2022 Board of Directors Elections
Boston, MA; October 7, 2022 – SONSIEL, the first global organization committed to educating and empowering nurses to ideate, create, and deliver innovative solutions, is pleased to announce the election of its president-elect and six new members to its Board of Directors.
“SONSIEL is excited to announce our president-elect and welcome the newly elected board members. We look forward to their leadership in continuing to further our mission and vision on a global scale,” said Rebecca Love, MSN, RN, FIEL, President.
Joining in the capacity of the next Board President starting on January 1, 2023, is SONSIEL co-founder and Director of Center of Innovations in Care Delivery at Massachusetts General Hospital, Hiyam Nadel, MBA, RN, CCG. Hiyam brings years of experience as a nurse leader specializing in maternal health, design thinking, and healthcare innovation.
“We congratulate Hiyam on being elected our next President and extend a warm welcome to our new Board Members. I look forward to leveraging their expertise and insight as we continue to empower nurses around the globe in championing innovation at the bedside and beyond,” said Nico Sciasci, MS, FIEL, Executive Director.
Newly elected Board of Director members joining us:
Rachael Acker - VP, Experience Strategy & Research, Mad*Pow, and Innovation, Strategy & Product Consulting, HealthHero, Boston, MA
Andrea Jaramillo, BSN, RN - Hospice and Clinical Research Nurse, Nurse Consultant, Certified Forest Therapy Guide and Nurse Farmer, Boston, MA
Lianne Jeffs, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, FCAN - Scientific Director, Institute for the Science of Care and Innovation, Research and Innovation Lead, Senior Clinician Scientist Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health and Associate Professor (status), Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Olga Kagan, Ph.D., RN, CIMI, FHIMSS - Healthcare Consultant, Educator, Founder of Food Allergy Nurses Interest Group (FANI) and Chair, Nursing Committee, HIMSS NYS Chapter, NY, Great Neck, NY
Joshua Littlejohn, MPH, MSN, RN, CSPO - Product Manager, Nurse Experience, IntelyCare, Boston, MA
Amy Rose Taylor, MSN, MBA, RN - Chief of Staff to CEO at WellMed, New York, NY
Board of Director members continuing to serve their terms:
Mary Lou Ackerman, MBA, RN - Secretary, SONSIEL; Vice President - Innovation, SE Health, Canada
Nancy Nager, MSN, RN - Treasurer, SONSIEL; Boston, MA
Julia Cooney, BSN, RN - Executive Committee Member, SONSIEL, Detroit Area, MI
Noah Hendler, MSN, MPS, RN, APRN, FNP-C, - Executive Committee Member, SONSIEL, Fairfield, CT
Peter Preziosi, Ph.D., RN, CAE - Team Lead – Quality, Standards, Credentials, World Health Organization Academy, Philadelphia, PA
About SONSIEL
SONSIEL is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and is a national and international platform for nurses, to engage and advocate for nursing’s role in influencing and directly impacting health and the healthcare ecosystem through innovation and entrepreneurship. Nurses are on the front lines, working with all healthcare team members to keep patients and the community safe. For more information about SONSIEL, please visit https://sonsiel.org/. Follow SONSIEL on LinkedIn (@SONSEIL), Twitter (@SONSIELNurse); Facebook (@SONSIELnurse); and Instagram (@SONSIELNURSE).