Visiting Nurse Service of New York Names New President and CEO

NEW YORK, Nov. 11, 2011  /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY) today named its new President and Chief Executive Officer.  Mary Ann Christopher, MSN, RN, FAAN will officially assume leadership of the nation's largest not-for-profit home health care organization effective January 1, 2012.

Christopher is currently President and CEO of the Visiting Nurse Association Health Group, serving over 127,000 people annually throughout New Jersey. As CEO, Christopher directs the operation of a broad continuum of programs including home health care, hospice care, a federally qualified health center, and community-based prevention and outreach services.  During Christopher's tenure as CEO, the organization has expanded geographically from a two-county regional provider to a statewide organization.

Christopher is a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, the Wharton Nurse Executive Program, and the Public Health Leadership Institute. She serves on a number of boards and commissions, including the Visiting Nurse Associations of America, where she chairs the Public Policy Council, the Advisory Board of the Seton Hall College of Nursing, the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, The University Hospital, the New Jersey Hospital Association Health and Research Educational Trust (HRET) and the National Association of Home Care and Hospice. In 2008, Christopher was appointed Chair of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation National Advisory Commission on the New Jersey Nursing Initiative. She has participated on public policy commissions dealing with issues of homelessness, public health, child welfare, the nursing shortage, and managed care.

Christopher has written and lectured internationally on issues concerning home and community health care. Christopher earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing from Fairfield University and a Master of Science Degree in Nursing from Seton Hall University.
The Visiting Nurse Service of New York is the largest not-for-profit home health care organization in the nation providing a wide range of services for New Yorkers of all ages and health care needs throughout the five boroughs of New York and in Westchester and Nassau counties.

SOURCE Visiting Nurse Service of New York