Election Results for 2020 NCC Board of Directors and Officers


Jacki S. Witt, JD, MSN, WHNP-BC, FAANP,
President, National Certification Corporation (NCC)

NCC welcomes the knowledge, expertise and support of our Board of Directors.

New & Renewed Term Appointments:

Jacki S. Witt, JD, MSN, WHNP-BC, FAANP, a current director was elected to serve as President of NCC. Ms. Witt is currently Coordinator of Prenatal Education at North Kansas City Hospital, North Kansas City, Missouri and Clinical Associate Professor & Director of Continuing Nursing Education at University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri.

Education

Post-MS Certificate, University of Kansas Med Center, Kansas City, KS

JD, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO

MSN, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO

BSN, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, MO

NCC Service

Director, NCC Board of Directors – 2013 to the present

NCC WHNP Content Team Member

NCC Certification

WHNP-BC, Women’s Health Care Nurse Practitioner – since 1993

David McLean, MD, MPH, FACOG, C-EFM, a current director was re-elected to serve as Vice-President of NCC. Dr. McLean is currently a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the Physician Director for Quality and Patient Safety for Obstetrics and Gynecology and Director of Obstetrical and Gynecological Ultrasound at the University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.

Education

MD, University of West Indies, Jamaica

MPH, Columbia University, NY

NCC Service

Director, NCC Board of Directors – 2013 to present

Member, EFM Content Team – 2006 to present

NCC Certification

C-EFM, Electronic Fetal Monitoring – since 2005

Darla Baker, MS, RNC-OB, CNM, NEA-BC, C-EFM, a current director, was elected to serve as the Secretary-Treasurer of NCC. Ms. Baker is currently the Clinical Nurse Manager of the Kettering Medical Center Mother/Baby Unit, Beavercreek, Ohio.

Education

M.S. Philadelphia University, Philadelphia, PA

Midwifery Certificate, Institute of Midwifery, Women and Health at Philadelphia University, Philadelphia, PA

B.S. Nursing, Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, IN

A.S. Nursing, Kettering College of Medical Arts, Kettering, OH

NCC Service

Director, NCC Board of Directors – 2017 to present

NCC Item Writer

NCC Certification

RNC-OB, Inpatient Obstetric Nursing – since 2008

C-EFM, Electronic Fetal Monitoring – since 2016

Susan Dendrinos, MSN, RNC-MNN, a current director and was re-elected to serve as a director of NCC. Ms. Dendrinos is the Director of Clinical Operations for Specialty Services at Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital, West Bloomfield, Michigan.

Education

MSN Administration, Madonna University, Livonia, MI

BSN, Madonna University, Livonia, MI

Henry Ford School of Nursing, Dearborn, MI

NCC Service

Director, NCC Board of Directors – 2017 to present

NCC Certification

RNC-MNN, Maternal Newborn Nursing – since 2007

Tonnyann T. Hurley MSN, RNC-OB, C-EFM, WHCNS, was elected as a director of NCC. Ms. Hurley is a Clinical Education Specialist, Women’s Service Line at the Academy for Clinical Excellence, St. David’s Healthcare Institution for Learning, Austin, Texas.

Education

DNP University of Alabama, Mobile, Alabama Anticipated graduation 2019

MSN University of Alabama, Mobile, Alabama

BSN New York University, New York, New York

NCC Service

Member, Inpatient Obstetric Nursing Content Team – 2016 to present

NCC Certification

RNC-OB, Inpatient Obstetric Nurse – since 2004

C-EFM, Electronic Fetal Monitoring – since 2006

Carol Wallman, DNP, APRN, CNS, NNP-BC, was elected as a director of NCC. Ms. Wallman is an Assistant Professor and Coordinator of the NNP Program at Loretta Heights School of Nursing, Regis University, Colorado.

Education

DNP, Regis University, Denver, Colorado

MSN, University of Colorado

NNP Certificate, University of Colorado and the Children’s Hospital of Denver, Colorado

BSN, University of South Carolina

NCC Certification

BC-NNP, Neonatal Nurse Practitioner – since 1989

Jean Salera-Vieira, DNP, PNS, APRN-CNS, RNC-OB, C-EFM, was elected to serve as the Certified Nurse Representative to the Nominating Committee. Ms. Salera-Vieira is currently a Perinatal CNS at Newport Hospital, Newport, Rhode Island and Adjunct Faculty at Rhode Island College, Providence, Rhode Island.

Education

DNP Rhode Island College, Providence, RI

Post-MS Certificate, PNS, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

MSN, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI

BSN, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI

BA in Social Work, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH

NCC Service

Director, NCC Board of Directors – 2014 to 2019

Member, Inpatient Obstetric Content Team

Policy Review Committee

NCC Certification

RNC-OB, Inpatient Obstetric Nursing – since 2002

C-EFM, Electronic Fetal Monitoring – since 2002

Pam Sullivan was elected to serve as the NCC Board Public Member. Ms. Sullivan is a Real Estate Broker serving the greater Chicago area, Chicago, Illinois.

Education

BA Psychology, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Outgoing Directors, Officers and Public Member:

Three long-term Directors have left the NCC Board after serving their maximum terms; NCC Past-President, Suzanne L. Staebler, DNP, APRN, NNP-BC, FAANP and NCC Director, Jean Salera-Vieira, MS, PNS, APRN-CNS, RNC-OB, C-EFM and Public Member Tara Jane Muir, JD. NCC has been fortunate to have had their wisdom and leadership over the past years.

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