PNA-NY Officers
and Board of Directors
2010-2012

Susan Gador, MA, RN, CPAN, ANP
President
Nurse Practitioner, Pain Manager
Beth Israel Medical Center

Veneranda Bacolot, MS, RN, C
President-elect
Nurse Educator
St. Barnabas Hospital

Cynthia Margalit, MSA, RN
Vice President
Director of Nursing
Senior Associate Administrator
SUNY Downstate Medical Center

Melrene DeChavez, MA, RN, CCRN
Recording Secretary
Director of Critical Care Services
Bellevue Hospital Center

Ma. Carmen Meliton, BSN, RN, CEN, CFS
Corresponding Secretary
Hospital Nursing Service Consultant
NY State DOH, Long Term Care Division

Zita Concepcion-Viste, BSN, RN
Treasurer
Assistant Director of Nursing
Bellevue Hospital Center

Leonila Quinones, MA, RN
Treasurer-elect
Director of Clinical Nursing
St. Barnabas Hospital

Leonida Lacdao, MA, RN
Auditor
Nurse Manager
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Medical Center

Annabelle Abano, MA, PNP, RNC
Board of Director
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Long Island College Hospital

Tita Aguilar, MS, RN, CEN, NE-BC
Board of Director
Administrative Nurse Manager
Montefiore Medical Center

Lorelei Belardo, MS, RN
Board of Director
Administrative Nursing Supervisor
St. Barnabas Hospital

Archiel Buagas, MSN, RN
Board of Director
Clinical Staff Nurse
Jacobi Medical Center

Rebecca Canalija, BSN, RN
Board of Director
Ambulatory Surgery/ER Staff Nurse
New York Downtown Hospital

Norma Ondoy, MA, RN
Board of Director
Nursing Supervisor
St. Barnabas Hospital

Myrna Santos, MSN, RN
Board of Director
Chief Nurse
FDGN, Inc.

Corazon Sy, MA, RN, CAN
Board of Director
Assistant Director of Nursing
SUNY Downstate Medical Center

Martiniana Villa, MPH, BSN, RN
Board of Director
Clinical Information System Coordinator
VA-NY Harbor Healthcare System

Leonila Mariazeta, MA, EdM, RN, CCRN
Immediate-Past President
Nurse Educator
Manhattan VA Medical Center

Mary Joy Garcia-Dia, MA, RN
Advisor
CROWN Clinical Content Manager
ColumbiaDoctors, Columbia University

Pio Paunon, PhD, RN, FCCP
Advisor
Director Quality Improvement
Montefiore Medical Center

Reynaldo Rivera, DNP, MEd, CNAA, ANP
Advisor
Director of Medicine
New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell

Lorna Schneider,
MSN, RN, APN, BC, CS, CCRN, CCNS
Advisor
Nurse Educator
Palisades Medical Center

Lolita Compas, MA, RN, CEN
Advisor
Nurse Educator
NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases

Rosario May Mayor, MA, RN
Advisor
Consultant

Reuben Seguritan, Esq.
Legal Advisor