Election Results for 2023 NCC Board of Directors and Officers
December 27, 2022
Chicago, IL – December 2022 – The National Certification Corporation (NCC) is pleased to announce the outcome of the NCC Board of Directors and Officers election. Directors are elected by constituents through a slate approval process and officers are appointed by the Board of Directors. New and returning directors are listed below. The full Board of Director listing is available at
https://www.nccwebsite.org/NCC-Leadership.aspx
New & Renewed Term Appointments:
Carol Wallman, DNP, APRN, NNP-BC, was re-elected to the Board of Directors and re-appointed to serve as President of NCC.
Dr. Wallman is the Associate Professor and Coordinator of the NNP Program at Loretta Heights School of Nursing at Regis University, Denver, Colorado.
EducationDNP, Regis University, Denver, Colorado
MSN, University of Colorado
NNP Certificate, University of Colorado and the Children’s Hospital of Denver, Colorado
BSN, University of South Carolina
NCC ServicePresident of NCC - 2022 to present
Director, NCC Board of Directors – 2020 to present
NCC NNP Content Team Member
NCC CertificationNNP-BC, Neonatal Nurse Practitioner - since 1989
Beth R. Steinfeld, DNP, WHNP-BC, FNYAM, a current director was appointed to serve as Vice-President NCC.
Dr. Steinfeld is the Chair of Advanced Level Nursing Programs, Program Director of the WHNP Program, and Assistant Professor at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York.
EducationDNP, Nesbitt College of Pharmacy & Nursing, Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
MS in Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner, College of Nursing, State University of New York, SUNY Downstate, Brooklyn, New York
Certificate in Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner, Planned Parenthood NYC & SUNY Downstate, Brooklyn, New York
BS in Nursing, College of Nursing, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island
NCC Service Director, NCC Board of Directors – 2021 to present
Continuing Education Reviewer
NCC Certification WHNP-BC, Women’s Health Care Nurse Practitioner - since 1991
Tonnyann T. Swinton, DNP, NPD-BC, RNC-OB, C-EFM, C-ONQS, was re-elected to the Board of Directors and re-appointed to serve as the Secretary-Treasurer of NCC.
Ms. Swinton is the Division Vice President Clinical Education, Center for Clinical Advancement HCA Healthcare, Central West Texas Division in Pearland, Texas.
EducationDNP University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama
MSN University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama
BSN New York University, New York, New York
NCC ServiceSecretary-Treasurer of NCC – 2022 to present
Director, NCC Board of Directors – 2020 to present
Inpatient Obstetric Nursing Content Team
NCC CertificationRNC-OB, Inpatient Obstetric Nurse - since 2004
C-EFM, Electronic Fetal Monitoring - since 2006
C-ONQS, Obstetric and Neonatal Quality and Safety – since 2021
Susan A. Hoffman, BSN, RNC-MNN, RNC-OB, was elected as a director of NCC.
Ms. Hoffman is the Clinical Manager of Family Birthplace at Carroll-Hospital Center in Westminster, Maryland.
EducationBS, York College of Pennsylvania, York, Pennsylvania
BA, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
NCC ServiceMaternal Newborn Nursing Content Team
NCC CertificationRNC-MNN, Maternal Newborn Nursing – since 2012
RNC-OB, Inpatient Obstetric Nursing, – since 2021
Cynthia F. Krening, MS, RNC-OB, C-EFM, was elected as a director of NCC.
Ms. Krening is a Perinatal Clinical Nurse Specialist at St. Joseph Hospital in Denver, Colorado.
EducationMSN, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado
BSN, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado
NCC ServiceElectronic Fetal Monitoring Content Team
Inpatient Obstetric Nursing Content Team
NCC CertificationRNC-OB, Inpatient Obstetric Nursing, – since 1988
C-EFM, Electronic Fetal Monitoring – since 1998
Eric Stanley Peeples, M.D., Ph.D., C-NNIC, was elected as a director of NCC.
Dr. Peeples is an Associate Professor at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, the Medical Director of the Neonatal Neuroscience ICU at Children’s Hospital & Medical Center, and the Attending Neonatologist at Children’s Hospital & Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska.
EducationPh.D., Clinical & Translational Research, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
MD, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska
BS, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska
NCC ServiceAuthor and Editor – Handbook of Neonatal Neurology
NCC Certification
C-NNIC, Neonatal Neuro-Intensive Care – since 2020
Jean Salera-Vieira, DNP, PNS, APRN-CNS, RNC-OB, C-EFM, C-ONQS, was elected to serve as the Certified Nurse Representative to the Nominating Committee.
Ms. Salera-Vieira is the Director of Clinical Program Development for the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN), Washington, District of Columbia and Adjunct Faculty Rhode Island College, Providence, Rhode Island.
EducationDNP Rhode Island College, Providence, Rhode Island
Post-MS Certificate, PNS, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
MSN, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island
BSN, Rhode Island College, Providence, Rhode Island
BA in Social Work, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire
NCC ServiceDirector, NCC Board of Directors – 2014 to 2019
Member, Inpatient Obstetric Content Team
Nominations Committee
Policy Review Committee
NCC CertificationRNC-OB, Inpatient Obstetric Nursing – since 2002
C-EFM, Electronic Fetal Monitoring – since 2002
C-ONQS, Obstetric and Neonatal Quality and Safety – since 2020
Pam Sullivan was appointed to serve as the NCC Board Public Member.
Ms. Sullivan is a Real Estate Broker serving the greater Chicago area, Westmont, Illinois.
EducationBA Psychology, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
NCC welcomes their knowledge, expertise and support.
Outgoing Directors, Officers and Public Member:
Long-term Director and Vice-President,
Susan Dendrinos, MSN, RNC-MNN, has left the NCC Board after serving for 6 years and long-term Director and past Secretary-Treasurer
Darla Baker, MS, RNC-OB, CNM, NEA-BC, C-EFM has left the NCC Board after serving for 6 years.
Andrew Combs, MD, PhD has left the NCC Board after serving for 3 years. NCC has been fortunate to have had their wisdom and leadership over the past years.
ABOUT NCC: The National Certification Corporation (NCC) is a not for profit organization that provides a national certification program for nurses, physicians, and other licensed health care professionals. Certification is awarded to nurses in the obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal specialties and subspecialty certifications are awarded to licensed health care professionals in the subspecialty areas of electronic fetal monitoring, care of the extremely low birth weight neonate, neonatal neuro-intensive care and neonatal pediatric transport. Since its inception in 1975, NCC has awarded certifications to more than 190,000 licensed health care professionals.