Board
The CRONA Board is composed of eight nurses who work at Stanford and Packard Hospitals. Elections are held every two years and anyone who is a member in good standing can and is encouraged to run for office.
It is the responsibility of the Board to represent the nurses by ensuring compliance with the contract and assisting with members’ problems. In addition, the Board and elected members negotiate the contracts.
The Board members are paid up to the equivalent of 3.5 full time positions, divided among the officers, depending upon hours worked. In addition, each Hospital provides the CRONA Board with thirty-two hours to be used for CRONA business.
Each unit is entitled to a representative for every 20 members. These are called Area Representatives and they also are elected every two years. If units have vacancies, members can volunteer to fill the vacancy and the Board will appoint them.
Other elected positions are the Negotiation Committees, the Ballot and Election Committee and the Bylaws Committee.
The current officers are listed below.
Lorie Johnson, R.N. (President)
Lorie has worked at Stanford Hospital in North ICU since 1989. Lorie had previously served as CRONA’s secretary and in that role has developed an understanding of the challenges that CRONA is facing in this present day healthcare system.
Bonnie Balfour, R.N. (Executive Vice President)
I have worked at Stanford Hospital since 1972, presently in E2 ICU. What I bring to the position is experience in negotiating and mediating conflicts, ability to thoroughly research various options in problem solving, the tenacity to follow through issues and the willingness to collaborate and compromise.
Cris Stables, R.N. (Vice President, LPCH)
I currently work on F1/F2 Maternity Services. My objectives are to work towards staff nurse participation in policies and practice enabling nurses to provide safer and more comprehensive care; strive to create a more collaborative labor/management relationship in order to address staffing and acuity, a more flexible work environment, job satisfaction, reduction of paper work by jointly working to develop effective tools for documentation; protect the CRONA nurses’ rights under the contract.
The LPCH Vice President office can only be filled by a LPCH nurse and voted upon by only LPCH nurses.
Geralyn Martinez, R.N., M.S. (Nurse Advocate)
I currently work in Life Flight. My objectives are to assure compliance with regulatory agencies; help implement the CRONA contract; support nurses in professional crisis; improve knowledge and understanding of labor issues; increase knowledge of CRONA as an organization; serve as liaison between nurses, union, and management.
Jacquette Ward, R.N. (Secretary)
Hi, I am Jacquette Ward RN, CCRN, the CRONA secretary. I work in the ECHO lab at SHC. I have been at SHC for eighteen years as an ICU nurse and a Stress Test specialist. I have a husband who is very supportive of CRONA and we like to travel by bicycle.
Meg Groom, R.N., M.P.A. (Treasurer/IT Manager)
The job entails computer skills and attention to detail and someone who is very task oriented. In other words a job made for me. I have worked at Stanford for a total of 25 years and presently I work in the Cath Angio Department and this position interfaces with both of the hospitals and with the clinics.
John Green, R.N. (Legislative Representative)
I have worked at Stanford since 1970 in a variety of positions and in many different areas of the hospital. My present position as a Med-Surg Float nurse gives me a great deal of insight into the problems that the nurses on Med-Surg units face daily and I am able to use that to focus on areas that need legislative interventions.
Paul H. Cole, R.N. (Nurse Advocate)
Paul works at LPCH as a Critical Care Transport Specialist. He has been an Area Representative for many years and a valuable member of the LPCH Negotiation Committee and Team for several contract negotiations. He has extensive knowledge of the institutions and has a firm commitment to CRONA membership.