President Elect

• Chris Riebe ARNP, MSN

Christina M. Riebe, ARNP, MSN faculty for Washington State University Intercollegiate College of Nursing (WSUICN) and manager of the Ronald McDonald Care Mobile (RMCM). The RMCM is a service project of the Academic Health Services of Washington State University providing no cost medical and dental care to the children birth to age 21 in the greater Spokane area. The mobile clinic provides services to children in low-income neighborhoods and high-free and reduce lunch school populations regardless of access to insurance, funding or eligibility criteria. Ms. Riebe attended Seattle Pacific University for her Master of Science in Nursing and Family Nurse Practitioner degree. She received her undergraduate BSN form the University of Washington. She also holds a BS in Allied Medical Professions-Respiratory Technology from Ohio State University. Ms. Riebe continues to be active in Sigma Theta Tau International-Delta Chi Chapter as 1st Vice-President, the Inland Northwest Women’s Health Network, partners in Crime Prevention and the Nurse Practitioners of Greater Spokane. In Seattle as a member of the STT PSI Chapter-at-large she was the Chairman of the Induction Committee.

Ms. Riebe has developed and managed the Spokane Women Veteran’s Program and the Puget Sound VA Heath Care System Cardiac Care Unit. She was the distinguishing recipient of the 2003 National Women Veteran of the 3rd Annual Millennium Award. Although her background is in acute cardiopulmonary care and children’s health, her passion has been advocating for health care of all people. Her current research is in cardiovascular disease identification in youth. Her thesis title “Hospitalized Veterans’ Experience of Homelessness” in 1995, rounded out her educational experiences in mental and psychological health care. Ms. Riebe has taught in the graduate and undergraduate program at WSUICN as a clinical instructor. She has a strong commitment to the profession of nursing and to mentoring new nurses.

As President –Elect for the Delta Chi Chapter, she would like the opportunity to collaborate and facilitate nurses in areas of research, scholarship and leadership.

Recording Secretary

• Christine Cashatt MSN, RN, BC, GMHS

I am a Spokane native and I love it here. I like to swim for fun and competitively. I enjoy decorating with antiques, gardening, and especially summers at Coeur D’Alene Lake. I went to Gonzaga and graduated in 1992 with a BA in biology. I've been an RN for 11 years. I graduated with a BSN from Seattle University in 1995 and a MSN in nursing administration from Gonzaga in 2003. I'm currently attending GU and working towards a post-master's certificate in psychiatric nursing and should be finished up in May 2007. My focus in nursing is leadership and geropsych. Call me crazy, but I enjoy creating documents/forms and writing for inservice trainings or policies and procedures.

Currently I work as the Community Nurse Specialist at Eastern State Hospital and I have previously worked as a staff nurse in a couple of nursing homes on the West side of the state, as a staff nurse in psychiatry at Sacred Heart, and as a nurse consultant and assistant nurse manager at Spokane Mental Health.

Since my induction to STT in 2003, I've been involved in the scholarship/research/travel awards committee and the Inland Northwest Nursing Research Symposium planning committee. I am currently involved in one research study at ESH in which I'm writing Leadership Training modules and measuring leadership growth in assistant nurse managers.

I want to become more involved in STT and feel my writing experience would serve me well in the secretary position.

• Mary Moller MSN, ARNP, BC, CPRP

After an absence of involvement with STT, due to establishing an active private outpatient psychiatric practice as an ARNP at Suncrest Wellness Center and completing the Doctor of Nursing Practice program at Case Western Reserve University, I desire once more to become an active participant in Delta Chi. I have been a member of STT since 1982 and served as chair of the Chapter Formation Committee for the organization of the Theta Omega Chapter of STT at Midland Lutheran College in Fremont, NE where I taught from 1982 to 1990. I have been an active supporter of Sigma Theta Tau and the principles of the honor society and look forward to participating in our local Chapter activities.

Leadership Succession Committee

• Theresa G. Buxton, RN, PhD

Resident of Spokane for the past 22 years. My area of practice has included occupational health nursing, adult health, geriatrics, and nursing education. I am currently employed full time as an instructor at Washington State University’s Intercollegiate College of Nursing. I am a clinical nursing instructor for new students and I teach a leadership and management course for senior students.

Education
Undergraduate BSN degree obtained at Texas Woman’s University 1978.
Master’s degree in Nursing from Gonzaga University 2002
PhD in Leadership Studies from Gonzaga University in 2005.

Sigma Theta Tau.
My reasons for joining were related to my education and the importance of scholarship and research at an advanced practice level. I feel strongly about leadership (and felt it was important that I practice what I preach; the importance of the nursing profession to have a more visible role in the health care arena). I am currently running for the Leadership Succession Committee.

• Donna Haynes MN, RN

I have been a nurse for over 20 years. The majority of my experience has been in Pediatrics. I also have worked Emergency Room and Med-Surg. Mingled in my clinical experience is an administrative side that included the development of the Recruitment and Retention program for Baylor Medical Center in Dallas, TX and as the Magnet Development Coordinator/Director of Education for Pullman Regional Hospital. I am now in a clinical instructor role for the Child Health Faculty at ICN. I just recently graduated from ICN with my Master's degree and I look forward to furthering my education as soon as the PhD program is approved. My passion is working with homeless young children and adolescents. I volunteer my time at two shelters in Spokane that serve these populations. My hope is to focus my research in this area. I want to serve on the Succession Committee for Sigma Theta Tau for the mere reason of becoming an active member of the Delta Chi Chapter. This committee has an important responsibility to keep the best interest of the entire organization in mind when suggesting candidates to fill roles that will enhance the future growth and direction of our chapter.
ICN/WSU Counselor

• Gail O’Neal MN, APRN, BC

I have been a nurse for 26 years and have worked in multiple areas in multiple communities. This was due to my husband working as a journeyman carpenter on large union jobs and was sent to jobs around the state. I have a wide range of experiences and consider myself a nursing "jack of all trades". I initially graduated from an associate degree program with every intention of finishing my BSN. I actually started several programs but had to leave them when we had to move. I finally finished my BSN a few years ago and promptly continued on for an MN from WSU ICN. My degree is an MN: Community Based-Population Focused with nursing education track I am now board certified through ANCC as a clinical specialist in community health. My thesis dealt with working poor families and access to care issues, looking at their use of EDs as primary care. I hope to take this research further in the future and am planning on going on for a PhD. I am running for WSU Counselor position and would like to serve the college community by promoting STT, helping with oversight on bylaw issues, and working with the GU counselor in determining eligible members. Thank you for your support.
Gonzaga Counselor

• Lin Rogers PhD(c), RN

I have spent most of my nursing career in nursing administration, initially as the Nurse Manager of the CICU at Sacred Heart Medical Center (SHMC) and then as Director of Clinical Services at The Heart Institute of Spokane. For three of the years I was at The Heart Institute, I also served as the Co-Director of the Cardiac Service Line at SHMC. I returned to nursing education almost four years ago and am currently teaching both undergraduate and graduate nursing courses at Gonzaga University. In addition, I am enrolled in Gonzaga’s Doctoral Program in Leadership Studies and am hoping to complete the program in a little over a year. My research interest is in the area of “authentic” leadership, specifically how nurse executives learn to be authentic leaders who foster trust and the development of authentic followers. I am interested in serving the Delta Chi Chapter as the Gonzaga University Counselor in order to encourage eligible students to become members of STT, an outstanding organization that truly fosters excellence in nursing leadership and scholarship. I have previously served the chapter as a member of the Nominating Committee.