The OCN-NJ was created in 1970, and currently represents 23 New Jersey schools of nursing that offer a BSN degree and/or a graduate degree in nursing. These leaders in baccalaureate and graduate nursing education meet at least 3 to 4 times annually to dialogue and engage in strategic planning, particularly on issues related to:
Officers
Chair
Dr. Kathleen Burke
Assistant Dean and Professor of Nursing
Ramapo College of New Jersey
kmburke@ramapo.edu
Secretary
Dr. Ruth Wittman-Price
Dean, W. Cary Edwards School of Nursing and Health Professions
Thomas Edison State University
rprice@tesu.edu
Acting Treasurer
Dr. Angela R. Starkweather
Dean & Professor
Rutgers School of Nursing
angela.starkweather@rutgers.edu
The following schools of nursing are members of the OCN-NJ and represented by their chief nursing administrator:
| University/College | Chief nursing administrator |
| Berkeley College | Angelica DelaCruz |
| Bloomfield College | Jacquelyn Svercauski |
| Caldwell University | Kathleen Boreale |
| Centenary University | Becky Cooper |
| Chamberlain University | Kathleen Pinto |
| Eastern International College | Suzanne Mullings |
| Eastwick College | Emma E. Nabo |
| The College of New Jersey | Carole Kenner |
| Fairleigh Dickinson University | Annie Rohan |
| Felician University | Christine Mihal |
| Georgian Court University | Teri Wurmser |
| Kean University | Prisca Anuforo |
| Montclair State University | Janice Smolowitz |
| Monmouth University | Colleen Manzetti |
| New Jersey City University | Nelda Ephraim |
| Ramapo College of New Jersey | Kathleen Burke -CHAIR |
| Rider University | Judith H. Lewis |
| Rowan University | Mary Ellen Santucci |
| Rutgers University | Angela Starkweather - ACTING TREASURER |
| Rutgers University - Camden | Donna Nickitas |
| Saint Elizabeth University | Marjorie Tapia |
| Saint Peter’s University | Lisa Garsman |
| Seton Hall University | Kristi J. Stinson |
| Stockton University | Jacqueline M. Arnone |
| Thomas Edison State University | Ruth Wittman-Price – SECRETARY |
| William Paterson University | Minerva Salinas Guttman |