Board Members

Karen Rose (Kay), RN, BSN - President

Nursing experience, 40 – Oncology 35 years
MD Anderson Cancer Center, Leukemia Research
Awards: Poster 2005 – ONS Congress, Poster 2006 APN Conference
Hobbies: ACS Support group in Conroe, ride motorcycles

Michelle Hammond - President Elect

HCONS member since 2003
Nurse Manager,Brain and Spine Center at MDACC
Enjoys crafts, reading,puzzles, playing the piano
Favorite past time is spent with family, especially her grandson Zack

Mary K. Hughes, M.S., R.N., C.N.S., C.T. (certified in Thanatology) - President Mentor

Chair person for the Oncology Nursing Foundation
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Clinical Nurse Specialist – Psychiatry Department since 1990
Awards: One of the 100 great Nursing Alumni from Texas Woman’s University
One of 20 outstanding nurses awarded by TNA
Supportive Care Award from ONS (2007)
Credits; She lectures internationally and nationally about Sexuality and other quality of life issues of the cancer patient
Volunteers: Monthly American Cancer Society Dialogue group for patients with cancer

Regina F. Smith - Secretary

HCONS organization member since 2003
Presently working in the Nursing Education department for MD Anderson Cancer Center
Completed the Master's in Business Administration in August 2007
Favorite things to do: Watch sports, especially football, and 16 year old daughter's softball games, teaching Sunday School, and listening to music

Diane Barber – Treasurer

Nurse for 20 years
Nurse practitioner for 12 years.
Presently Working at Dept. of Lymphoma/Myeloma at MD Anderson Cancer Center as an inpatient /fast-track advanced practice nurse.
Member of ONS and HCONS since 1999.
My passions are cancer prevention, eliminating health disparities, and advocating for the nursing profession.
My hobbies are cooking, reading mysteries, and genealogy.

	Vilma Lopez, RN, MSN, OCN - Newsletter Newsletter Editor HCONS member since 2002 Senior Research Nurse, Pediatrics
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