The Finance Committee meets several times a year to review the Profit and Loss Statements. Their most important role is to review and endorse the annual budget. The Executive Director compiles the annual budget based on the past several years’ budgets and requests for future spending submitted by the committees and the office team. The Treasurer reviews the proposed budget and then brings it to the committee for review and discussion. The Board of Directors has final approval of the budget. The fiscal year of ANA-NY is the calendar year. Periodically, the committee will review relevant policies such as the Reimbursement Policy to ensure that they are current and relevant for ANA-NY. Volunteer for this committee if you have a head for numbers and/or want to see where your membership dollars are going.
The 2026 members of the Finance Committee are:
Chair – Elisa Mancuso, MS, FNS, RNC-NIC, AE-C
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Grace Anne Paone, BSN, RN, CPHON
Grace Anne Paone is a Pediatric Clinical Trials Nurse at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, where she has worked since she graduated in 2019 on the pediatric platform. She completed a research study in 2022 with MSK’s Nursing Research Fellowship exploring the optimal hand hygiene method to help decrease CLABSI rates. She is currently a DNP student at Johns Hopkins University with an anticipated graduation date of May 2026. Her DNP project was a multi-modal approach to improve break habits in pediatric oncology nurses to assist with decreasing burnout, which is in the data analysis phase. She will be graduating with her DNP as a Pediatric Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist in May of 2026. Grace has been involved in ANA-NY in various roles since she was an undergraduate. She is also the social media coordinator for the Seminars in Oncology Nursing Journal. She is dedicated to the nursing profession and enjoys contributing to the future of nursing in various ways.
Donna Tanzi, PhD, RN, NPD-BC, NE-BC
Dr. Donna Tanzi is currently the Director for Magnet, Nursing Research, & Nursing Quality at a tertiary Level 1 Trauma Center on Long Island. She holds a PhD in Nursing and is dual certified in Nursing Professional Development and as a Nurse Executive. Dr. Tanzi has over 40 years of healthcare experience, spending the last 2o in Nursing Education and Magnet. She has been part of the finance Committee for ANA-NY for the last 4 years.
Melissa Derleth, MS, RN, NE-BC
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Tara Cullen, BSN, RN, MBA
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Taylor Campbell, RN
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Board Liaison – Giselle Gerardi, PhD, RN, RNC-OB, C-EFM
Dr. Giselle Gerardi is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Stony Brook University School of Nursing and currently serves as Vice President of ANA-NY, as well as a Membership Assembly Representative. She is a former Jonas Scholar (2018–2020) and the recipient of the 2025 Nassau–Suffolk Nurse of Excellence Award. Her clinical background is in Labor and Delivery nursing. Her scholarly and teaching interests focus on health equity, disease prevention, and advancing nurses’ engagement in health policy.
