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
Assistant Professor
MS: SUNY Delhi, Delhi, NY
BS: St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY

Danielle Cowell, BSN, RN
Instructor
MS: Excelsior University, Albany, NY (in progress)
BS: Chamberlain University, Addison, IL
AAS: Pomeroy College of Nursing at Crouse Hospital, Syracuse, NY

Joan Dadey, MS, RN, PNP
Associate 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

Lynn Givas, MS, RN
Associate Professor
MSN: Chamberlain College of Nursing, Addison, IL
BSN: Le Moyne College, Syracuse, NY
Diploma: Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital SON, Lebanon, NH

Christol Jennings, DNP, RN
Associate Professor
DNP: Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, AZ
MSN: Chamberlain University, Addison, IL
BSN: 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

Pamela McCabe, BSN, RN
Instructor
MSN: SUNY Polytechnic Institute, Utica, NY (in progress)
BSN: Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
BA: Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, 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

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

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

Stephen Stewart, MSN, MSEd, RN, CNEcl
Associate Professor
MSN: Capella University, Minneapolis, MN
MSEd: Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
BS: Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
AAS: Crouse Hospital School of Nursing, Syracuse, NY

Johanna Stumbo, 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

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, FNP-BC, 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, Syracuse, NY

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

Ann Grosso, MS, RN
MS: SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
BS: SUNY Institute of Technology, Utica, NY
AAS: Trocaire College, Buffalo, NY

Dorothy Haag, MS, RN
MS: SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
BS: SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
AAS: Crouse Hospital School of Nursing, Syracuse, NY

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

Shejla Hujdur, MSN-FNP, RN
MSN: Le Moyne College, Syracuse, NY
BSN: SUNY Delhi, Delhi, NY
AAS: Pomeroy College of Nursing at Crouse Hospital, 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:

• 2025 – Lisa Spagnoli, MSN, RN
• 2024 – Amy Szczesniak, MS, RN, CPXP
• 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