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About the foundation

Established in January 2005, the Nursing2007 Foundation operates independently from Nursing2007 journal and its publisher, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a Wolters Kluwer company. The journal has donated resources and funding to the foundation. The Nursing2007 Foundation is an operating project under the Trust Counselors Network, a subsidiary of the Trust Counselors Network, Inc. (TCN), which was formed as a Pennsylvania not-for–profit corporation. The IRS determination became official for the 501 (c) (3) on Dec 13, 1993. And the status as a publicly supported organization described in section 509(a) (1) and 170 (b) (a) (A) (iv) of the code. A four-person board currently makes the decisions on the mission and work of the foundation and is in the process of developing by-laws and committees. Bylaws were adopted for the organization in March 2006.

Nursing2007 Foundation Board of Directors

The board currently has the following nurse-members:

• Anne Woods, RN, CRNP, APRN,BC, MSN, President and Chief Executive Officer
• Patrick Kenny, RN, ACRN, CAN,BC,C, EdD, Vice-President and Secretary
• Helen Miramontes, RN, MSN, FAAN, Board Member

The board is seeking new members to help the foundation reach its strategic goals.

	Anne Woods is the Director of Journal Strategy and Development for the medical, nursing, and international journals at Wolters Kluwer Health, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Anne has over 23 years' experience in healthcare. She earned her BSN at West Chester University and her MSN from LaSalle University. She's worked extensively in critical care as a staff nurse, educator, manager, and clinical coordinator. She worked part-time for many years as a nurse practitioner in primary care and is now working part-time as a nurse practitioner in critical care. She's also adjunct faculty for Immaculata University's Department of Nursing and has been a planning panel member for several national nursing conferences. Anne has published and lectured extensively on critical care and primary care topics and has won multiple awards for her writing. She's also a healthcare consultant for a legal firm in Philadelphia.
	Patrick Kenny is director of nursing education and research at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center in Philadelphia, Pa. His areas of interest and expertise include 25 years in HIV/AIDS care and education, mental health, and geriatrics. He's certified in AIDS nursing, nursing administration, and gerontology. Patrick has worked as a staff nurse in long term care, mental health nursing, hospice nursing, and HIV/AIDS care; he's also worked as a nursing supervisor, director of nursing, and an educator in practical nursing, associate degree, diploma, baccalaureate, and master's degree programs in nursing. He was a founding member of the AIDS Task Force of Philadelphia and served as its secretary. Currently President of the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association, he's spoken extensively throughout the United States on HIV/AIDS, prevention of medication errors, and men in nursing.
	Helen M. Miramontes is a clinical professor emerita from the School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), where she did HIV/AIDS research, teaching and policy work. During her tenure at UCSF, Helen was also the Nurse Coordinator for the Pacific AIDS Education & Training Center. She has significant experience and expertise in education, training, and curriculum development about many HIV/AIDS issues and has provided numerous consultations to the HIV/AIDS Bureau at HRSA, the International Training and Education Center (I-TECH), the U.S. Army Community Health nurses, the Australian Nursing Federation, the American Nurses Association, AIDS Atlanta, and others. Helen also has extensive experience in advocacy and HIV/AIDS policy issues. As president of the California Nurses Association during the mid 1980s, Helen was an outspoken activist on the HIV epidemic in California legislative and policy issues, as well as, serving as an expert witness/advocate on national HIV/AIDS issues for the American Nurses Association. She was on President Clinton's HIV/AIDS Advisory Council for over 5 years and, as the co-chair of the Research Subcommittee, was a strong advocate for HIV/AIDS vaccines and microbicides. Helen has received numerous awards for her HIV/AIDS work and activism.
	President Emeritus Cheryl Mee formerly was the editor-in-chief of Nursing2007--a journal that's received multiple national awards for editorial excellence over its 35-year history. Cheryl herself has received multiple national awards for her editorials in the journal. Her clinical background includes many years as a certified critical care nurse, critical care clinical specialist, and medical/surgical nurse manager. She led the planning panel for the Nursing2007 Symposium, an annual national conference. A member of Sigma Theta Tau, Cheryl is active in numerous nursing organizations. She serves as the Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association and as a Trustee of the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association Foundation. In 2003, she received the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association highest award--the Distinguished Nurse Award. Cheryl teaches nurses as Adjunct Faculty at Immaculata University in Pennsylvania and serves as a member of the Clinical Practice Committee of the Academy of Medical Surgical Nurses. She's the nurse liaison for the Americans for Native Americans, which helps Native American nursing students through mentorship and student exchange programs. Her MSN is in Adult Health and Illness, and she's currently pursuing an MBA degree. She practices in a clinic for the working poor.

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Content posted July 2007.