We are currently accepting applications to join our Advisory Board. Members of our Board are selected to represent a variety of practice/work sites in health care.

 
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Our Advisory Board, consisting of 7 NAWHC members, provides counsel, advice, contacts, professional skills and experience. The goal is to have licensed professional representatives from at least 4 (preferably more) disciplines.

From their work in the field, Advisory Board members bring divergent experiences and information back to the Advisory Board table to assist us. We meet via conference call twice a year, or when an issue needs to be addressed. Board members offer advice, not governance.

With the assistance of the Advisory Board, the CEO of the association can consider, and analyze opportunities for association growth and member support.

Appointments are for one year and Advisory Board members will receive complimentary membership for their term of service. Since members are chosen partly based on their expertise, they may be asked to assist with tele-seminar presentations.

If you’d like to be a leader within NAWHC, then apply for Advisory Board membership by completing this online application. The content of your application will be submitted directly to the CEO for review.

 
Meet Our 2010 Advisory Board

Kelly Beischel PhD, RN, NCSN, CNE is an Assistant Professor of nursing at Xavier University’s School of Nursing, a school endorsed by the American Holistic Nurses Association. Her research interests include the use of high-fidelity human patient simulation in nursing education, test item writing, and facilitating nursing education for students with learning disabilities. She has conducted research regarding faculty perceptions related to the use of human patient simulation in nursing education and the affect anxiety has on learning in human patient simulation experiences. She has presented her research both regionally and nationally.

Kelly has been a nurse since 1985. Her clinical expertise is in pediatrics. She is a nationally certified nurse educator and a Pediatric Advanced Life Support instructor for Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. She is also a member of the Omicron Omicron and Beta Iota chapters of Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society (STTI).

Kelly is passionate about teaching nursing students how to serve patients using a holistic mindset. She is equally passionate about coaching nursing students to use a holistic mindset when caring for themselves.

“I knew I wanted to be part of this association as soon as Anna told me about her ideas concerning helping the very women who serve others to care for themselves. I am excited to serve the association to promote self-care for women in health care. I firmly believe that each woman who serves herself first has a deeper capacity to serve those around her.”

Kelly dedicates her work toward promoting self-care to her husband and three children.
 

Emily Hanka, MA, IC® loves working with people and is passionate about helping people achieve health and wellness in all aspects of work and life. She works for Totally Coached, Inc., an Arizona-based company founded in 1998, which created the first coach training program specifically for health and wellness professionals and is annually featured by the Wellness Councils of America as setting the standard for coaching in health.
 
As the Liaison for New Intrinsic Coach® Professionals & Advanced Certifications she initially learned Intrinsic Coaching® to help people live more fully-alive lives at work and sees that the proven, accepted, respected, and discernibly different Intrinsic Coaching® methodology does that and more.

She can personally attest to the profound benefits, increased self-care and health that learning the Intrinsic Coaching® methodology has brought to her own life and relationships. And she believes that with Intrinsic Coaching®, not only can women in healthcare help others live a healthier life and they can learn it to make a better life for themselves, too.

“When I heard what Anna created with National Association of Women in Health Care, I knew I wanted join her. I’m excited about contributing to what NAWHC is bringing together from their mission, to the support network and resources. I truly believe that when we come together the benefits of our collaboration extend and expand beyond anything we create on our own.”

Emily has an MA in Psychology with an emphasis in Management Consulting and Organizational Leadership. She has experience in leadership, organizational development, and working in health coaching. Emily wants as many people as possible, as soon as possible, to have the goodness and results of learning Intrinsic Coaching® for themselves. Residing in Minneapolis, MN, Emily also loves hiking, live music, yoga and lives with her partner, dog and cat. She also spends time in Scottsdale, AZ working at the Totally Coached, Inc. headquarters and enjoys weaving the new dimension brought by Intrinsic Coaching® into everything she does.

 
Sue Ludwig, OT is the president and founder of the National Association of Neonatal Therapists. She has been a practicing occupational therapist since 1993 and a neonatal therapist at the University Hospital in Cincinnati since 1996. Sue has successfully completed the Advanced Competency in Developmental Care through the National Association of Neonatal Nurses and is a member of their Education Provider Committee.
 
Sue is a sought after speaker, touring nationally to present topics such as: the role of therapy in the NICU, developmental care, oral feeding in the NICU, and positioning and handling of the neonate. She has published articles related to feeding and developmental care in the NICU, co-developed the Infant-Driven Feeding Scales™, and co-plans the only national conference dedicated to neonatal therapists. Sue is also a published poet.

Sue lives in Ohio with her husband and two children.

 
Marsha Millonig, MBA, RPH is the President/CEO of Catalyst Enterprises, LLC, a health care consulting firm dedicated to creating change. It specializes in projects that allow pharmacy, distribution and manufacturing clients to be more efficient and/or value-added providers of healthcare services toward improved health outcomes.
 
Marsha served as VP, Research and Information for the Healthcare Distribution Management Association (HDMA) and headed the philanthropic HDMA Healthcare Foundation until 2002. Prior to HDMA, Marsha worked with chain pharmacy executives on professional & government affairs issues for the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS.) She completed the American Society of Health System Pharmacy (ASHP) Executive Residency in Association Management in 1983.

