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Officers and Board of Directors, 2025-2027

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Rosemarie Gadioma, MSN, ANP, BSN'81, ACNP-BC

President

Geraldine Abaquin-Perez, BSN'98, RNC-NIC

President-elect

Marilyn Cines, MSN, BSN'79, RN

1st Vice President; Chair, Education & Research Committee

Maria Bentain Melanson, DNP, MSN, BSN'88, RN, CCRN

2nd Vice President; Chair, Program Committee

Clarizza Caroll, MSN, BSN'90, RN, APRN, AGCNS

3rd Vice President; Chair, Membership Committee

Rosanna de las Alas, M.Ed, BSN'87, RN

Recording Secretary 

Clavelyn Ponciano Lavilla, MSN, APRN, BSN'81, RN

Corresponding Secretary; Chair, Constitution & Bylaws

Committee; Chair, Policies & Procedures Committee

Finnette Castaneda, BSN'92, RN, PHN

Treasurer; Chair, Finance Committee

Lorelei Dwyer, MSN, NP, BSN'88, RN

Assistant Treasurer; Chair, Organizational Development Committee; Chair, Chapter Formation Committee

Anna Lisa Nido, MSc (RAQA), BSN'91, RN, CCRN (A)

Auditor; Chair, Audit Committee; Chair, Sustainability & Viability Committee

Corazon del Castillo Reyes, MSN, BSN'79, RN-BC

Public Relations Officer; Chair, Sunshine Club & Bereavement Committee; Chair, Yearbook Committee

Ramil Cabela, DBA, MBA, BSN'91, RN, CCRN(A)

Director; Chair, Communications & Team Engagement Committee

Sonia Laxamana Thompson, MSN, BSN'87, AGNP

Director; Chair, Awards & Citations Committee

Susan Lucas Robitaille, BSN'88, RN, CCRN

Director

Andrea Khaye Gutierrez, BSN 2024, RN

Director

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CHAPTER PRESIDENTS

Rosemarie Gadioma, BSN’81, MSN, ANP, ACNP-BC              President, UP Nurses of the East Coast

Grace Natividad Lawrence, PhD, MA, BSN'79, RN           President, UPNAA DelMarVa Chapter

Agnes Estraza, MS, BSN’80, RN       President, UPNAA – Texas

Natalia Matitu, BSN'69, GN'68, RNC                            President, Rocky Mountain Region- Pacific States UPNAA

Victoria Bryan, MSN, BSN'91, RN, LNHA, COHN-S, SMQT-C           President, UPNAA - Northern Central Region

Wendy Vaughn, BSN’88, MSN, CCRN                                President, UPNAA California

Geraldine Kidary, MSN, BSN'91, APRN, FNP-BC              President, UPNAA Florida

ADVISORS

Lyvia Mendoza Villegas, MA, BSN'71, GN'68, RN, FNP

Manny Ramos, DNP, MSN, BSN'91, RN              

Manuela Castillo, MSN, BSN'86, RN



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