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Board of Directors.

CT Nurses Association's Board of Directors are elected by members and work to implement the mission of the Connecticut Nurses' Association. Our mission is to empower and lead the profession to shape the future of nursing and healthcare in Connecticut. The Association exerts it's organized influence on education, legislation, and the workplace, to protect and advance the practice of nursing  and the health of the people in Connecticut. We connect our members to each other, with our collective passion, compassion, power and purpose.

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Cassandra Esposito

MSN, APRN, FNP-C

President

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Vivienne Friday

EdD, MSN, RN, MSOL

Vice President

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Susanne Yeakel

MSN, RN, NEA-BC, CNML

Secretary

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Hayley Dunnack Yackel

PhD, RN, CMSRN, OCN

Treasurer

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Stephanie McGuire

MS, APRN, NP-BC

Interim Chair, Government Relations Committee

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Term - Fall 2025

Chair, Governance Committee

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Mary Jane Williams

PhD, RN

Senior Policy Advisor, 

Government Relations Committee

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Kimberly Sandor

MSN, FNP, RN

Executive Director

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Susan Goncalves

DNP, MS, RN-BC

Connecticut Membership Assembly Representative to the American Nurses Association

Connecticut Nurses Foundation

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Board of Trustees Officers

Gladys Vallespir Ellett, CNF President

Stephanie Paulmeno, CNF Treasurer

Joan McNiel, CNF Secretary

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Board of Trustees

Judith Hahn

Crystal Rose

Alison Moriarty Daley

Pennie Branden Sessler​

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