South Central Connecticut AACN (SCCC-AACN) Annual Elections 2021

It is time for the AACN annual elections. Elections will be open until June 25, 12 AM.

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* 1. President

Alex Alexiades, RN
Alex is a staff nurse at Yale New Haven Hospital in the PACU of SRC. She has been an active member of the SCCC board for multiple years.

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* 2. Treasurer

Lynn Orser MSN, RN, CCRN, PCCN, NPD-BC

Lynn is the Critical Care Clinical Nurse Educator at St. Vincent's Medical Center. Lynn Is a long time volunteer for AACN at both the national and local level. She has served on the SCCC-AACN board for many years, most recently as the Horizons Representative.

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* 3. Board Member at Large, pick 3

Crystal Bennett, RN, BSN, CCRN
Crystal started her career at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN. After completing her nurse residency program, she accepted a position in the CSICU at Mount Sinai Hospital in NYC. She is very enthusiastic about her move to Connecticut where she will be transitioning to an assistant nurse manager role at Yale New Haven Hospital and starting her MSN Health Systems Administration program through University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Bethany Gleason MSN, RN, APRN, AGACNP-BC, CCRN

Beth is an acute care nurse practitioner in the MICU at Stamford Hospital. Beth is a long time volunteer for AACN at both the national and local level. Beth has served on the SCCC-AACN board for may years most recently as the past president.

Donna Desaulniers RN, CCRN

Donna currently works at Bristol Hospital as assistant nurse manager of the intensive care unit . She is a new member of then South Central Connecticut Chapter and we are excited for her new perspective.

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* 4. Membership

Nancy Cocchiola BSN, RN, PCCN, CLNC
Nancy has been a nurse since 1987. She worked 12 years at Bradley Hospital on a telemetry unit. She then worked at Midstate Medical Hospital for 20 plus years on the step down unit. Most recently she has worked at Bristol Hospital in the ICU for the past 10 years. She also works as a per diem nurse for Cheshire and Wolcott school system. She is a widow and has 3 boys all living in the area.

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* 5. Horizons Rep

Vickee Ramik MS, APRN, ACNS-BC, CCRN-K, CWOCN

Vickee retired from the horizons rep in 2019 after many years of service. She missed us so much she wants to come back!