Board of Directors 2017-2018
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Matthew Machado, President
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth c/o 2019 Matthew is currently entering his junior year at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth pursuing a Bachelors of Science in Nursing. This is his second year working on the MaSNA board. He is interested in either emergency care or intensive care. He later wants to further his education to eventually become a Chief Nursing Officer. Aside from nursing, his major interests include Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Mixed Martial Arts. He hopes to connect with many professionals and students through SNA on both a national and local level and hopes to help enact change throughout the profession of nursing. Matt is excited to be involved in MaSNA and looks forward to working with the other board members and other nursing students from around the state. |
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Sydney Conti, Vice President
Boston College c/o 2019
Sydney is currently a Junior at Boston College's Connell School of Nursing. Sydney served as the Resolutions and Legislations Chair last year and is honored to serve as Vice President of the MaSNA board this year. After spending time in Guatemala learning the challenges of basic medical care in rural communities and interning at a homeless shelter for women and children in Boston, Sydney has developed a strong interest in public health nursing as well as pediatrics. Sydney believes that strong leaders are important in making change and she hopes to find many role models through MASNA as well as further cultivating the skills to be a strong leader herself.
Boston College c/o 2019
Sydney is currently a Junior at Boston College's Connell School of Nursing. Sydney served as the Resolutions and Legislations Chair last year and is honored to serve as Vice President of the MaSNA board this year. After spending time in Guatemala learning the challenges of basic medical care in rural communities and interning at a homeless shelter for women and children in Boston, Sydney has developed a strong interest in public health nursing as well as pediatrics. Sydney believes that strong leaders are important in making change and she hopes to find many role models through MASNA as well as further cultivating the skills to be a strong leader herself.
Erin Halas, Secretary
Worcester State University c/o 2018
Erin is currently a senior nursing student at Worcester State University. This is her first year on
the MASNA board. She is very excited to serve as secretary and connect with other nursing
students. She is the secretary of the Worcester State Student Nurses Association as well. Erin
works as a nursing assistant at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center on the Transplant Unit. She
enjoys working in this setting and hopes to continue her career in this field. Erin is thrilled to be
involved in MASNA and have the opportunity to further her leadership and communication
skills amongst other student nurses.
Worcester State University c/o 2018
Erin is currently a senior nursing student at Worcester State University. This is her first year on
the MASNA board. She is very excited to serve as secretary and connect with other nursing
students. She is the secretary of the Worcester State Student Nurses Association as well. Erin
works as a nursing assistant at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center on the Transplant Unit. She
enjoys working in this setting and hopes to continue her career in this field. Erin is thrilled to be
involved in MASNA and have the opportunity to further her leadership and communication
skills amongst other student nurses.
Helen Au, Treasurer
Boston College c/o 2018
Helen is a senior at Boston College's Connell School of Nursing. She is excited to be the Treasurer for the MaSNA board for her first year. Helen has a passion for nutrition and adult-gerontology. She is currently working as an Undergraduate Research Fellow focusing on behavioral interventions to improve cardiovascular outcomes among Asian Americans. Outside of nursing, Helen loves to travel and bake. Through MaSNA, Helen believes she will learn and develop the leadership skills necessary to not only become a competent nurse, but also a nurse leader
Boston College c/o 2018
Helen is a senior at Boston College's Connell School of Nursing. She is excited to be the Treasurer for the MaSNA board for her first year. Helen has a passion for nutrition and adult-gerontology. She is currently working as an Undergraduate Research Fellow focusing on behavioral interventions to improve cardiovascular outcomes among Asian Americans. Outside of nursing, Helen loves to travel and bake. Through MaSNA, Helen believes she will learn and develop the leadership skills necessary to not only become a competent nurse, but also a nurse leader
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Maria Meyer, Media Chair
Boston College c/o 2019 Maria is currently a junior at Boston College Connell School of Nursing. This is her second year on the MaSna Board, serving as the Community Health Chair last year and as Media Relations and Webmaster this year. She is interested in women's health and hopes to one day receive her Masters as a Women's Health Nurse Practitioner or Midwife. She enjoys being outdoors and hiking in her spare time. Her other interests include volunteering at Samaritans' Crisis Hotline and mentoring girls in the Boston Public Schools through Strong Women Strong Girls Mentoring. Maria is excited to strengthen her connections with nursing students across the state and learn more about nursing leadership on the MaSna board this year. |
