CGFNS International - Nursing Organizations Alliance

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 4, 2013
Contact: Kathleen Rohrbaugh, 1 (215) 243 5880
CGFNS International Board of Trustees Officers Elected
CGFNS International, the largest credentialing organization for foreign-educated health care
professionals in North America, is pleased to announce its 2013 Board of Trustees officers.
PRESIDENT: Carol Bradley, MSN, RN, Senior Vice President, CNO, Legacy Health System, Portland, Oregon
VICE PRESIDENT: Norma Lang, PhD, RN, FAAN, FRCN, University of Wisconsin School of Nursing, Milwaukee
SECRETARY: Barbara Sanders, PhD, PT, Professor and Chair, Department of Physical Therapy, Associate Dean,
College of Health Professions, Texas State University, San Marcos
TREASURER: Edythe McClatchy Pahl, MBA, Denver, CO
CGFNS International also welcomes new board members:
Michael Bleich, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, Maxine Clark and Bob Fox Professor and Dean at the Goldfarb School
of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College, and Vice President for BJC Healthcare, St. Louis, MO
Joseph Cabral, Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, North Shore-LIJ Health System, New
York
Sister Rosemary Donley, PhD, APRN, BC, FAAN, Professor of Nursing and the Jacques Laval Endowed Chair in
Justice for Vulnerable Populations, Duquesne University School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, PA
Sylvia Fung, PhD(hon), MS, MBA, RN, FAAN, Chief Nurse Executive, Hospital Authority, Hong Kong, as
International Observer
CGFNS International Board of Trustees Members continuing to serve:
Louise Fitzpatrick, EdD, RN, FAAN, College of Nursing, Villanova University
Mary Foley, MSN, RN, Associate Director, Center for Research & Innovation in Patient Care, School of Nursing,
University of California, San Francisco
Sharon Goldsmith, PhD, CCC-Speech, President, Goldsmith International SP, Washington, DC
Edythe McClatchy Pahl, MBA, Denver, CO
Janet Hatcher Roberts, MSc, RN, Executive Director, Canadian Society for International Health, Ontario, Canada
Barbara Sanders, PhD, PT, Professor and Chair, Department of Physical Therapy, Associate Dean, College of
Health Professions, Texas State University, San Marcos
“CGFNS International is fortunate to be governed by a Board of Trustees that is comprised of
accomplished individuals representing many professions that willingly volunteer their time to fulfill
CGFNS International’s vision and mission,” said Franklin A. Shaffer, EdD, RN, FAAN and CEO of
CGFNS International.
About CGFNS
CGFNS International is an immigration-neutral, nonprofit organization globally recognized as an
authority on credentials evaluation of the education, registration and licensure of nurses, health care

and other professionals worldwide. For more information about CGFNS International, go to
www.cgfns.org.
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