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Healthcare
Organization | Location | | Shared Governance Model | Contact |
Akron Children's Hospital | Akron, OH |  | Shared Governance | Meghan Weese, MSN, RN, CPN, NEA-BC, Supervisor and Magnet Coordinator
Nursing Professional Practice |
Akron General Hospital | Akron, OH |  | Shared Governance | KImberly Kerr, MSN, RN-C, Director of Staff Development & Nursing Research |
St. Peter's Health Care Services | Albany, NY |  | Shared Governance | Barbara Bonificio, MS, RN-BC, Professional Practice Specialist |
University of New Mexico Hospitals | Albuquerque, NM |  | Shared Governance | Adrienne Fugett, RN, BSN, MBA, Magnet Program Manager |
Lehigh Valley Hospital Allentown; Lehigh Valley Hospital Muhlenberg | Allentown, PA; Bethlehem, PA |  | Shared Governance | Kim Hitchings, RN, MSN, Manager, Professional Excellence |
King Hussein Cancer Center | Amman, Jordan | | Shared Governance, 2009 | Majeda A. AL-Ruzzieh, PhD(c), MSN, RN, Director of Nursing Services, US, Chairperson KHCC Steering Committtee for Magnet |
Northside Hospital | Atlanta, GA | | Shared Governance, 1997 | Pamela Russman-Chambers, MPH, MPP, BSN, RN, Patient Care QI Specialist |
AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center | Atlantic City, NJ |  | Shared Governance | Elizabeth Readeau, MSN, RN , NE-BC, Assistant Vice President, Nursing |
Rush Copley Medical Center | Aurora, IL | |  | Sharon Brooks, MSN, APRN, RNC-OB, CNML
Director, Nursing Professional Practice |
Wellstar Cobb Hospital | Austell, GA | | Shared Governance | Vicki Crous |
Seton Family of Hospitals | Austin, TX |  | Nursing Practice Congress, 1996 | Karen Burkman, RN, MSN, Director of Nursing Practice |
Mercy Medical Center | Baltimore, MD |  |  | Stacey Brull, DNP, RN, NE-BC, Magnet Coordinator |
MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center | Baltimore, MD |  | Shared Governance | Gina (Orr) Shelley, MS, BSN, RN, Magnet Co-Director |
American University of Beirut Medical Center | Beirut, Lebanon |  | Shared Governance | Alik Sarian, RN, BSN, Coordinator, Magnet Recognition Program |
Overlake Hospital Medical Center | Bellevue, WA | | Shared Governance, 1984 | Donna Sackville, RN, BSN, CEN, President, Clinical Care Congress, Donna.sackville@overlakehospital.org; Betsy Pesek, MN, BSN, RN, CCRN, Clinical Data Abstractor/Clinical Effectiveness |
St. Alexius Medical Center | Bismark, ND | | Nursing Shared Governance | Linda Knodel, Director of Nursing & Executive VP |
Montgomery Regional Hospital | Blacksburg, VA |  | Shared Governance | Loressa Cole, MBA, BSN, RN, FACHE, NEA-BC, Chief Nursing Officer |
Ocean Medical Center, Hackensack Meridian Health
| Brick, NJ |  | 
System Accreditation | Lisa Guinta, MSN, RN-BC, NEA-BC,
Magnet Program Director |
Montefiore Medical Center | Bronx, NY | | Nursing Governance | Christine Greenidge, MSN, APRN, BC, Director of Nursing Professional Practice |
Holy Spirit Hospital | Camp Hill, PA | | Professional Practice Councils | Patricia A. Carnes, RN, BSN, MHA, NE-BC, Magnet Hospital Leader |
Rush University Medical Center | Chicago, IL |  | Shared Governance | Erik McIntosh, RN, CCRN, BSN, President, Professional Nursing Staff; Staff Nurse, Medical Intensive Care Unit |
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center | Cincinnati, OH |  | Nursing and Interdisciplinary Shared Governance Programs | Heather Marath, BBS, BSN, RN-BC, Program Manager Center for Professional Excellence - Professional Practice |
Columbus Community Hospital | Columbus, NE | | Shared Governance | Dorothy Bybee, MSN/MBA-HC, RN, Chief Nursing Officer |
Conway Regional Medical Center
| Conway, AR | |  | C.J. Newton, MSN, RN, NE-BC,
