End of an era… Julie Pinkham’s last day as MNA Executive Director, was Friday, May 9, 2025. Julie has been our ED since December 2000. Prior to that, she served in various positions for the MNA including Labor AD, Educator and Director of the Labor Program. She guided the organization through many milestones such as disaffiliation from ANA and merging the Cabinet and the BOD into the strong, singular governing body of nurses and healthcare professionals that it is today.
Julie led us through not one, but two historic strikes at St. Vincent’s Hospital among others. Under her leadership we won monumental legislative fights to prohibit mandatory overtime and set safe patient limits in all hospital ICUs. She created a Taft-Hartley pension fund for MNA members and was instrumental in founding Northeast Nurses Association/NENA to organize in the regional states. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020, she quickly pivoted the organization to ensure that the nurses and healthcare professionals on the frontlines had a voice to protect their practice and their patients.
Most recently, Julie steered members through Steward’s bankruptcy and fought to put members in the best possible position. MNA’s successes over the past 35 years can be traced back to Julie’s leadership and direction – we have been fortunate to have her, and we wish her well on this next chapter!
As the BOD continues their search for a new Executive Director – Roland Goff, longtime Director of Strategic Campaigns, has stepped in as the Interim ED.
Watch Julie’s retirement announcement from January 2025:
