The National Certification Corporation

The National Certification Corporation 2010 Officers and Directors

Elected as President

Robin Bissinger, NNP-BC, Ph.D. Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Assistant Professional College of Nursing Coordinator of the MUSC NNP Team NNP Program Track Coordinator Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, SC

Certification: Neonatal Nurse Practitioner since 1991

NCC Involvement Director, NCC Board of Directors 2004 to current Member, NNP Content Team, 2004 to current NCC Task Force: Certification of Neonatal Nurse Practitioners (2002) Elected Director to the NCC Board of Director Elected as Vice President

Terri A. Cavaliere, DNP (c), NNP-BC NNP, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit North Shore University Hospital

Clinical Assistant Professor North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY School of Nursing State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY Clinical Preceptor Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Program Columbia University, New York, NY

Certifications Neonatal Nurse Practitioner, NCC

NCC Involvement NCC Board Director 2004 to current NCC Vice President 2006 to current Member, Neonatal Content Team (current) Elected Director to the NCC Board of Directors Elected Secretary Treasurer

Mary Brucker, CNM, Ph.D. Professor, Associate Dean and Graduate Program Director Baylor University Dallas, Texas

Certification: Certification as a Nurse-Midwife through the American College of Nurse-Midwives

NCC Involvement Director, NCC Board of Directors – 2004 to present Member, EFM Content Team (current) Self Assessment Module Reviewer Elected Director of the NCC Board of Directors

Nancy Carroll, WHNP-BC, RNC-REIN, MSN Nurse Practitioner Coastal Women’s Healthcare, Scarborough, ME

Certifications Certified in Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility Certified as Women’s Health Care Nurse Practitioner

NCC Involvement NCC Board Director 2004 to present Item Writer for NCC Reproductive Endocrinology/ Infertility Exam and Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner Exam Member, Self Assessment Committee Elected Director to the NCC Board of Directors

James DeSoto, MD, FACOG, C-EFM Vice President, Medical Affairs Catholic Health West Redding, California

Certifications Board Certified, American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology EFM, Certificate of Added Qualification - NCC

NCC Involvement NCC Board Director 2008 to current Member, EFM Content Team (current) Elected Director to the NCC Board of Directors

Carolyn M. Sutton, MS, WHNP-BC, FAANP Faculty Associate, Department of OB/GYN Private Practice Manager, OB/GYN/Maternal Fetal Medicine UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

Certification Women’s Health Care Nurse Practitioner

NCC Involvement Member, Ambulatory Women’s Health Care Test Committee Elected as Certified Nurse Representative to the Nominating Committee

Joyce Converse, RNC-OB, MS Senior Vice President, Soyring Consulting

Certification Inpatient Obstetric Nursing - NCC

NCC Involvement Director, NCC Board of Directors -1999-2007 Secretary-Treasurer, NCC, 2004-2007 Member, Self Assessment Committee Member, Nominating Committee Member, EFM Content Team, (current) Certified Nurse Representative to NCC Nominating Committee (current)