PRESIDENT

Todd Thomason, ARNP

Todd graduated from the University of Georgia with with a Baccalaureate in Nursing in 1996 and was commissioned as an officer in the United States Army Nurse Corps. After spending several years in a Combat Support Hospital (CSH) as an "Airborne" nurse he attended the Medical College of Georgia where he received his Master's in Nursing as a Family Nurse Practitioner in 2001. He is Board Certified by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners and currently works for Surgical Consultants of Hollywood.

His particular interests include traveling (especially to Budapest, Hungary, where his wife is from), playing tennis, and going to the beach. He is a member of the American Society of Bariatric Surgery, American Academy of Nurse Practitioners and the Florida Nurse Practitioner Network. He has been a member of the South Florida Advanced Practice council for 4 years and looks forward to serving the Council as the newly elected President. You may e-mail Todd at tdtanc@aol.com

VICE-PRESIDENT & WAYS & MEANS CHAIR

Robin Petit, ARNP

Robin graduated from Broward Community College in 1980 with her Associate degree in Nursing.  She subsequently graduated from Florida Atlantic University in 1988 with her BSN/BHA, in 1996 with her MSN and in 2000 completed a post-graduate certification program for her ARNP.   She has worked with children and adults and Family Practice clinics.  Robin currently is employed as the Coordinator for Clinical Education at the North Broward Hospital District.  In her spare time you will find her volunteering at the Light of the World Clinic in Oakland Park, teaching nursing to RN to BSNs at Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, FAU and the Department of allied Health at Nova Southeastern University.  Robin has been an active member of the South Florida Council of Advance Practice Nurses since 2001 holding positions as member of the Nominating and Education Committee member, 1^st Vice President , President and currently the Vice-President and Ways and Means Chair. You may e-mail Robin at rcpetit@gmail.com

TREASURER

Cheryl Greenberg, ARNP

Cheryl graduated from the University of Florida in 1988 with her BSN and from Florida International University in 1996 with her MSN, ARNP.  She is currently an ARNP with Cardiovascular  Consultants of South Florids and C0-Director of the Congestive Heart Failure Program within the practice.  She practices general and preventive cardiology.  Cheryl is a founding member of the Member of the South Florida Council of Advance Practice Nurses.  She has held various Board positions and is currently the Treasurer.

SECRETARY

Pinky Chance, ARNP

Founding Member of the SFCAPN and continues to serve as Board Member and Secretary. Pinky graduated from the University of the Philippines with a BS Pre-Med and Graduate Nurse Degree in 1975. She completed her MSN in Family Nurse Practice at Barry University in 1992, PhD in Health Administration at Kennedy Western University in 1999, and and a Jurist Doctoral Degree in December 2005 from Concord University School of Law. Recent awards include a Distinguished Scholar List at Concord School of Law in 2003  and 2004 and award of Academic Excellence in in 2005. In addition, Pinky received an Award of Excellence in Clinical Research given by the Philippine Nurses' Association of America on July 10, 2004 in Hawaii.

Pinky has won clinical research grant awards as a primary investigator and author of "Pharmacologic Treatment of Depression in Cancer Patients in Primary Care" for Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2001,and "Non-hormonal Alternatives for the Control of Hot Flashes in Postmenopausal Women on Raloxifene Therapy" for Eli Lilly in 2002. She is presently a principal investigator for numerous clinical research studies.

Pinky is an appointed member of the Expert Panel Committee of the American Nurses Credentialing Committee, has been the chairperson of the Educational Committee of the Philippine Nurses' Association of South Florida since 1992 and is a member of the Research Committee of FIU School of Nursing.

NOMINATING COMMITTEE CHAIR

Terry Focaracci, ARNP

Terry graduated from the University of Florida in 1976 with a BS in Psychology and continued her education at the University of Miami where she graduated in 1986 with a BSN and in 1990 with her MSN, ARNP.  She is Board Certified in Family Practice.

Terry has practiced for the last 14 years in a Nephrology in West Broward, Coral Springs and Boca Raton.  She manages adult internal medicine patients, renal disease, transplants and all phases of dialysis.  Currently she is Director of Clinical Research at the same practice where she handles all aspects of clinical research.  Terry is one of the founding members of the South Florida Council of Advance Practice Nurses and she has held various Board positions through-out the years.  Currently she is Chair of the Nominating and Education Committee.

SPECIAL EVENTS/EDUCATION COMMITTEE

Melanie Egan, ARNP

SPECIAL EVENTS/EDUCATION COMMITTEE

Kathy Molinet, ARNP