Board Members

Kathleen Burke, PhD, RN

Board Chair

Organization of Colleges of Nursing – NJ
First Term Ends: 4/30/2025 (Governor)

Tracy Vitale DNP, MSN, RN-OB, C-EFM, NE-BC

Board Secretary
Organization of Nurse Leaders, New Jersey
First Term End: 10/25/2027 (Assembly)

Margaret Daingerfield, EdD, RN, CNE

New Jersey State Nurses Association
Second Term Ends: 2/7/2025 (Governor)

David L. Knowlton

Consumer of Health
First Term Ends: 9/9/2025 (Governor)

Tyla Minniear

Consumer of Health

First Term Ends: 9/9/2024 (Governor)

Elizabeth Mizerek, PhD, RN, FN-CSA, CNE, CEN, CPEN, FAEN

New Jersey Council of Associate Degree Nursing Programs
Second Term Ends: 9/9/2026 (Governor)

Donna Murray, MSN, RN, APN-C, WHNP-BC

New Jersey League for Nursing
Second Term Holdover: 9/9/2024 (Governor)

Florine Pearson Jones, MSN, BSN, RN, IBCLC

Practitioner of Direct Care
Second Term Ends: 10/15/2025 (Governor)

Donna Penn, DNP, MSN, RN, CNE, NEA-BC

Association of Diploma Schools
Second Term Holdover:10/15/2024 (Governor)

Liliana Morales, RN, MPH

New Jersey Hospital Association (Acute)

First Term Ends: 8/6/2027 (Senate)

Charles Larobis RN, BSN, CDP, CADDCT, IPCO

Health Care Association of NJ (LTC)

First Term Ends: 8/6/2027 (Senate)

Mary J. Pradilla, BSN,BA, MS

Home Care and Hospice Association of New Jersey

First Term Ends: 8/6/2027 (Senate)

Mary Clare Smith, MSN, RN, CHSE

NJ State Nurse Association (RN)
First Term Ends:8/6/2027 (Senate)

Geraldine Balandan, LPN

LPN Association of NJ (LPN)

First Term Ends:10/25/2027

(Assembly)

Shanda Johnson, PhD, APN-C, FNP

New Jersey State Nurses Association

Second Term Ends 3/10/2027 (Assembly)