Joanne Patricia Tully Cossman

Background

Cossman, Joanne Patricia Tully was born on December 14, 1949 in Ventnor, New Jersey, United States. Daughter of Joseph William and Gertrude (Herr) Tully.

Education

Bachelor of science in nursing, Villanova University, 1971. Master in Public Health, University North Carolina, 1976.

Career

Staff nurse, Children's Seashore House, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1971; public health nurse, Atlantic County Health Department, Mays Landing, New Jersey, 1971-1974; clinical instructor school nursing, Bryn Mawr (Pennsylvania) Hospital, 1974-1975; senior nurse coordinator, Delaware Cancer Network, Wilmington, 1976-1979; director nursing, Emily P. Bissell Hospital, Wilmington, 1979; assistant professor, oncology coordinator, Medical College Ohio, Toledo, 1979-1983; assistant executive director, Visiting Nurse Association, New Haven, Connecticut, 1983-1986; administrator, Community Health Care Plan, New Haven, 1986-1990; assistant vice president utilization review, Connecticut Insur. Group, Bloomfield, Connecticut, since 1991. Assistant professor of University Delaware, Newark, 1978-1979.

Assistant director nursing Riverside Hospital, Toledo, 1981-1983. Assistant professor Yale University School Nursing, New Haven, since 1984. Consultant Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, 1983-1984, The health maintenance organization Group, New Jersey, 1988.

Director Hamden (Connecticut) Regional Adult Day Center, since 1989.

Achievements

• Joanne Patricia Tully Cossman has been listed as a noteworthy Insurance company specialist, nurse by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Rotary, Sigma Theta Tau.

Interests

• Avocation: tennis.

Connections

Married John W. Cossman, September 23, 1982 (divorced 1989). 1 child, Michael.

Father:

Joseph William Tully

Mother:

Gertrude (Herr) Tully

Spouse:

John W. Cossman

child:

Michael Cossman