Newswise — PROVIDENCE, RI (August 18, 2023): The Association of Rehabilitation Nurses (ARN) membership voted to approve new members to their leadership board, who were installed during ARN’s 2022 Rehabilitation Nursing Conference on August 18, 2023, in Providence, RI.
ARN is governed by a nine-member board of directors, consisting of three officers and six directors who guide the direction of the association and provide visionary leadership reflecting the diverse interests and needs of its members.
Congratulations to the following members who were installed on the 2023-2024 Board of Directors:
President, Mary Ellen Hatch, MSN RN CRRN FARN, Encompass Health, Vice President of Nursing Operations
President-Elect, Maureen Musto, MS RN APRN-CNS ACNS-BC CRRN FARN, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Rehabilitation Clinical Nurse Specialist
Director-at-Large, Sylvia Duraski, MS ANP-BC CRRN CBIS SCRN, Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital; Northwestern Medicine, Nurse Practitioner
Director-at-Large, Raquel Neves, Ph.D. MSN CRRN RN, DPRC Rehabilitation Center LLC, Director
Director-at-Large, Linda Sun Young Park, BSN RN CRRN, Kaiser Foundation Rehabilitation Center, Clinical Practice Consultant
Director-at-Large, Lalita Thompson, MSN RN CRRN FARN, TIRR Memorial Hermann, ITB Program Coordinator
The new members of the Board took the ARN Board of Directors Pledge and will serve the 2023-2024 term alongside:
- Grace Campbell, PhD MSW BSN CRRN FARN, Secretary-Treasurer; Duquesne University, Assistant Professor
- Tiffany LeCroy, MSN RN CRRN FNP-C ACNS-BC FARN, Director-at-Large; Shepard Center, Chief Nursing Officer
- Sarah Andrews, DNP ACNS-VC APRN ANVP-BC CRRN SCRN PCNN-K CMSRN; Director-at-Large, Ascension Seton, Network Stroke Program Manager
The organization’s Immediate Past-President is Maria Radwanski, MSN RN CRRN CMGT-BC FARN, Manager, Outpatient Care Transitions at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Academic Medical Group who served as President of ARN during the 2022-2023 term.
Association of Rehabilitation Nurses (ARN)
ARN is a professional organization dedicated to promoting and advancing professional rehabilitation nursing practice through education, advocacy, certification, collaboration, and research to support rehabilitation nurses and enhance the quality of life for those affected by disability and chronic illness. For more information about ARN, please visit www.rehabnurse.org or call 800.229.7530.
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