CHAPTER AMBASSADORS
2026-2027
Chapter ambassadors
2025 – 2026
Rita Thompson, DNP, RN, CNOR
Keck Medical Center of USC
Jesus Lucero, BSN, RN
Keck Medical Center of USC
Athena Cheng, BSN, RN, CNOR
Kaiser Permanente Panorama City
Faye Ong, BSN, RN, CNOR, CNAMB
Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles
Ronalyn Calalang, MSN, RN, CNOR
University of California - Irvine
Romart Clark Telar MSN, RN, CNOR, CIC, CPHQ, HACP-IC, AL-CIP
Clarkzim Consultancy Services, LLC
Nur Saldivar, BSN, RN, CNOR
Kaiser Permanente - LAMC
Myra Familara, BSN, RN, CNOR
Keck Medical Center of USC
Robert Salalima, MSN, RN, CNOR
Keck Medical Center of USC
Tony Yap, BSN, RN, CNOR
Kaiser Permanente - LAMC & City of Hope
Chapter ambassadors
2024 – 2025
Annie C. Veneracion, BSN, RN, CNOR
Norris Cancer Center
Dorothy Wang, BSN, RN
Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles
Estela Sumio, BSN, RN, CNOR
Kaiser Permanente Panorama City
Faye Ong, BSN, RN, CNOR, CNAMB
Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles
Patricia Benton, BSN, RN
Adventist Health White Memorial
Qrie Abugen, BSN, RN, CNOR
Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital
Romart Clark Tellar, MSN, RN, CNOR, CIC, CPHQ, HACP-IC
Mee Memorial Healthcare System
Thelma Zamora, BSN, RN, CNOR
Keck Hospital of USC
Chapter ambassadors
2023 – 2024
Annie C. Veneracion, BSN, RN, CNOR
Norris Cancer Center
Donna Myden, AND, RN, CNOR
PIH Good Samaritan
Estela Sumio, BSN, RN, CNOR
Kaiser Permanente Panorama City
Faye Ong, BSN, RN, CNOR, CNAMB
Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles
Josephine Camiling, BSN, RN
Glendale Memorial Hospital
Kathie Curren, BSN, RN, CNOR
Huntington Health
Miguel Aventino, MSN, RN, CAPA, CNAMB
Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles
Nur Saldivar, BSN, RN, CNOR
Kaiser LAMC
Patricia Benton, BSN, RN
Adventist Health White Memorial
Qrie Abugen, BSN, RN, CNOR
Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital
Romart Clark Tellar, MSN, RN, CNOR, CIC, CPHQ, HACP-IC
Mee Memorial Healthcare System
Shani Cohen, MSN, RN
New Grad
Thelma Zamora, BSN, RN, CNOR
Keck Hospital of USC
Chapter ambassadors
2022 – 2023
Annie C. Veneracion, BSN, RN, CNOR
USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
Charles Acosta Vergel de Dios, BSN, RN, CFPN, CST
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Dorothy Wang, BSN, RN
Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles
Faye Ong, BSN, RN, CNOR, CNAMB
Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles
Jeanie B. Tacadena-Barta, BSN, RN, RNFA, CNOR
Glendale Memorial Hospital & Health Care
Karen Rhodes, BSN, RN
Providence St Joseph Medical Center
Kathleen Curren, BSN, RN, CNOR
Huntington Hospital