Director of Education & Magnet Program Director |
Hudson Valley Hospital Center | Cortlandt Manor, NY |  | Shared Governance | Christine Malmgreen, RN-BC, MA, MS, CHES, Associate Director of Professional Practice |
UT Southwestern Medical Center | Dallas, TX | | Shared Governance | Victoria England, MBA, BSN, RN, NE-BC, Magnet Program Director |
Children's Medical Center | Dallas, TX |  | Shared Governance | Victoria England, RN, MBA, Magnet Program Director |
Miami Valley Hospital | Dayton, OH |  | Shared Governance, 1988 | Jayne Lachey Gmeiner, RN, MS, NEA-BC, Director, Center of Nursing Excellence & Palliative Care Programs |
Porter Adventist Hospital | Denver, CO |  | Shared Governance | Sharon Pappas, RN, PhD, NEA-BC, Chief Nursing Officer |
Bayhealth Medical Center | Dover and Milford, DE | | Nursing Shared Governance | Heidi Legates, MSN, RN, Director, Patient Care Services, Milford Campus and Magnet Program |
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove, IL |  | Shared Governance | Jennifer Anderson, MS, RN-BC, Manager, Nursing Support Services |
Saint Vincent Health System | Erie, PA | | Shared Governance Nursing | Janice Hamscher, RN, MSN, Chief Nursing Officer |
Exeter Hospital | Exeter, NH | | Shared Decision Making | Jean Mellott, MSN, RN-BC, Director of Professional Development and Clinical Support |
Hunterdon Medical Center | Flemington, NJ |  | Shared Governance, 1989 | Patricia Steingall, RN, MS, NABC, Vice President, Patient Care Services |
University of Texas Medical Branch | Galveston, TX | | Shared Governance | Ellarene Duis-Nittsche, RN, PhD, CNAA, BC, Project Director Magnet Recognition/Shared Governance |
Methodist Hospitals | Gary & Merrillville, IN | | Shared Governance | Laura Hadt, RN, Manager ICU, SG Newsletter Editor |
Moses Cone Health System | Greensboro, NC |  | Shared Governance | Debbie Green, RN, MSN, Director, Practice, Education, and Research |
Pitt County Memorial Hospital/ | Greenville, NC |  | Shared Governance | Tom Czaplijski, RN, Chief Nursing Officer |
Hartford Hospital | Hartford, CT |  | Nursing Shared Governance, 1998 | Linda Berger Spivack,RN, MSN, VP Patient Care Services |
Bayshore Medical Center, Hackensack Meridian Health | Holmdel, NJ |  | 
System Accreditation | Lisa Guinta, MSN, RN-BC, NEA-BC, Magnet Program Director |
Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical Center | Houston, Texas |  | | Cherylann Campbell Vaillancourt, MSN, MHA, RN, CCRN, NE-BC, Director of Nursing Practice & Innovation |
The Methodist Hospital | Houston, TX |  | Shared Governance | Mary Shepherd, RN, MS, BC-NEA, Director, Magnet Program/Nursing Special Projects |
Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City, NJ |  |  | Mabel LaForgia, DNP, RN, CNL, Director of Nursing Research, Evidence-Based Practice and Magnet Program |
Freeman Health System | Joplin, MO | | Shared Governance | Jeffrey Carrier, RN, NE-BC, FACHE, Chief Nursing Officer |
Jupiter Medical Center | Jupiter, FL | | Shared Governance | Carol Milliken, DNP, RN, CEN, CPEN, CCRN,
Director of Inpatient Medical/ Surgical & Medical/Oncology |
St. Luke's Hospital | Kansas City, MO |  | Shared Governance Professional Practice Model | Diane Trimble |
HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley | Kingston, NY | | Shared Governance | Maria Robertson, RN, CEN, Chair, Coordinating Council
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Lancaster General | Lancaster, PA |
| Professional Practice Model, 1991 | Judi Brendle, RN, MSN, Director of Evidence Based Practice and Nursing Research |
