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2026 Tribute to Nursing Buffalo News May 10, 2026 https://buffalonews.com/eedition/special-sections/wny_nurses/ |
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Board OF DIRECTORS
OFFICERS
Jennifer Mendola, RN President NICU Nurse Manager, Catholic Health - Sisters of Charity Hospital jmendola112@gmail.com Jennifer Mendola, MSN, RNC-NIC | Michele Inglut, RN President Senior Quality Analyst, Patient Safety Specialist - Quality and Patient Safety, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center Michele Inglut, MS, RNC-NIC, C-ONQS |  Leah Avino, RN Secretary Leah is the Supervisor of Hospital Experience, Mercy Hospital of Buffalo leahcowles@gmail.com Leah Avino, MSN, RN, NE-BC, CIP |
Sarah Winstanley, RN Treasurer Nurse Manager of Medical Surgical unit at Buffalo Mercy Hospital swinstanley1@chsbuffalo.org Sarah Winstanley, BSN, RN, CMSRN |
Directors
Shentelle Bell RN Director Director of Nursing, Ambulatory Services, ECMC sdbell1102@gmail.com Shentelle Bell, MSN, RN |
Susan Brooks, RN Director Executive Vice President/Chief Nursing Officer, Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center Susan Brooks, MS, BSN, RN, NEA-BC |
Veronica Valazza, RN Director Department Chair of Nursing, Scott Bieler College of Health Professions, Daemen University Veronica Valazza, DNP, MBA, RN, CNE, NE-BC |
Emily Jerge, RN Immediate Past President Emily is a School Nurse, Nurse Educator and Simulationist emilyhjerge@gmail.com Emily Jerge, MS, RN, CHSE, CMSRN |
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