2016 Board Nominations Slate Board of Directors
David McLean, MD, MPH, FACOG, C-EFM MD, University of West Indies, Jamaica MPH, Columbia University, New York Current Position
Attending Physician Department of Ob/Gyn LeHigh Valley Health Network Allentown, PA
NCC Involvement
Member, EFM Content Team, 2006-Present Member of the Board, 2013 - Present Certification
Electronic Fetal Monitoring since 2005 Candidate Statement
Dr. David McLean is a Board Certified subspecialist in Maternal Fetal Medicine for over 25 years he currently practices in Allentown, PA at Lehigh Valley Health Network the largest regional integrated delivery system in Eastern Pennsylvania. His expertise is in Prenatal Diagnosis and the management of High Risk pregnancies complicated by obstetrical or maternal medical conditions. Over the past 10 years his primary interest has focused on the areas of Quality and Patient Safety. He currently serves as Chair of the Quality Council for the Department of
Obstetrics & Gynecology at Lehigh Valley Health Network. This council is responsible for the co-ordination and planning of Quality Improvement initiatives within the Department. He has been NCC-EFM certified since 2005 and believes that certification and maintenance of competency is an important component of ensuring that health care professionals are delivering quality care.
Cynthia Weiss RNC
Buffalo General Hospital School of Nursing, Buffalo, New York RN- Diploma, 1979
Erie Community College, Orchard Park, New York Liberal Arts Studies 1/80 to 5/80
Current Position
Travel position based out of NY.
Staff Nurse- Travel assignment, NICU- Crouse Hospital, Syracuse, New York 58 Bed Level IV NICU 6/2015 to current
Certification
Neonatal Intensive Care since 1986 Candidate Statement
Please accept this letter as my indication of interest in becoming a member of the board of directors of the National Certification Corporation. As a traveling NICU staff nurse, who has been NCC certified for the last 29 years, I am uniquely qualified to represent the bedside nursing constituency. My experiences working in multiple areas of the country with NICU nurses have given me an understanding of what certification represents and the challenges faced in achieving and maintaining it. I am an active
proponent of certification for the bedside nursing specialties and it would be very exciting to be a part of NCC’s continued leadership in advocacy and education moving forward as health care and the demands on its care providers continue to evolve. Thank you for your consideration of me for a position on the board of directors.
Jacki S. Witt, JD, MSN, WHNP-BC, SANE-A, FAANP
Post-MS Certificate, University of Kansas Med Center, Kansas City, KS JD, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
MSN, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO BSN, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, MO Current Position
Coordinator Perinatal Care North Kansas City Hospital North Kansas City, MO NCC Certification
WHNP-OB, Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner, 1993 NCC Involvement
Member of the Board and Secretary Treasurer, 2013 – present NCC WHNP Content Team Member
Candidate Statement
Ms. Witt has provided health care services to diverse populations of women for over 25 years and has taught at all levels of nursing education for over 20 years. She maintains an active clinical practice at the Clay County Health Center in Liberty, Missouri, where she cares for un-and under-insured girls un-and women ages 13 to 65. She also sees women living with HIV un-and at high risk for HIV at a safety net hospital in the heart of Kansas City, Missouri. In addition, Jacki works prn in the women’s specialty clinic at a safety net hospital, where she sees pregnant adolescents and women seeking family planning services. She is a faculty member at the University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Nursing and Health Studies, where she is also the Director of Continuing Nursing Education and Project Director for two large, federally-funded cooperative agreements. She coordinates childbirth education classes at North Kansas City Hospital and also cares for individuals who have been sexually assaulted through COVERSA, a community-based organization serving 14 hospitals in the metropolitan Kansas City area. Jacki’s research interests include HIV in women, contraception and advanced, competency-based clinical education using standardized patients and high and low fidelity human simulators; she has numerous publications in these topic areas. She is the secretary-treasurer for the Board of Directors for the National Certification Corporation and is Chair-elect for the Board of Directors for the National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health. Jacki was recently elected to the Board of Directors for the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association.
Certified Nurse Representative to the Nominating Committee
Margaret Conway-Orgel, MSN, NNP-BC DNP, Medical University of South Carolina MSN, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT BSN, Daemen College, Amherst, NY
Neonatal Transport Nurse Clinician, Children's Hospital of Buffalo, 1983 Diploma in Nursing, Clara Maass Memorial Hospital of Nursing, Belleville, NJ Current Position
Clinical Faculty: Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Medical University of South Carolina
College of Nursing Charleston, SC
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Medical College of South Carolina Children's Hospital
Charleston, SC NCC Certification
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner, 1985 NCC Involvement
Nominations Committee Nurse Representative, 2013-present. Candidate Statement
As a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner who has been very active in my professional nursing association and has an understanding of the need to identify reliable, active nursing
representatives, I feel that I would be able to continue serve in this role well. I have a strong track record of serving on a variety of committees both at my institution as well as nursing organizations and completing work in a timely fashion.
If I am allowed to continue, I will make every effort to reach out to the members of NCC who would represent their nursing subspecialty well and to encourage younger members to begin to take on a leadership role as part of their professional growth. I also believe that I can look at applications objectively and make recommendations based on what the board and directors identify as needing to best serve others.
