secretary
Timothy Clyne
DNP, RN, CDP, CNML
Assistant V.P., RWJBarnabas Health, Trinitas Regional Medical Center
Saint Elizabeth University, Adjunct Faculty
Chamberlain University, Visiting Professor, DNP Program
Board of Directors
Florence Brown
PhD, MSN, RN, APN-C
Director, Best Care College
Monina Franco-Tantuico
PhD, MSN, BSMT, RN, CNE, CCRN-a
RBHS Lecturer and Division for Simulation and Clinical Learning
Rutgers University, School of Nursing
Donna M. Penn
DNP, RN, CNE, NEA-BC
Director, Holy Name, Sister Claire Tynan School of Nursing
NJLN Past-President
Marcia Nettingham
DNP, RN-BC, NE-BC
Director of Nursing Education, RWJBarnabas Health
Giuseppina Pagnotta
DNP, MSN Ed, RN, PED-BC, NCSN
Specialist Professor, Monmouth University
Carmen Pelardis
MSN, RN, CNE
Nursing Faculty, Hudson County Community College
Nancy Saliba
MA, BSN, RN, CNE
Nursing Faculty, Hudson County Community College
Dione Sandiford
PhD, RN, CNE, CHSE
Assistant Professor, Division of Simulation and Clinical Learning,
Rutgers University, School of Nursing
Erica Sciarra
PhD, DNP, RN, APN-C, CNE
Assistant Professor, Monmouth University
Legal Counsel
Kathleen Gialanella
LLM, JD, RN
Counselor at Law
Program Management
Susan Chandler
BSBA
Program Director, New Jersey League for Nursing
Executive Committee, Secretary, Alliance of Leagues for Nursing
CURRENT AND PAST NJLN BOARD OF DIRECTORS mEMBERS
From left to right: Carmen Pelardis, Jeannette Manchester, Mary Koch, Nancy Saliba, Dione Sandiford, Timothy Clyne, Donna Penn, , Illya DeVera-Bonilla, Lisa Camacho, Kathleen Gialanella, Florence Brown, Marcia Nettingham, Giuseppina Pagnotta, and Erica Sciarra.