Baptist Health Lexington | Lexington, KY | ![https://www.baptisthealth.com/lexington/Pages/careers/nursing-careers/nursing-at-baptist-health-lexington/nursing-work-environment/governance-model.aspx]() | Shared Governance | Karen Hill, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE, FAAN, COO/CNO |
St. Vincent Health System | Little Rock, AR |  | Shared Governance | Maria Whitt, RN, BSN, MHSM, NEA-BC, Director of Nursing Excellence and Education |
London Health Sciences Centre | London, ON | | Shared Governance | Debra McAuslan, RN, MSCN, Professional Practice Specialist |
Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch, NJ | |  | Julie Villa, MSN, RN, CCRN-K, Director of Nursing Excellence and Innovation,
Magnet Program Director |
Lowell General Hospital | Lowell, MA |  | Shared Governance | Susan Santana, MBA, RN, Magnet Coordinator |
Saints Medical Center | Lowell, MA | | Shared Governance | Catherine Z Curtis, RN, MSN, CCCNL, SMC Critical Care Nurse Leader/Educator |
The Medical Center of Central Georgia | Macon. GA |  | Shared Governance | Meryl Montgomery, RN, MSN, Nursing QI Coordinator |
Southern Ocean Medical Center, Hackensack Meridian Health
| Manahawkin, NJ |  | 
System Accreditation | Lisa Guinta, MSN, RN-BC, NEA-BC,
Magnet Program Director |
North Shore University Hospital | Manhasset, NY |  | Shared Governance | Kathleen Leask Capitulo DNSc, RN, FAAN - Chief Nursing Officer |
Cleveland Clinic - Hillcrest Hospital | Mayfield Heights, OH |  | Shared Governance | Ann Stibich, BSN, RN-BC, Staff Nurse |
Morristown Medical Center | Morristown, NJ | | Shared Governance | Wendy Silverstein, RN, MA, ACNS-BC, Nurse Manager, Shared Governance/Magnet/Education |
Mercy General Health Partners | Muskegon, MI | | Shared Governance | Barb Diehl, Director, Professional Support and Practice |
Vanderbilt University Medical Center | Nashville, TN |  | Shared Governance | Erin Tickle, MMHC, BSN, RN, Director, Shared Governance |
Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Hackensack Meridian Health | Neptune, NJ |  | 
System Accreditation | Lisa Guinta, MSN, RN-BC, NEA-BC,
Magnet Program Director |
Yale-New Haven Hospital | New Haven, CT |  | Shared Governance | Jason W. Malia, BSN, RN, EMT-P, Co-Chair, Staff Nurse Council |
New York-Presbyterian | New York City, NY | | Shared Governance | Faye Wang, RN, MSN; Director, Nursing Practice & Quality - NYP/RHN, Shared Governance for Regional Hospitals; Reynaldo Rivera, RN, DNP, NEA-BC, FAAN, Director of Nursing Research and Innovation - NYP |
Nottingham University Hospitals | Nottingham, UK | |  | Emily Rowe, RN, Shared Governance Facilitator
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Rush Oak Park Hospital | Oak Park, IL | | Shared Governance | Rachel E. Start, RN, MSN, NE-BC, Magnet Program Director |
The Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA |  | Nursing Shared Governance | Ashley E. Weaver, RN, BSN, Clinical Nurse, PEAK I, N/IICU,
Department Advancing Practice & Education Chair |
Einstein Healthcare Network | Philadelphia, PA | | Shared Governance | Nancy Pokorny, MSN, MHA, RN, Director, Nursing Excellence |
Fox Chase Cancer Center | Philadelphia, PA |  | Shared Decision-Making | Anne Jadwin, RN, MSN, AOCN, CNA, Director of Nursing & Magnet Coordinator |
Aria Health | Philadelphia, PA | | Nursing Clinical Governance | Bea Leyden, RN, BSN, CCRN, Magnet Program Coordinator |
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center | Philadelphia, PA | | Shared Governance | James Ballinghoff, MSN, MBA, RN, NEA-BC,
Chief Nursing Officer/Associate Executive Director;
Melisa Stanton, MSN, MPH, RN-BC, Director of Professional Practice and Nursing Outcomes |
Hahnemann University Hospital | Philadelphia, PA |  | Shared Governance | Andrea Rost, RN, BSN, Director, Professional Development & Staff Education
