BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Chairs and Officers
Treasurer
Melissa Mayes MSN, RN, CWCN
Wound Ostomy Care Nurse
Saint Anne's Hospital, Fall River MA 02721
Email: NewEnglandWOCNTreasurer@gmail.com
President Elect
Liz Beal MSN RN, CWOCN
Central Maine Medical Center
Wound, Ostomy, Continence Acute Care and Outpatient Clinic
Lewiston, Maine
email: NewEnglandWOCNpres.elect@gmail.com
Secretary
Elizabeth MacWhinnie BSN, RN, CWON, COS-C
Wound/Ostomy Specialist
Manchester VNA, New Hampshire
email: NewEnglandWOCNSecretary@gmail.com
CHAPTER COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Education Chair
Sharon Davis RN, BSN, CWCN, CWON
Central Region Wound/Ostomy Specialist
The Hospital of Central Connecticut
100 Grand Street
New Britain, CT 06050
Tel: 860.224.5388
email: NewEnglandWOCNEducation@gmail.com
Leadership Development
Diane Bryant MS RN. CWOCN
WOC Nurse Clinical Nurse Specialist
Brigham and Women's Hospital
email: NewEnglandWOCNLeadership@gmail.com
Communications Chair
Amanda Bogertman, BSN, RN, CWON
WOCN Clinical Nurse Coordinator
Rutland Regional Medical Center
Rutland, VT
email: newenglandwocn@gmail.com
Youth Rally Co-Chair
Leah Abecassis, MSN, RN, CCRN, CWOCN
Nurse Practice Specialist II
Clinical Specialist in Wound, Ostomy & Continence Care
Medical ICU
Boston Children's Hospital
email: Leah.abecassis@childrens.harvard.edu
Youth Rally Co-Chair
Jennifer Giannettino, MSN, BSN, NP-C, CWOCN-AP
Colorectal Surgery/Ostomy Program
Digestive Health Service Line
Yale-New Haven Health System, New Haven, CT
email: jennifer.giannettino@ynhh.org
Political Action Chair
Barbara Falkowski BSN RN CWCN
Nurse Clinical Leader
Wound & Ostomy Team
Hartford Hospital
email: NewEnglandWOCNPublicPolicy@gmail.com
AD HOC BOARD MEMBERS
Past President 2021-2023
Donna Loehner RN, BSN, CWON
Clinical Services Manager, Wound Ostomy Nursing
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
phone: 617-632-7876
Email: dloehner@bidmc.harvard.edu
Historian
Tracey Dushame, BSN, RN, CWON
Lead Wound Ostomy Nurse of Wound Department
Lawrence General Hospital – Lawrence, Ma
email: newenglandwocn@gmail.com