2020
JACQUELINE
CASSAGNOL
FOUNDER & PRESIDENT
WORLDWIDE COMMUNITY FIRST RESPONDER, INC.
An accomplished nursing administrator, educator and professor, Jacqueline Cassagnol received
a Master of Science Degree in Nursing Administration, and a Post Master Degree Certifi
cate in Nursing Education from Mercy College. She is currently a PhD Candidate at Pace
University. She founded and became president of Worldwide Community First Responder
(WCFR), Inc, and also was a founding member and past vice-president of the Greater Nanuet
Chamber of Commerce, a Rockland Community Emergency Responsive Team (CERT) member,
and a Haitian American Nurses Association (HANA) member. She was elected Nanuet
Patch Mayor in August 2018.
Cassagnol had experience in preparing for and assisting with victims of the 2010��Haiti earthquake
and founded WCFR, a non-profi t organization, to provide health education, fi rst aid,
and disaster-preparedness training. She has presented at International Research Congress
Conferences in China, South Africa, and Ireland regarding health education and disaster preparedness
projects that she initiated through WCFR in the United States and Haiti.
Cassagnol has been recognized with numerous distinguished awards for her community
services. She was honored as a “rising star” by the Rockland Economic Development Corporation
at the organization’s 13th Annual Forty Under 40��Reception; “safe community” award
winner; as “nurse of the year” by March of Dimes; and as the “nurse of the year and president’s
choice” award winner by HANA of Rockland County, Inc; and as “founding member” by
the Greater Nanuet Chamber of Commerce in New York.
She was highlighted in numerous magazines from 2017��to 2019��and recently, she won the
Jefferson Award Bronze Medal of Honor from Pace University in November 2019.
HEALTHCARE HEROES