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Natasha Boateng Wilson, Breakthrough to Nursing Chair
Boston College c/o 2018 Natasha Boateng-Wilson is a senior at Boston College and is looking forward to her first year on the MaSNA board as the breakthrough to nursing chair. She hopes to become an ICU or trauma nurse in the future, as well as complete her nurse practitioners degree. Outside of nursing, Natasha loves to read and works with charity:water and IAMTHATGIRL on campus. She is looking forward to improving her nursing leadership skills with MaSNA in the upcoming year! . |
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Katy Dumas, Region 2 (Central) Chair Worcester State University c/o 2017 Katy is currently a senior at Worcester State University. She is the President of the Worcester State University Student Nurses Association. Katy also is the head senior mentor of the WSU mentor program. With the WSU nursing program, Katy has traveled to El Salvador and Ireland to work in clinics, provide care to women and children, and interact with other nursing students on a global level. Katy currently works as a Tech on the Lachance Maternity unit at Heywood Hospital in Gardner, MA. She plans to pursue a career in this field as either a midwife or neonatal nurse practitioner. She is very excited to be involved in MaSNA and is looking forward to making connections with other schools with her role as Region 2 Chair. |
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Allison Tevis, Region 3 (Southeast/Cape) Chair
Worcester State c/o 2018
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Allison is currently a senior at Worcester State University Lillian R. Goodman Department of Nursing. She is the Vice President of the Worcester State Student Nurses Association. She is excited to be apart of the MaSNA board for her first year. She works at Massachusetts General Hospital on the Burns and Plastic floor and hopes to one day work with burn patients. Aside from nursing, Allison has many other hobbies and interests including running, traveling, and being with friends and family. Through MaSNA, Allison is looking forward to making connections with other board members as well as being an advocate for other student nurses as the region 3 chair.
Worcester State c/o 2018
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Allison is currently a senior at Worcester State University Lillian R. Goodman Department of Nursing. She is the Vice President of the Worcester State Student Nurses Association. She is excited to be apart of the MaSNA board for her first year. She works at Massachusetts General Hospital on the Burns and Plastic floor and hopes to one day work with burn patients. Aside from nursing, Allison has many other hobbies and interests including running, traveling, and being with friends and family. Through MaSNA, Allison is looking forward to making connections with other board members as well as being an advocate for other student nurses as the region 3 chair.
Megan LaMonada, Region 4 (Northeast) Chair
Worcester State c/o 2020
Megan LaMonda is a sophomore at Worcester State University. This is her first year on the MaSNA Board as the Region 4 Chair, and is in her second year on the WSU’s Student Nurses Association as Treasurer Elect. She is currently particularly interested in working as a nurse in Pediatrics, Emergency, or Labor and Delivery, but is waiting to see what her experience in her upcoming clinicals will do for her interests. Aside from nursing, she enjoys reading, listening to music, learning new languages, and dancing in her spare time! She hopes to be able to connect with and assist everyone as the Region 4 Chair to the best of her ability for the upcoming 2017-2018 year, and is excited to work with everyone!
Worcester State c/o 2020
Megan LaMonda is a sophomore at Worcester State University. This is her first year on the MaSNA Board as the Region 4 Chair, and is in her second year on the WSU’s Student Nurses Association as Treasurer Elect. She is currently particularly interested in working as a nurse in Pediatrics, Emergency, or Labor and Delivery, but is waiting to see what her experience in her upcoming clinicals will do for her interests. Aside from nursing, she enjoys reading, listening to music, learning new languages, and dancing in her spare time! She hopes to be able to connect with and assist everyone as the Region 4 Chair to the best of her ability for the upcoming 2017-2018 year, and is excited to work with everyone!
Kaitlyn McCarthy, Region 5 (Boston) Chair
Boston College c/o 2020
Kaitlyn is currently a sophomore at Boston College's Connell School of Nursing. This is her first year working on the MASNA board and she is excited to work with nurses from a multitude of different schools. She is interested in Global Healthcare and hopes to go on an international trip with the nursing school during her next three years at Boston College. Kaitlyn plans to pursue a career in the fields of either pediatrics or oncology. She looks forward to gaining leadership experience and furthering her communication skills, as well as forming connections through her participation in MASNA.
