Meet Our Board of Trustees

Gladys Vallespir Ellett
PhD, RN, LCCE, IBCLC
President, CT Nurses Foundation
Assistant Professor, Quinnipiac University

Stephanie Paulmeno, DNP, MS, RN, NHA, CPH, CCM, CDP
Treasurer, CT Nurses Foundation

Joan McNiel
DNP, APRN, ACNP-BC, FNP-BC, CCRN
Secretary, CT Nurses Foundation

Alison Moriarty Daly
PhD, APRN, PPCNP-BC, FAAN
Scholarship Chairperson, CT Nurses Foundation
Professor and Chair, Yale University School of Nursing, Master's of Nursing Specialties

Crystal Mercado
MSN, RN, CEN, NPD-BC
Scholarship Chairperson, CT Nurses Foundation
Nursing Professional Development Specialist.at Hartford Hospital

Pennie Sessler Branden
PhD, RN, FACNM, CNM, CNE
Advocate, Educator, Health Care Consultant, Liaison to the United Nations for Hadassah

Judith Hahn
PhD, RN, NEA-BC, CPHQ
Nursing Professional Practice at Yale New Haven Hospital

Cassandra Esposito
APRN, MSN, FNP-C
President, Connecticut Nurses Association
Aesthetic Nurse Practitioner | Nurse Leader, Advocate & Innovator

Kimberly Sandor
MSN, RN, FNP
Executive Director, CT Nurses Association & CT Nurses Foundation

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