New Staff at NEF

NEF is pleased to announce Virginia “Ginger” Berman, BS, MA, has joined the organization as Executive Director. Former Executive Director Jerelyn Peixoto Weiss, MS, JD, RN, FNP, has retired and will rejoin NEF’s Board of Directors in June 2026.

Ginger has collaborated with leaders for over 20 years to accomplish extraordinary marketing and fundraising projects. She began her nonprofit career as Special Projects Manager at Autism Speaks, then provided event planning and management services to dozens of nonprofit organizations via her own company, and most recently served as Director of Development at the nonprofit ThinkGive. She holds a master’s degree in nonprofit management from Johns Hopkins University. Read more

FEATURED SCHOLAR

Lizzet Carmona

(2025-2026 Winner)

Lizzet Carmona, BSN, RN, MEDSURG-BC, is a proud recipient of the Charles Hamlin Scholarship. She is currently a second-year doctoral student in the Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner program at Col... read more.

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