2006 Gala Photos

Eastern Connecticut Region

State Rep. Lenny Winkler, LPN and Awardee with Attorney General Richard Blumenthal. State Representative Lenny Winkler with VNASC Board Chair, Thomas Sheridan (l) and Mr. Winkler (r)
Left to Right Irene Miller, Nightingale Recipient ’03  Lynn Malerba RN Vice Chair of the Mohegan Tribal Council, Mr. Malerba, Diantha McMorrow, Nightingale Recipient ‘04 Keynote Speaker Anita Repp, RN, Volunteer from Doctors Without Borders and VNASC Nursen.
UCONN School of Nursing Awardee, Mary-Ellen Hobson and UCONN SON Faculty 

Nightingale Salute - from The Day  - Click on above image for enlargement

Fairfield County Region

Seated:  Keynote Speaker Terry Quell, Fairfield University;  Mary Schuler, Norwalk Community College; Karen Banks, CT Nurses Association;Carol deBlois, Bridgeport Hospital School of Nursing.  Standing: Barbara Piscopo, Western CT State Univ., Anne Rich and Suzanne Cottle, both from host agency Visiting Nurse and Hospice Care. Staff from Ridgefield VNA left to right Sandy Weinberg, Crystal Green, Theresa Santora, Linda King, Ann Hawkins, Eileeen Wilson, Maggie Hrdina, KathyKelly and Hansel Scherwenik.  Nightingale honorees were Theresa Santora, Ann Hawkins and Maggie Hrdina.
Honorees Bridget Perun, Regional Hospice of Western CT; Jo-Ann Brown, Danbury Hospital, Joan Guariglia, Danbury Hospital. Honoree Mary Hugo Nielson, Stamford Hospital  with manager Kristin Winbigler.
Participants  in the Nightingale ceremonies  Ann Faraguna, Danbury VNA; Anne Rich and Suzanne Cottle, Visiting Nurse and Hospice Care of SW CT; Lisa Smith, Greenwich Hospital. Honoree Shubnum Singh of Norwalk Hospital arrives for the Nightingale gala with her family.

Hartford Region

Nightingale Honoree, Cynthia Blozie, RN, of St. Francis Hospital (far right) celebrates with her guests. Guest speaker Hilarie Jones, RN, APRN, read her poem, “The Nurses”
Nursing academics gather at the Nightingale event:  Julia Rosa of Capital Community College with Cindy Adams, Director of Nursing for Capital Community College, and Mary Jane Williams, of the University of Hartford. Connecticut Department of Public Health Deputy Commissioner Dr. Norma Gyle presented Governor Jodi Rell’s well-wishes and thanks to honorees and all nurses.
Jeanne Kessler, RN, BSN of Hartford Hospital (middle) with guests. All nurses in the audience (half the room) stood up to be recognized during the event.
 

Ellen Rothberg (far left), President and CEO of VNA Health Care and host of the Greater Hartford Nightingale Awards and Nancy Culos (far right), VNA Health Care Vice President of Clinical Operations flank the Agency’s Nightingale honorees Mary Jane Bernabe, RN, BSN, Carol Sheridan, RN, and Pat Srenaski, RN, BSN

New Haven Region

Joanne Walsh, President & CEO of the VNA of South Central CT with the agency's Board Chair, Ned  Miller of Ned Miller Associates Janice Civitello, Administrator of CareSource, Inc. with Anne Barker of Sacred Heart University and a member of the CareSource, Inc. Board.

Nightingale honoree, Lisa McKeon RN of the VNA/SCC with her Family

Nightingale honoree, Terry Hamley BSN, RN of the VNA of South Central CT  

Nursing School Deans (L to R)

Janice Thompson, Chair, Department of Nursing - Quinnipiac University 

Cesarina Thompson, Chairperson, Department of Nursing- Southern CT State University

Shelia Solernou, Division Director, Nursing- Gateway Community College

Dori Taylor Sullivan, Director, Nursing Program- Sacred Heart University 

Lois Sadler, Professor and Acting Dean of Academic Affairs- Yale School of Nursing 

Hospital of St. Raphael

Left to Right – 1st Row: Anne Healey, Debbie Cenotti, Mary Kuncas VP, Patient Services, Charles Riordan, M.D., VP, Medical Affairs

Left to Right – 2nd Row: Sister Joan Granville VP, Mission Services, June Pierce, Kathy Heard, Judy Catalano, Elizabeth Conrad VP, Human Resources, Lisa Guerrieri

 
One of the evenings Toast masters- Sue Fitzsimons, RN, PhD Sr. Vice President Patient Services, Yale New Haven Hosptial