Past Presidents
THE NEW JERSEY LEAGUE FOR NURSING, INC. PAST PRESIDENTS THROUGH THE YEARS
These incredible nurse leaders have enabled the NJLN to continue to deliver on our mission for 109 years and counting. They have each made significant contributions with a commitment to excellence in nursing education to grow and advance the nursing profession. We thank and remember each of our past presidents.
2022 – 2024 Mary E. Koch, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, CNOR
2020 – 2022 Tracy E. Ortelli, PhD, RN, CNE, ANEF, FAAN
2018 – 2020 John Lanier, MS, RN, NE-BC
2016 – 2018 Donna L. Murray, MSN, RN, APN,C, WHNP-BC
2014 – 2016 Patricia Castaldi, DNP, RN, ANEF
2012 – 2014 Carol Patterson, MSN, RN, CNE
2010 – 2012 Eileen P. Williamson, MSN, RN
2006 – 2010 Michelle L. Foley, MA, RN, CNE
2004 – 2006 Elizabeth Stitley, MSN, RN
2002 – 2004 Linda Cuoco Lewis, MSA, RN, CNAA, BC
2000 – 2002 Cheryl Szenasi, MSN, RN
1998 – 2000 Marvin Van Dyk, FACHCA
1996 – 1998 John DiBrango, M.Ed, RN
1994 – 1996 Louise M. DeBlois, MA, M.Ed
1992 – 1994 Barbara Ruane, RN, MSN
1990 – 1992 Ruth Walter Laing, RN, MA
1988 – 1990 Gloria M. Corbo, M.Ed, RN
1986 – 1988 Maureen Sullivan Foley, PhD, RN, CAN
1983 – 1986 Patsy Krzaczek, MA, RN
1982 – 1983 J. Patricia Adasczik, MSN, RN
1980 – 1982 Doris Geyer, M.Ed, RN
1978 – 1980 Grace Phelan, RN
1976 – 1978 Ruth B. Belanus, RN
1974 – 1976 Sarah L. Sherlock, RN
1972 – 1974 Catherine J. Molinair, RN
1970 – 1972 Grace Marie Howard, RN
1968 – 1970 Martha E. Esposito, RN
1964 – 1968 Marion G. Mitchell, RN
1960 – 1964 Amy Atchley, RN
1956 – 1960 Margaret Allen, RN
1952 – 1956 Henrietta G. Korolenko, RN, First President of the NJLN.
In 1952 the organization became the New Jersey League for Nursing, Inc. (NJLN)
1951 – 1952 Laura Robinson, RN
1948 – 1950 Eleanor P. Duffy, RN
1947 – 1948 Margaret B. Allen, RN
1946 – 1947 Bernice E. Anderson, RN
1944 – 1946 Jessie M. Murdoch, RN
1943 – 1944 Caroline diDonato, RN
1942 – 1943 Evelyn T. Walker, RN
1941 – 1942 Marie A. Wooders, RN, BS
1940 – 1941 Nellie Ogilvie, RN
1929 – 1939 Records could not be found
1925 – 1927 Jessie M. Murdoch, RN
1923 – 1924 Florence Dakin, RN
1920 – 1922 Ida F. Austin, RN
1915 – 1919 Helen Carol Howes, RN
1915 New Jersey State Organization for Public Health Nursing was established.
A GLIMPSE AT PAST PRESIDENTS
NJLN President, Dr. Donna Penn presenting 2024 immediate Past-President, Mary Koch with her President’s Plaque
Mary Koch and Donna Murray
Carol Patterson and John Lanier
John Lanier and Donna Murray
Dr. Tracy Ortelli
Carol Patterson
John Lanier
Dr. Patricia Castaldi
Eileen Williamson
Michelle Foley
Elizabeth Stitley
Dr. Maureen Sullivan Foley
Patsy Krzaczek