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Board Members' News

Interview with Henry B. Spencer, NEF Treasurer and Portfolio Administrator

The following interview by Joan Arnold with Henry B. Spencer took place on May 16, 2025. Mr. Spencer is an NEF Board Member and served as NEF Treasurer and Portfolio Administrator for several decades. After relinquishing his position as Portfolio Adm... read more.
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Interview with Domenic Testa

The following interview by Jerelyn Weiss with Dominic Testa took place on January 9, 2025. Mr. Testa is a NEF Board Member Emeritus and was the NEF Treasure during the 1970's and early 80s. Joining Jerelyn Weiss in the interview is Susan Bowar-Ferres... read more.
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In 2023, the American Academy of Nursing Inducted One NEF Board Member and Three NEF Scholars

Nurses Educational Funds is extremely honored to announce Dr. Michele Crespo-Fierro , NEF Board member; Irvin Ong a current 2023 NEF Scholar; Dr. Rebecca Hill , NEF Scholar in 2019 and 2020; and Dr. Calli Cook , NEF Scholar, 2018, have been inducted... read more.
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NEF 2022-2023 Scholar Liaison Board Member, Annie George, PhD, Awarded NYC Health + Hospitals’ Nursing Excellence Leader

NYC Health + Hospitals today announced that Annie George, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, NPD-BC, CCRN-K, Senior Director of Nursing Excellence/Research is the recipient of the Press Ganey Nurse of the Year – Nurse Leader award . The inaugural award was presented t... read more.
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Rosanne Raso, MS, RN, NEA-BC

Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell, was selected as a member of the 2018 class of the American Academy of Nursing Fellows. Fellow selection criteria include evidence of significant contributions to nursing... read more.
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Mathy Mezey, EdD, RN, FAAN

Mathy Mezey joined the Nurses Educational Funds, Inc. Board of Directors in April 2017 and will be chairing the Thelma Schorr Society. The focus of Dr. Mezey’s interest and scholarship has been on nursing ethics and care of older adults, focusing on... read more.
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Edwidge J. Thomas, DNP, ANP

Dr. Edwidge Thomas joined the NEF Board of Directors in 2017 and serves on the Executive Committee, Criteria and Eligibility Committee, and Finance/Investment Committee. Edwidge is currently employed with Holdings and Ventures to provide clinical lea... read more.
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Thelma Schorr, BSN, RN, FAAN

In 2018 the American Journal of Nursing under the leadership of the AJN Editor in Chief, Maureen “Shawn” Kennedy has renamed the American Journal of Nursing Scholarship annually distributed by Nurses Educational Funds, Inc. as the AJN/Thelma Schorr S... read more.
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Villanova University President the Rev. Peter M. Donohue, OSA, PhD, announced the naming of the M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing

Villanova University President the Rev. Peter M. Donohue, OSA, PhD, announced the naming of the M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing, honoring the college’s visionary dean who passed away in September, 2017. Villanova’s College of Nursing develop... read more.
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Judith Vessey

Judith Vessey, has been chosen as one of Sigma Theta Tau "International Honor Society of Nursing 2016 Nurse Researcher Award Recipients"! The research awards will be presented in South Africa in August 2016. read more.
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Madeleine Sugimoto

NEF Board Member, was on the Tony Guida's CUNY Network New York Show on March 2, 2016 discussing her experiences as a very young child living in the Japanese Internment Camps, during World War II. The segment can be watched online now. read more.
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Margaret McClure

Margaret McClure continues her active speaking career in addressing the value of the Magnet Recognition Program for staff nurses at all the Montefiore network hospitals in the Bronx (Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein Hospital, and Wakefield... read more.
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FEATURED SCHOLAR

Erin Wallace

(2025-2026 Winner)

Erin Wallace is honored to be the recipient of the NEF Laura D. Smith/National Student Nurses Association (NSNA) Scholarship for the 2025–2026 academic year. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)... read more.

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