AMY PARADIS                                                                                       Conference Planner

 Amy began her neonatal nursing career as a student nurse in Fresno in 1988. After completing just one semester of nursing school she was given the opportunity to work in a level II NICU. Her neonatal career started from that point on, and she never left.  After graduating from California State University, Fresno with a BSN in 1990, she started as a New Grad at Doctors Medical Center, Modesto. Since, she has traveled throughout the country with her now-husband working in tertiary NICU’s in New York, Los Angeles and Children’s Hospital Oakland. She loves transport, ECMO and VLBW babies. She recently graduated from the University of California, San Francisco’s Advanced Practice Neonatal Program as a NP and CNS. She is currently the newest NP/CNS at Doctors Medical Center, Modesto where she coordinates the NICU education and Outreach programs along with patient care management

SHARYN FRENTNER,                                                                       President

Sharyn brings many years of neonatal experience (since 1970) and expertise to NCANN. She has been a neonatal nurse, educator, NNP, transport nurse and CNS for many years. Most recently she is the CNS at Santa Clara Valley Regional Medical Center in San Jose. She has been a NANN member since 1984.                She is also involved with the local chapter of the American Assoc. of University Women. Her other interests include quilting as a member of the South Valley Quilt Association and loves making quilts and attending quilt shows.

BERNIE DUROSETTE                                                                                                        Treasurer

Bernie has been an RN working with babies since 1978! Yes, that’s 28 years of neonatal experience. She started her nursing career at City Hospital of Modesto in the NICU then moved to Doctors Medical Center when the unit opened in 1990. She is a transport specialist, charge nurse extraordinaire, clinical preceptor, NRP Instructor and Clinical Nurse III. Her clinical passions include active membership in the Immunization Coalition of Stanislaus County and the regional immunization registry the “RIDE”. Her interests include gardening, she is an active member of the Modesto Garden Club, cooking (she makes a mean chocolate brownie), and travel! She is newly remarried to a wonderful man and has three grown boys ages 25, 22 and 20: A money mogul, a college student/musician and a Marine.

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