2026 ANA-NY Election

Meet the Candidates

We asked the candidates in the 2026 ANA-NY Election to record short videos addressing the following prompt:

Please speak to what innovative programs and/or benefits you believe would be of value to younger ANA-NY members.

Meet the candidates and watch their video responses below.

Click about to watch a brief message from ANA-NY President, Connie Perkins, PhD, RN, CNE, regarding the 2026 ANA-NY election.

Candidate(s) for President & ANA Membership Assembly Representative

(Vote for 1)

1
Connie Perkins, PhD, RN, CNE
St. Bonaventure, NY

Candidate(s) for Treasurer

(Vote for 1)

2
Elisa Mancuso, RNC-NIC, MS, FNS, AE-C
Islip Terrace, NY 

Candidate(s) for Director-at-Large

(Vote for 3)

3
Christina Bierling-Norris, PhD, RN, NPD-BC
Fishkill, NY 
4
Denise Higgins, DNP, MSN, RN
Brooklyn, NY
Emily Tricarico
Emily Tricarico, BSN, RN
Massapequa, NY 
6
Kerlene Richards, DNP, MBA, RN, NE-BC, CCRN
Hempstead, NY
7
Nadia Joseph, MSN, RN, MEDSURG-BC, GERO-BC, CNEcl
Franklin Square, NY
8
Stacey Jackson Harley, MA, BSN, RN
Freeport, NY 

Candidate(s) for Nominations & Elections Committee

(Vote for 2)

9
Jennifer Rosen, MSN, RN, NE-BC
Merrick, NY
10
Kellie Albert, BSN, RN
Stanley, NY