GENEVA — The Finger Lakes Health College of Nursing & Health Sciences announced it has appointed Shelly Talbott and Laura Van Niel to its board of trustees. Talbott currently works for the University of Rochester Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine (Urgent Care) and the Penfield Central School District as registered nurse. A graduate of […]
GENEVA — The Finger Lakes Health College of Nursing & Health Sciences announced it has appointed Shelly Talbott and Laura Van Niel to its board of trustees. Talbott currently works for the University of Rochester Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine (Urgent Care) and the Penfield Central School District as registered nurse. A graduate of Rush-Henrietta Senior High School in Henrietta, Talbott earned her undergraduate degree in 1999 at the University of Rochester. She completed graduate studies at the University of Rochester, focusing on family practice. Talbott volunteered for the Henrietta Volunteer Ambulance as an EMT-D from 1997-2005 and also served on the board of directors for a short time. Van Niel of Seneca Falls works at the Wayne-Finger Lakes BOCES as the New Vision Medical Careers instructor at Geneva General Hospital. She worked in this position from September 1995 through June 2003 and returned to the post in September 2007. In the interim, Van Niel was the health professions and fellowship administrator at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva. A graduate of Ramsey High School in Ramsey, New Jersey, Van Niel earned her undergraduate degree from Ithaca College and completed her graduate studies at Utah State University. She served on the Finger Lakes Health Foundation board of directors for nine years, serving as chair for the last three years.