BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Chairs and Officers
President
Donna Loehner RN, BSN, CWON
Clinical Services Manager, Wound Ostomy Nursing
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
phone: 617-632-7876
Email: NewEnglandWOCNPresident@gmail.com
Treasurer
Melissa Mayes MSN, RN, CWCN
Wound Ostomy Care Nurse
Saint Anne's Hospital, Fall River MA 02721
Email: newenglandwocntreasurer@gmail.com
Secretary
Liz Beal MSN RN, CWOCN
Central Maine Medical Center
Lewiston, Maine
email: NewEnglandWOCNSecretary@gmail.com
REGIONAL COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Education Co-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
Education Co-Chair
Cherie Sapia, RN BA, CWOCN
Charlotte Hungerford Hospital
Torrington, CT
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
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: newenglandwocn@gmail.com
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: newenglandwocn@gmail.com
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 2021-2022
Lisa Orowson, MSN, RN, CWOCN
Limb Preservation Nurse Navigator
East Region, Hartford Healthcare
William W. Backus Hospital, Norwich, CT
Windham Community Hospital, Willimantic, CT
Email: newenglandwocn@gmail.com
Historian
Margaret Norberg BSN, RN, CWOCN
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Certified Wound Ostomy Continence Nurse
email: newenglandwocn@gmail.com