The Board of Directors and Officers
The Board of Directors is responsible for conducting the business
of CNSA which includes: setting and acting on policy, managing funds
and managing and distributing awards. The board of directors, except
the regional directors, are elected each year at the National Assembly.
[Past Board of Directors]
Mailing Address
Fifth Avenue Court
99 Fifth Avenue, Suite 15
Ottawa, ON
K1S 5K4
613.235.3150
Current Board of Directors and Officers
Valid: April 1, 2010 - March 31, 2011

President / Président
Branden Shepitka (Laurentian University)
email: president@cnsa.ca

Vice President & Director of Inter/IntraProfessional Education
and Research /
Vice-président & Directeur de l'éducation
inter/intra professionnelle et recherche
Robyn Power (Memorial University - Centre for Nursing)
email: vp@cnsa.ca

Director of Communications / Directrice des communications
Cyndi Jones (St. Lawrence College - Kingston Campus / Laurentian University)
email: communications@cnsa.ca

Director of Membership Services /
Directeur des services aux membres
Carla Pittman (Memorial University - Centre for Nursing)
email: services@cnsa.ca

Directeur du bilinguisme et de la traduction /
Director of Bilingualism and Translation
Alexandre Pare (Université de Moncton)
email: translation@cnsa.ca

Director of International Health /
Directrice de la santé internationale
Betty Ng (University of Alberta)
email: international@cnsa.ca

Director of National Career and Leadership Development /
Directeur nationale de développement du leadership et de carrière
Jesse Woodward (Grant MacEwan University)
email: leadership@cnsa.ca

National Conference Director / Directrice du congrès national
Matthew Smith (McMaster University/Mohawk College/Conestoga College)
email: conference@cnsa.ca

Atlantic Regional Director / Directrice régionale de l’Atlantique
Angela Bryan (University of Prince Edward Island)
email: atlantic@cnsa.ca

Directrice régionale du Québec / Quebec Regional Director
Jessica Gramont (McGill University)
email: quebec@cnsa.ca

Ontario Regional Director / Directeur régional de l’Ontario
Jamie Kyriacou (Laurentian University / Université Laurentienne)
email: ontario@cnsa.ca

Prairies Regional Director / Directrice régionale des Prairies
Supriya Nishtala (University College of the North)
email: prairie@cnsa.ca

Western Regional Director / Directrice régionale de l’Ouest
Queenie Lee (University of Alberta)
email: west@cnsa.ca
Past President / Présidente antérieure
Tyler Kuhk BScN, GN (Lakehead University)
email: pastpresident@cnsa.ca

Administrative Officer / Agente administrative
Andrea Pinsent-Martineau
email: resource@cnsa.ca
Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing Representative /
Représentant de l'Association canadienne des écoles de sciences
infirmières
Vacant
email:
National Community and Public Health Officer / Administratrice nationale de la santé publique et de la communauté
Hannah McCuen (St. Lawrence College - Brockville Campus / Laurentian University)
email: community@cnsa.ca
Informatics Officer / Administrateur de l'informatique
Vacant
email: informatics@cnsa.ca
Diversity Officer / Administratrice de la diversité
Mary Strain (McMaster University/Mohawk College/Conestoga College)
email: diversity@cnsa.ca
Publications Officer / Administrateur des publications
Harmeet Minhas (University of Alberta)
email: publications@cnsa.ca
Officer of Education and Scholarship / Administrateur de l'éducation et de recherches
Krista Smith (Cape Breton University)
email:research@cnsa.ca