Her BS in Pharmacy is from the University of Minnesota and her M.B.A. from the University of Maryland. She a practicing pharmacist and pharmacist immunizer, having volunteered at the Whitman Walker Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Clinic in Washington D.C. from 1995-2002.

Her knowledge of cutting-edge business issues among all segments of the pharmaceutical supply system is sought by many clients. She co-authored a book with William Tindall, PhD on innovative pharmacist services called “Pharmaceutical Care: Insights from Community Pharmacists.” Her newest work, “100 MTM Tips for Pharmacists” was published by APhA in 2008.

“I am excited and honored to be part of the NAWHC Advisory Board. We dedicate ourselves to improving the care of others through our work in health care, but we often fail to make our own self-care a priority. It’s easy to make promises to take care of ourselves, but then the stresses and demands of our daily lives put those promises on the back burner! NAWHC and its network of supportive women will help us change that, and ourselves, for the better.”

 
Beve Butler Smith, RN, MSN, CHCC has led healthcare teams in many areas of practice including acute care, tertiary care, ambulatory care, insurance industry and as a senior executive with the provider side of health care. She has served as an auditor for compliance both in the private sector and as a governmental appointed reviewer and has built a solid consulting reputation working with providers who are under an Integrity Agreement by the Department of Justice in four states.

Beve holds dual master’s degrees in Adult Healthcare Administration and Science of Nursing and has national certification in eleven areas of healthcare compliance. She has served as consultant to over 150 medical practices in North and South Carolina and Virginia.

Beve has been a guest lecturer for many national organizations such as APhA, National Association of Accountants, National Dental Association, Certified Professional Coders, and ACMA. She has served on the Indiana State University School of Business Advisory Council for over five years. Other Advisory Board positions held are Home Care Providers Board, Open Door Clinic Board, and Advanced Home Care Advisory.

 
Morgana Morgaine, RN, MA is a Registered Nurse with a long time career in Health Care. She holds an MA in Counseling and Expressive Arts Therapy and a Certification as a Life Choices Coach. She is trained in Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction from Duke Integrative Medicine at Duke University. Her coaching practice attracts women who are interested in turning depression into expression, making the most of midlife meltdowns, and using laughter and play to engage more fully with themselves. She coaches individuals and groups internationally and conducts telecourses on relevant topics to assist women to “LIVE LIFE FULL OUT”! As an Educator and Trainer, Morgana conducts a variety of workshops including “Living Your Life Through The Lens of Laughter”, “The Art of Clowning”, & “The Holy Fool:  Re-Discovering Joy And Meaning Through Play. She speaks on: “Turning Working Professionals into Healthy Humorists, One Red Nose at a Time!” to conferences, professional organizations, health care providers, staff retreats and anyone who finds laughter essential to well being!

 
Donna M. Cestone is a recent Past President of the New Jersey Pharmacists Association (NJPhA). She most recently served in 2005-06 as NJPhA Chairperson, Board of Trustees. In 2004-05, she served as NJPhA President and in 2003-04 she was elected and served as NJPhA First Vice President/President Elect and Membership Committee Chairperson. In 2003, she performed all of the duties acting as the Second Vice President of NJPhA having volunteered to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of that officer in 2002. These duties included acting as Convention Chairperson. Over the last fifteen years she has served as Chair, Vice Chair or member of a number of New Jersey Pharmacists Association committees, including the Membership Committee, Pharmacy Practice Committee, Permanent Organization Committee, Awards Committee, and was responsible for re-instating the NJPhA House of Delegates process after a 30-year hiatus, serving as Chairperson of the House of Delegates Ad-Hoc Committee and Board of Directors since its inception in 1996. She has also served as Secretary and on the Nominating Committee for the New Jersey Academy of Consultant Pharmacists Executive Committee after completing her requirements for certification as a Consultant Pharmacist in the State of New Jersey. And she is a specialist in diabetes education, having completed the NJPhA Disease Management Program in Diabetes Mellitus.

Donna’s dedication to the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) is evidenced by her service for the past 20 years as a delegate to the APhA House, Media Advisor and as a member of the APhA Foundation’s first Scholarship Review Committee, Exhibits Advisory Committee, Public Affairs Reference Committee, House of Delegates Committee on Nominations and the first APhA House of Delegates Policy Review Committee, and recently, in 2006, as Chairperson, APhA House of Delegates Policy Review Committee. Donna is also a specialist certified in immunization delivery, having completed in September 2006, the APhA Pharmacy Based Immunization Delivery:  Certificate Program for Pharmacists. Other professional affiliations have included membership in the American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP), International Pharmacists Federation (FIP), National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA), and the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP).

Additionally, Donna has served the United States Hospitality Committee to Pharmacy World Congress and the Northeast Pharmaceutical Conference Planning Committee. She is also a Media Specialist and Advisor, has written for and is serving the Editorial Advisory Panel of Pharmacy Times, served as Senior Advisor to a major New York health care public relations firm, and has received numerous awards for her professional work.

Donna received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Communication from Douglass College at Rutgers University.  She is a Consumer Safety Officer at the Food and Drug Administration, Center for Drugs and Evaluation and Research, Office of Training and Communication, Division of Drug Information. Donna’s broad-based experience in the industry, community, managed care, clinical pharmacy and government areas over 20 years, has enabled her to merge her skills in business management and organization with her extensive knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry and profession.