Advice from the experts

The College of Health and Nursing Sciences' Visiting Committee has four new members serving this year. They are:

Muriel E. Gilman; Allen L. Johnson, president and chief executive officer of PUMH Inc.; Jane Mitchell, R.N., AS '63; and Joan Thomas, R.N., CHNS '89M, senior vice president for facilities and services, Christiana Care Health System.

Susan Noyes, R.N., remains chairperson of the committee. The other members are: Vicki Allen, R.N., CNA, vice president for patient care services and chief nurse executive, Nanticoke Health Services; Lisa C. Barkley, M.D., Christiana Care; Marsha Zutz Borin, Esq.; Thomas Ferry, administrator and chief executive, Alfred I. du Pont Hospital for Children; Margaret Rose Henry, Delaware state senator; Rebecca Jaffe, M.D.; Joseph M. Letnaunchyn, president, Delaware Healthcare Association; Jane Maroney; Kathryn A. McKenzie, R.N., program manager for oncology public relations and ally development, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals; Gregg C. Sylvester, M.D., director, Eugene du Pont Preventive Medicine and Rehabilitation Institute; and Patricia Winston, R.N., vice president for patient care services and chief nursing officer, St. Francis Hospital.

Established in 1993, the CHNS Visiting Committee advises the College in the areas of teaching, research and outreach. This year, members have particularly targeted the national shortage of nurses and other health-care professionals. Members may serve two three-year terms, then rotate off the committee for at least a year, after which they may be reappointed.

CHNS representatives also attend the commitee's meetings: Dean Betty Paulanka; Associate Dean Pam Beeman; department chairpersons Susan Hall, Anna Ciulla and Lisa Ann Plowfield; and Director of Special Programs Madeline Lambrecht.