Tricia Wharton RN, BSN, AMB-BC - President
Tricia Wharton has been a registered nurse since 2006. The bulk of her nursing has been in Gastroenterology and perioperative settings. She is experienced in various roles, including staff, charge nurse, and unit coordinator. She is a graduate of Broome Community College and obtained her BSN from Grand Canyon University. Tricia has obtain her certification in Physical Rehabilitation, Gastroenterology Nursing, and most recently Ambulatory Care Nursing. Tricia has been an active member of PNASCNY for over five years and is the current President of the PNASCNY.
Danielle Caviness MSN, RN - Vice Predident
Danielle has served in multiple professional roles in nursing with UHS as a Nurse manager, Nurse Educator in critical care, staff Nurse, and in the community. The 2019 Honored Nurse in Advocacy, District 15, Professional Nurse’s association of South Central New York. Advocating for patients and families has been rewarding throughout my nursing career. Advocacy has led to developing the Fetal Demise, Infant, and Child Bereavement program, including a support group and annual Walk to Remember.
Education
- MS Nursing – Capella University
- BS Nursing – Utica College
- AS Nursing – Broome Community College
Community/Volunteer
- Professional Nurses Association of South Central New York – Board member
- Organize the Fetal Demise, Infant and Child Bereavement Support group and Annual Walk to Remember
- President of Choconut Valley Little League
- President of Susquehanna little league
- Vice-President of Choconut Valley Youth athletic Association
Pam Stewart Fahs, Ph.D. - Secretary
Pamela (Pam) Stewart Fahs, Ph.D. is a Professor and holds the Dr. G. Clifford and Florence B Decker Endowed Chair in Rural Nursing at Binghamton University in the Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences and is the Editor-in-Chief for the Online Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care. Pam currently holds the position of Secretary on the Professional Nurses Association of South Central New York (PNASNCY) Board of Directors. Dr. Fahs teaches in the areas of health care and theory of rural and vulnerable populations as well as diversity across populations. Her areas of research are rural populations and cardiovascular health.
Cheryl Orzel-Teris MS, RN, NEA- BC - Past President
Served in multiple roles in the profession of nursing; administrative, staff and community. Interests remain in critical care, community health, nursing advocacy and the future of healthcare. Have served in multiple advisory roles. The 2012 Honored Nurse in Leadership, District 5, NY State Nurses Association. I have been provided with exceptional opportunities throughout my career that have left me with a sense of optimism into the future of nursing and the community in which we reside.
Education
- MS Nursing - Decker School of Nursing, Binghamton University
- BS Nursing- Decker School of Nursing, Binghamton University
- AAS Nursing- Broome Community College
- Villanova University- (Certificate) - Nursing Administration
- Ascension Health Management Formation
- Advisory Board Fellowship, Talent Development Program, Washington DC.
- Broome Leadership Institute, Binghamton, NY Chamber of Commerce
Certification
- ANCC: Nurse Executive Advanced
Community/Volunteer
- American Nurses Association
- Professional Nurses Association of South Central NY- Board member
- NYSNA District 5-Board Member
- Sigma Theta Tau-Board member
- American Organization of Nurse Executives
How to become an officer or board member
The Board of Directors consists of five (5) officers, six (6) elected directors and the immediate past-president who shall act as ex-officio.
- Directors shall be elected by ballot at the Annual Meeting. Two (2) Directors shall be elected each year for a term of three (3)
- The vice president and the secretary shall be elected in the even numbered fiscal years for a two-year term.
- The president-elect and the treasurer shall be elected in the odd numbered fiscal years. The treasurer shall be elected for a two-year term. The president-elect shall be elected for a one-year term. After serving that one-year term, the president-elect shall become president for a two-year term, and then ex-officio to the board for a one-year term.
- Officers shall be elected by ballot at the Annual Meeting. Each term of office shall begin at the first of the year that follows the election
Contact us if you are interested in becoming an officer or director.
Past Presidents
(by the year they assumed the office)
1938 Mabel Anderson
1940 Iva Robinson
1944 Mary B. Robling
1946 Helen T. Cannon
1948 Albert Launt
1950 Norma O'Hara
1954 Kathleen Crowley
1956 Edna Murphy (resigned in November to pursue further education)
1956 Mary Robling
1959 Liila Pareis
1964 Anna Suplee
1968 Sister Mary Alice (resigned due to relocation)
1969 Dorothy G. O'Connor
1971 Margaret Manley
1977 Alice Whitcombe
1979 Mary K. Dempsey
1980 Frances Feldsine ·
1981 Mary X. (Masha) Britten
1983 Judith Shannon Lynch
1986 Louisa M. Ivan
1988 Pamela Stewart Fahs
1992 Michelle Materese
1994 Marita Florini
1996 Janet Zelesnikar
1998 Patricia Newland
2000 Linda Jowett
2001 Sally Hoffman
2004 Debbie Lis
2009 Wayne Mitteer
(In May 2014 we changed affiliations from NYSNA to ANA NY with new name)
2014 Cheryl Orzel-Teris
2018 Hai Tran
2019 Trisha Wharton
