AORN Board of Directors

AORN Journal, Jan, 2007

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 2007 Congress, delegates will elect a President-elect, 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 facility location, and the year his or her term expires.

President Paula R. Graling, RN, MSN, CNS, CNOR, clinical nurse specialist, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, Va. (2007)

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President-elect Mary Jo W. Steiert, RN, BSN, CNOR, clinical nurse manager, The Medical Center of Aurora, Aurora, Colo. (2007)

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Vice President Charlotte L. Guglielmi, RN, BSN, CNOR, perioperative nurse specialist, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Quincy, Mass. (2008)

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Treasurer Kate A. O'Toole, RN, BSN, MSMOB, CNOR, administrative director, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore. (2007)

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Secretary Jane Flowers, RN, MSN, CNOR, perioperative clinical manager, Peninsula Regional Medical Center, Salisbury, Md. (2008)

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Susan K. Banschbach, RN, MSN, CNOR, director of surgery services, St Francis Hospital, Tulsa, Okla. (2007)

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Claire R. Eveson, RN, CCAP, CNOR, perioperative/ endoscopy clinical educator, Banner Desert Medical Center, mesa, Ariz. (2007)

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Anne Marie Herlehy, RN, MS, CNOR, administrative director, Alexian Brothers Medical Center, Elk Grove Village, Ill. (2008)

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Beverly A. Kirchner, RN, BSN, CNOR, CASC, chief executive officer and president, Genesee Associates, Inc, Highland Village, Tex. (2007)

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Rosemarie T. Schroeder, RN, BSN, CNOR, administrative director, Cox Health Systems, Springfield, Mo. (2007)

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Deborah G. Spratt, RN, BSN, MPA, CNOR, CNAA, director of value analysis/clinical specialist, Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, NY. (2008)

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Patrick E. Voight, RN, BSN, MSA, CNOR, perioperative nurse consultant, senior manager, Deloitte & Touche, Detroit, Mich. (2008)

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