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Board of Directors

The Pennsylvania State Nurses Association (PSNA), representing more than 218,000 registered nurses in Pennsylvania, announced its 2015-2016 board of directors following its December business meeting.

  • President: Christine M. Alichnie, PhD, RN, is serving her second term as PSNA president. A member of PSNA for more than 39 years, she earned a PhD in educational leadership and higher education administration from the University of Pennsylvania (1986), an MS in education from Wilkes College (1977), an MS in nursing and adult health/critical care education from the University of Pennsylvania (1977) and a BS in nursing from the University of Pennsylvania (1972). Dr. Alichnie is a professional nurse consultant as well as a chair and professor emeriti at Bloomsburg University.
  • Vice President: Julia Greenawalt, PhD, RNC. Dr. Greenawalt is an assistant professor in the Department of Nursing & Allied Health Professions at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
  • Treasurer: Patrick Kenny, EdD, RN, ACRN, APRN-PMH, NE-BC. Dr. Kenny is an assistant professor in the Nursing & Health Department at DeSales University.
  • Secretary: Ellen Schauerman, BSN, RNC-NICB. Ms. Schauerman is a senior professional staff nurse at UPMC Hamot.
  • Board Member:
    • Marcia D. Cook-Love, MSN, RN, PMHCNS-BC, FNP, CNE. Ms. Cook-Love is a member of the psychiatric mental health nursing faculty at The Reading Hospital School of Health Sciences.  
    • Mary Ann Dailey, PhD, CSN, RN. Dr. Dailey is an associate professor in the Department of Nursing at Slippery Rock University.
    • Tarik Khan, MSN, CRNP, RN, FN-BC. Mr. Khan is a family nurse practitioner with Melmark.
    • Latasha Kast, BSN, RN. Ms. Kast is a professional staff nurse at UPMC Presbyterian.
    • Kelly Kuhns, PhD, RN. Dr. Kuhns is an assistant professor in the Department of Nursing at Millersville University.
    • Jay G. Thomas, CRNA, MS, MPA. Mr. Thomas is a CRNA director with Geisinger Health System.
    • Dara M. Whelan, MS, RN, CNE, SANE. Ms. Whelan is adjunct faculty and a designated pool nurse in telemetry at Jefferson University, Jefferson University Hospital.