Congratulations to our newly elected Board Officers!
Board Officer Secretary
Amanda Peacock, DNP, AGPCNP-C Mandy Peacock is an Adult Gerontological Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (AGPCNP) and a clinical assistant professor at UCSF in the AGPCNP program. She recently joined IPCOM, a UCSF faculty practice partnership with Progress Foundation. Progress is a non-profit mental health agency that provides alternatives to institutional placement. As part of an interprofessional team, Mandy provides primary care outreach and care coordination to persons living with mental illness in San Francisco. Practice and research interests include culturally informed care, underserved and vulnerable populations, interprofessional education, and population health. She adores cats, enjoys running and hiking, and loves board games.
Governance Committee
Lin Lin, RN, PhD Dr. Lin Lin obtained her baccalaureate nursing degree in Taiwan in 1995, graduated from the University of Pennsylvania as a critical care pediatric nurse practitioner in 2000 and received her PhD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2007. Her focused area of clinical practice is critical care pediatrics with a special interest and clinical expertise in pediatric oncology. Dr. Lin had been the division head and course leader for undergraduate pediatrics in UT-Houston before she joined UCSF in 2014. Currently, she is one of the faculty members for the MEPN program teaching pathology and parent-child nursing.
Leadership Succession Committee
Jerico G. Alicante, RN, CNN, FISQua Jerico G. Alicante, RN, CNN, FISQua is a former faculty member and board of director for Renal Nurses Association of the Philippines. In 2014, he was inducted into the STTI Alpha Eta Chapter at UCSF School of Nursing. He serves as leadership succession committee and chair for awards committee. Jerico serves as international awards judging committee, leadership education committee, and global ambassador for STTI. Alicante was the first Filipino nurse awarded by STTI with international awards for nursing excellence, New Member Pillar Award, at the 2015 Biennial Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. He is a member and fellow of the International Society for Quality in Health Care (ISQUa).
Schola Matovu, Phd(c), MS, BSN, RN Schola Matovu, RN, MS, PhD(c) is a doctoral candidate at UCSF and a Staff Nurse at Kaiser Permanente. For the past 18 years, she has derived great professional satisfaction in caring for patients in multiple clinical settings. She is a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Minority Fellowship Program fellow, and an active member of several UCSF campus committees, national, and international professional organizations. Leadership roles include Student Director UCSF/John A. Hartford Foundation Center of Gerontological Nursing Excellence and co-founder of UCSF Global Nursing Forum and Nurse-to-Nurse Global Initiative (NTNGI). Her research seeks to understand the experiences and explore the health of grandparents caring for grandchildren affected by HIV/AIDS in Uganda
Publicity Committee
Jerico G. Alicante, RN, CNN, FISQua Jerico G. Alicante, RN, CNN, FISQua is a former faculty member and board of director for Renal Nurses Association of the Philippines. In 2014, he was inducted into the STTI Alpha Eta Chapter at UCSF School of Nursing. He serves as leadership succession committee and chair for awards committee. Jerico serves as international awards judging committee, leadership education committee, and global ambassador for STTI. Alicante was the first Filipino nurse awarded by STTI with international awards for nursing excellence, New Member Pillar Award, at the 2015 Biennial Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. He is a member and fellow of the International Society for Quality in Health Care (ISQUa).