Boston College c/o 2020
Kaitlyn is currently a sophomore at Boston College's Connell School of Nursing. This is her first year working on the MASNA board and she is excited to work with nurses from a multitude of different schools. She is interested in Global Healthcare and hopes to go on an international trip with the nursing school during her next three years at Boston College. Kaitlyn plans to pursue a career in the fields of either pediatrics or oncology. She looks forward to gaining leadership experience and furthering her communication skills, as well as forming connections through her participation in MASNA.
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ELIZABETH DUGAS, Newsletter Chair
Worcester State University, c/o 2018 Hi, my name is Elizabeth Dugas, but everyone calls me Liz. I'm a Junior at Worcester State University studying Nursing to hopefully be a traveling nurse and one day a Professor of Nursing. I love getting to know the fellow students of Massachusetts and beyond. When not binging popcorn and coffee, I love to read, write, play music and hang out with my family and friends! I am in charge of the bi yearly newsletter, so anything that you want published, please send my way! Thank you and stay smiling! |
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Samantha Zick, Fundraising Chair
Worcester State University c/o 2019 Samantha is currently a Junior at Worcester State University's Dr. Lillian R. Goodman Department of Nursing. This will be her second year working with the MaSNA board. She has strong interests in emergency care, enjoys photography and spending time outdoors in her spare time. Samantha looks forward to a wonderful year working alongside numerous nursing students who are just as ambitious as herself in enacting a change in the field of nursing as they continue on towards their degree. |
Dong Liang Dzindolet, Community Health Chair
Worcester State c/o 2020
Hi, my name is Dong Liang Dzindolet, but everyone calls me Liang. I am a sophomore at Worcester State University’s Lillian R. Goodman Department of Nursing and this is my first year working on the MaSNA board. My interests in Nursing include Pediatrics or Labor and Delivery. Outside of nursing, I love going to the gym, dancing, and soaking up the sun at the beach! As the Community Health Chair, I am excited to connect with surrounding health care facilities and learn about new breakthroughs in the fast pace field of Nursing.
JUDITH SHINDUL-ROTHSCHILD, Faculty Advisor
Judith Shindul-Rothschild is an associate professor at Boston College School of Nursing where she teaches psychiatric mental health nursing and health policy to undergraduate and graduate students. She is a psychiatric nurse clinical specialist and has practiced in a variety of mental health care settings. Dr. Shindul-Rothschild's research and writings have focused on the relationships between health care financing, registered nurse staffing, nurses' working conditions, and the quality of care in hospital settings.
Dr. Shindul-Rothschild is co-author of the book Aging and Public Policy: Social Control or Social Justice? She has published numerous articles on the impact of health policies on patient care and nursing practice in professional journals such as The American Nurse, The American Journal of Nursing, Advanced Practice Nursing, Best Practices and Benchmarking in Healthcare, Critical Care Nursing, Journal of Emergency Nursing, Journal of Nursing Administration, Journal of Nursing Care Quality, Journal of Nursing Education, Policy, Politics and Nursing Practice, Nursing Management, Revolution, and The Massachusetts NURSE Newsletter.
She and Suzanne Gordon, a journalist, have published articles for the public on the adverse effects of competition or market based health financing in The Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, Miami Herald, and The Nation. She has been widely quoted by the national print, television, and radio media in the United States, Australia and Canada including Good Morning America, NBC Nightly News, PBS, Canadian Broadcasting Company, Australian Public Radio, The New York Times, US News and World Report, Newsweek, USA Today, Bloomberg BNA, Modern Healthcare, The Wall Street Journal and National Public Radio. In the past year, she has been invited to testify before the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission and the Massachusetts Joint Committee on Health Care Financing on Massachusetts’s laws limiting the number of patients assigned to registered nurses and the impact of registered nurse staffing on nurse sensitive outcomes.
Dr. Shindul-Rothschild is a Distinguished Practitioner in the National Academy of Practice. She has served as an appointed member of the Congress on Economics in the American Nurses Association and she is a past president of the Massachusetts Nurses Association. She is currently the Faculty Advisor for the Massachusetts Student Nurse Association, a constituent of the National Student Nurse Association. She has served as a faculty representative to the Boston College Athletic Advisory Committee and is the academic advisor for many student-athletes in the William F. Connell School of Nursing.
