Faculty

Nursing Faculty

Joanne Catanzarita, MS, RN
Associate Professor
MS: SUNY IT at Utica Rome, Utica, NY
BS: SUNY IT at Utica Rome, Utica, NY
AAS: Crouse Hospital School of Nursing, Syracuse, NY

Kaitlyn Chase, MS, RN
Instructor
MS: SUNY Delhi, Delhi, NY
BS: St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY

Joan Dadey, MS, RN, PNP
Assistant Professor
MS: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
BS: SUNY Binghamton, Binghamton, NY

Susan Dietz, MS, RN
Associate Professor
Post-Master’s Certificate, Nursing Education: SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
MS: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
BS: SUNY COT at Utica Rome, Utica, NY
Diploma: Crouse Irving Memorial Hospital School of Nursing, Syracuse, NY

Kathleen Fischer, MA, RN
Assistant Professor
MA: New York University, New York, NY
BSN: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

Christol Jennings, DNP, RN
Assistant Professor
DNP: Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, AZ
MS: Chamberlain University, Downers Grove, IL
BS: Utica College, Utica, NY
AAS: Crouse Hospital School of Nursing, Syracuse, NY

Janice Lawrence, MS, RN, ANP, GNP
Associate Professor
MS: SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
BS: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Diploma: Cambrian College, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

Ann Lesselroth, MS, RN, CNE
Associate Professor
MS: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
BS: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
AAS: Alfred State College, Alfred, NY

Rosemary Marshall, MS, RN
Associate Professor
MS: SUNY Upstate, Syracuse, NY
BS: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
AAS: Crouse Hospital School of Nursing, Syracuse, NY

Doreen Masella, MS, RN
Associate Professor
MS: SUNY IT at Utica Rome, Utica, NY
BS: SUNY IT at Utica Rome, Utica, NY
AAS: Broome Community College, Binghamton, NY

Johanna McKenna, MS, RN
Assistant Professor
MS: Keuka College, Keuka Park, NY
BS: Keuka College, Keuka Park, NY
AAS: St. Joseph’s College of Nursing, Syracuse, NY

Maureen Northrup, MS, RN
Assistant Professor
MS: Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, AZ
BS: Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, AZ
AAS: Pomeroy College of Nursing at Crouse Hospital, Syracuse, NY

Gina Sansone, DNP, RN, CNE
Assistant Professor
DNP: Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, AZ
MS: State University of New York Polytechnic Institute, Utica, NY
BS: Utica College, Utica, NY
AAS: Crouse Hospital College of Nursing, Syracuse, NY

Eileen Sharp, MS, RN, PNP
Assistant Professor
MS: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
BS: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
AS: Onondaga Community College, Syracuse, NY

Lisa Spagnoli, MSN, RN
Assistant Professor
MS: Keuka College, Keuka Park, NY
BS: Roberts Wesleyan College, Rochester, NY
AAS: Delaware County Community College at Chester County Hospital, Westchester, PA

Bridget Sunkes, MS, RN
Assistant Professor
MS: SUNY IT Utica Rome, Utica, NY
BS: SUNY IT Utica Rome, Utica, NY
AAS: Crouse Hospital College of Nursing, Syracuse, NY

Amy Szczesniak, MS, RN, CPXP
Assistant Professor
MSN: Keuka College, Keuka Park, NY
BS: Russell Sage College, Troy, NY

Shirley Williams, MS, RN, ANP
Associate Professor
MS: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
BS: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

Ashley Zimmerman, MS, RN, CNE
Associate Professor
MS: Le Moyne College, Syracuse, NY
BS: SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
AAS: Crouse Hospital College of Nursing, Syracuse, NY

Adjunct Nursing Faculty

Katelyn Bill, MS, RN
MS: SUNY Polytechnic Institute, Utica, NY
BS: Utica College, Utica, NY
AAS: Crouse Hospital School of Nursing

Rhonda Coventry, MS, RN
MS: Aspen University, Denver, CO
BS: Roberts Wesleyan College, Rochester, NY
AAS: Cayuga Community College, Auburn, NY

Karen Grant, MSN, RN
MS: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
BS: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

Jennifer Harwood, BS, RN
MS: Western Governor’s (in progress)
BS: Utica College, Utica, NY
AAS: Onondaga Community College, Syracuse, NY

Carol McCaffrey, MS, RN
MS: SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
BS: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
AAS: Crouse Irving Memorial Hospital School of Nursing, Syracuse, NY

Mackenzie Prince, BSN, RN
MS: Utica University, Utica, NY (in progress)
BS: Keuka College, Keuka Park, NY
AAS: Pomeroy College of Nursing at Crouse Hospital, Syracuse, NY

Lula Townsend, BSN, RN
MS: (in progress)
BS: University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

 

DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nursing Faculty

An acronym for Diseases Attacking the Immune System, The DAISY Foundation was established in November 1999 honoring J. Patrick Barnes who died at the age of 33 from complications of idiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura (ITP).  The nursing care Patrick received when hospitalized profoundly touched his family and The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses was created. The goal was to ensure that nurses know how deserving they are of our society’s profound respect for the education, training, brainpower, and skill they put into their work, and especially for the caring with which they deliver their care. Crouse Hospital began awarding the DAISY Award in spring 2015 with a Crouse RN honored each month.

The DAISY Foundation, as a part of its service to the nursing profession’s role in patient care, established The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nursing Faculty. The purpose of this program is to provide to colleges/schools of nursing a national recognition program they may use to demonstrate appreciation to teachers for their commitment and inspirational influence on their students. The Foundation hopes that, this program will contribute to a positive work environment for faculty in schools.

Our DAISY Faculty Award honorees personify Pomeroy College of Nursing’s remarkable impact on students and their patients. They consistently demonstrate excellence through their nursing/clinical expertise and extraordinary compassionate care, and they are recognized as outstanding role models in our nursing community.

Our DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nursing Faculty recipients:

• 2023 – Amy Szczesniak, MS, RN, CPXP
• 2022 – Christol Jennings, DNP, RN
• 2021 – Lisa Spagnoli, MSN, RN
• 2020 – Ashley Zimmerman, MS, RN, CNE
• 2019 – Anne Jacobs, MSN, RN, CNE
• 2018 – Eileen Sharp, MS, RN, PNP
• 2017 – Rosemary Marshall, MS, RN
• 2016 – Joanne Catanzarita, MS, RN