AORN Board of Directors - Board Of Directors

The AORN Board of Directors governs the affairs of the Association. Officers and Board members are elected by the House of Delegates at Congress. The President and President-elect each serve one-year terms; all other members of the Board of Directors serve two-year terms. Elections are staggered so the Board never is composed completely of new members.

The Board meets after Congress each year and at least two other times during the year. Reports from the Board of Directors' meetings are prepared by the Secretary and submitted to the AORN Journal for publication.

At the 2003 Congress, delegates will elect a President-elect, a Treasurer, and four Board of Directors members. Candidate profiles and election statements are published in this issue of the AORN Journal (see page 65). At Congress, Board members will wear pale blue ribbons attached to their badges. Candidates will wear light green ribbons. The President's ribbon is black.

Photographs of the Board of Directors members accompany this article. The caption for each photograph identifies the person's elected office, his or her job title and location, and the year his or her term expires.

President Donna S. Watson, nurse practitioner, Gig Harbor, Wash. (2003)

President-elect Betty J. Shultz, president and perioperative educator, Surgical Services Specialists, Westlake, Ohio. (2003)

Vice President Michelle Burke, administrative director of perioperative services, St Vincents Catholic Medical Centers of New York, Queens Village. (2004)

Treasurer William J. Duffy, assistant vice president, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Corp, III. (2003)

Secretary Sharon A. McNamara, director of surgical services, WakeMed, Raleigh, NC. (2004)

Lorraine J. Butler, vice president of perioperative services, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ. (2004)

Debra L. Fawcett, assistant professor of nursing, Indiana University at Kokomo. (2003)

Paula R. Graling, clinical nurse specialist, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, Va. (2003)

Charlotte L. Guglielmi, perioperative educator, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston. (2004)

Anita Jo Shoup, clinical nurse consultant, Regent Medical, Edmonds, Wash. (2003)

Debora S. Tanner, director, Riverside Surgery Center, Newport News, Va. (2003)

Nathalie F. Walker, clinical RN III, East Jefferson General Hospital, Metairie, La. (2004)

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