Fellowship Participants

Explore the Fellows and mentors of the Golisano Fellowship for Intellectual and Developmental Disability Nursing.

2025-2026 Fellows

Ashley Asberry, BSN, RN, BLS, OMS
St. Louis Arc

Stephanie Bakker, RN, MS, FNP-BC
Professor of Children’s Nursing, St. John Fisher University

Rebecca Brown, BSN, CDDN, RN
Heritage Christian Services

Donna Marie Johnson Byrd, DNP, CNE, NCSN-E, RN
Florida State University

Faith M. Carini-Grave, MSN, PMHNP
Hillside Family of Agencies

Lisa Depperman, MSN
Hartwick College

Beth Latimer, DNP, GNP-BC
NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing

Yuriko Matsuo, MSN, PMHN-BC, RN, APRN
Reservoir Health

Celia McIntosh, DNP, NP, CNRN, CEN, SCRN, RN
Rochester Regional Health

Maralyn Militello, BSN, RN, CPHQ, NEA-BC
People Inc.

Caitlyn M. Moore, DNP, MS, CRNP, ACHPN
Thomas Jefferson University

Katie Moore, Ph.D. Candidate
South East Technological University, Waterford, Ireland

Kaela d'Alene O'Brien, MSN, PMHNP-BC
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Dyane N Rodriguez, MSN-I, CAHP, RN
Golisano Children's Hospital - Lee Health

Kimberley Schultz, AAS
Central New York Developmental Disabilities Service Office

Natalie Rae Symons, RN
Milestone HCQU West

Jacqueline M. Stevens, AAS, RN
Hillside Children's Center

Kathleen Tenrreiro, Ph. D., CPNP-PC, CNE, ARNP
Florida Gulf Coast University

Rebecca N. Weston, MSN, CNE, RN
University of Maryland - School of Nursing

Faculty Fellows

Joseph Buhain, Ed.D.
Florida Gulf Coast University

Martina Conway, Ph.D., RN
Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland

Ellen Donald, PT, Ph.D.
Florida Gulf Coast University

Catherine Kelly Mason, DSocSc, MSc, RNID
South East Technology University, Waterford, Ireland

2025-2026 Fellowship Mentors

Brian Abery, Ph.D.
Co-Director, Research and Training Center on Outcome Measurement
Co-Director, Global Resource Center for Inclusive Education
Co-Director Research and Training Center on HCBS Outcome Measurement
University of Minnesota

Lisa Alberts, DNP, APRN-BC, PMHNP-BC
Associate Professor and Program Director, DNP Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner,
School of Nursing, Marieb College of Health & Human Services
Florida Gulf Coast University

Angela Babcock, RN
Administrator, Divine Providence Village
Communities of Don Guanella and Divine Providence

Melissa Bourne, MS, RN, CNE, ONC
Visiting Assistant Professor
Wegmans School of Nursing
St. John Fisher University

Maria Brenner, Ph.D. Nursing Midwifery & HS Ph.D. PT, RCN RGN, MSc
Professor of Children's Nursing
School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems

University College Dublin 
Dublin, Ireland

Heather Damiano, MSN, CRNP, CPNP-PC
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Elizabeth Eng, BNP
Clinical Nurse
Miami Valley Hospital

Laurie Ernest, DNP, MS, WHNP-C
Director of Nursing
Highland Hospital

Sinead Foran, Ph.D., RNID, BSc
Assistant Professor
School of Nursing, Psychotherapy and Community Health
Dublin City University
Dublin, Ireland 

Cathy Koetting, Ph.D., DNP
Associate Professor
Stephens College

Rebecca Kronk, Ph.D., MSN, CRNP, ANEF, FAAN, CNE
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor
Duquesne School of Nursing

Melissa Leisen, Ph.D., RN
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Marymount University

Trudy Leutters, RN
RN Coordinator, Medically Fragile Program
Mainstream Living, Inc.

Deborah Napolitano, Ph.D., BCBA-D, LBA
Associate Professor
Daemen University

Mary Reidy, Ph.D., RNID
Assistant Lecturer
Department of Nursing and Healthcare
School of Health Sciences 
South East Technical University 
Waterford, Ireland

Judith Stych, DNP, RN, CDDN
Nurse Consultant
Wisconsin Department of Health Services

Renata Ticha, Ph.D.
Research Associate
Institute on Community Integration
Co-Director, Research and Training Center on Outcome Measurement
Global Research Center for Inclusive Education
University of Minnesota

Guy Weissinger, Ph.D., MPhil, RN
Nurse Researcher
M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing
Villanova University

Patty West, MS, RN
Assistant Professor
College of Nursing
Michigan State University

Where our Fellows are From

The remote nature of the Fellowship allows people from all over North America and beyond to participate!