Members of the Audit Committee typically meet twice a year prior to the May 15 filing deadline for the 990. The first meeting is to approve the CPA who will be contracted to perform the annual financial review and complete and file the 990 with the IRS. The Executive Director and the bookkeeper provide all of the documents for the financial review and 990. The committee will meet a second time with the CPA and review the findings of the financial review and the 990 before these documents are sent on to the Board of Directors for final approval. Periodically the committee will review relevant policies such as the Whistleblower and Conflict of Interest Policies to assure that they are current and relevant for ANA-NY. Volunteer to be on this committee if you want to serve ANA-NY, but don’t have a lot of time for meetings.
The 2025 members of the Audit Committee are:
Chair – Beverly Karas-Irwin, DNP, MS, RN, A.P.N., NP-C, HNB-BC, NEA-BC
Beverly S. Karas-Irwin is a Magnet Recognition Program® Appraiser for the American Nurses Credentialing Center and an adjunct professor at Ramapo College of New Jersey. She has authored publications and has presented her work locally and nationally. She was previously appointed to the ANA-NY Legislative Committee in 2017, Chair of the committee in 2019 and currently serves as the chair of the Audit Committee and the Board of the ANA-NY Political Action Committee.
Dr. Karas-Irwin obtained her Doctor of Nursing Practice in Nursing Administration from University of Pittsburgh, PA; Master of Science in Nursing – Adult Nurse Practitioner from St Peter’s College, NJ; Master of Science in Health Service Management from New School for Social Research, NYC; and Bachelor of Science in Nursing from University of Pittsburgh. She is nationally board certified as an adult nurse practitioner, holistic nurse-baccalaureate, nurse executive-advanced and is a fellow in The New York Academy of Medicine.
Ebele Maduekwe, BSN, RN
Ebele Maduekwe is a Psych Nurse at NYU in Patchogue, NY. She received her associate degree at Anoka Community College in Minnesota in 2002 and received her BSN at Bethel University in Minnesota in 2007. She currently serves on ANA-NY’s Audit committee, Engagement committee, and Awards committee.
Patricia Rojas-Guerre, BSN, RN
Patricia Rojas-Guerrero is a Care Coordinator at a medical center in New York City. Patricia is pursuing her PhD through the Joint Nursing Science Program at the University of Alabama and the University of Alabama at Huntsville. She holds a BSN from the University of Alabama, a BA in Environmental Biology from Columbia University, and an AAS from Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nursing. She also serves as a per diem nursing instructor at the Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nursing, where she enjoys assisting faculty in teaching students about nursing research and transition to practice. In 2024, Patricia was awarded the Abbott Scholarship through the National Association of Hispanic Nurses (NAHN) and was selected to be a Research Trainee/Workshop Participant for The Environmental Health Research Institute for Nurse and Clinician Scientists (EHRI-NCS). Outside of ANA-NY, Patricia is also an active member of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses (NAHN) and the American Case Management Association (ACMA).
Glennie Millard, BSN, RN
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Kathleen Dever, EdD, MS, RN
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