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Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
| Philadelphia, PA | | Shared Governance | Jacqueline G. Somerville, PhD, RN, FAAN, Chief Nurse Executive |
Chilton Hospital | Pompton Plains, NJ |  | Shared Governance | Karen Stutzer, PhD, RN, APN-C, Executive Director - Nursing Practice, Critical Care/Medical Surgical Services |
Riverview Medical Center, Hackensack Meridian Health | Red Bank, NJ |  | 
System Accreditation | Lisa Guinta, MSN, RN-BC, NEA-BC,
Magnet Program Director |
Highland Hospital | Rochester, NY |  | Shared Governance | Ann Harrington, RN, MPA, NEA-BC, Director of Nursing Practice |
Beaumont Health System, Royal Oak Hospital | Royal Oak, MI |  | Shared Governance | Anne Ronk, RN, MSN, NEA-BC, Nursing Director of Women, Children, and Psychiatric Services |
LewisGale Medical Center | Salem, VA | | Shared Governance | Judy Plemmons, MSN, RN, Magnet Coordinator |
Memorial Health System | Springfield, IL | | Shared Governance | Donna A. Redding, PhD, RN, CNA, BC, Director, Nursing Systems Development |
St. Louis Children's Hospital | St. Louis, MO |  | Shared Leadership | Lisa M. Steurer, MSN, RN, CPNP, APN, Professional Practice & Systems |
Barnes-Jewish Hospital | St. Louis, MO |  | Patent Care Shared Governance Council, 1999 | Eileen Costantinou, RN, MSN, Practice Consultant |
Stanford Hospital & Clinics | Stanford, CA |  | Shared Governance | Janette V. Moreno, RN, MSN, CCRN, PCS Clinical Practice Coordinator, Shared Leadership Coordinator, Nursing Education & Practice |
Kennedy Health System | Stratford, NJ | | Shared Nursing Governance | Martin Manno, PhD(c), MSN, RN, ACNS-BC, Corporate Director, Clinical Education and Professional Development |
Martin Memorial Hospital | Stuart, FL | | Shared Governance | Barbara Sorbello, RN, MSN, BC, CNAA, Assist. Administrator Patient Services |
Moffitt Cancer Center | Tampa, FL | | Shared Governance | Mary Beth Reardon, RN, MS, OCN, Executive Advisor for Nursing Excellence |
Tampa General Hospital | Tampa, FL |  | Shared Governance | Leah Godfrey, RN, MHA, CNA, Director of Nursing Operations |
Mariners Hospital | Tavernier, FL |  | Shared Governance | Dawn Kressly, MSN, RN, Magnet Project Coordinator |
University Medical Center | Tucson, AZ |  | Unit Governance | Becky Hull |
St. John Medical Center | Tulsa, OK |  | Shared Leadership | Pam Kiser, MS, RN, CPHQ, Director of Nursing Practice |
South Jersey Healthcare | Vineland, NJ |  | Shared Governance | Bruce Boxer, PhD, MBA, RN, Magnet Coordinator |
Kaweah Delta Health Care District | Visalia, CA |  | Shared Governance | Mary Laufer, MSN, RN-BC, Magnet Program Director |
The Reading Hospital and Medical Center | West Reading, PA | | Shared Governance | Donna Weber, RN, MSN, MBA, Vice President, Nursing |
St. Anthony North Hospital | Westminister, CO | | Whole System Shared Governance | Marsha Parker, RN, MS, CPHQ, Director of Quality and Medical Staff |
Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children | Wilmington, DE |  |  | Norine Watson, RN, MSN, CNAA, BC, Director of Nursing Excellence |
New Hanover Regional Medical Center | Wilmington, NC | | Shared Governance | Jessica Nowak, RN-BC, BSN; Staff Nurse, Adult Inpatient Surgery Unit; Chair, Nursing Congress |
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center | Winston-Salem, NC |  | Shared Governance | Cynthia King, RN, PhD, NP, FAAN, Program Director of Nursing Research |
York Hospital | York, PA |  | Shared Decision Making | Paula F. Coe, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, Director, Center of Nursing Excellence and Innovation |