American Nurses Association Elects Board Members
SILVER SPRING, MD –The American Nurses Association (ANA) announced today that the voting representatives of ANA’s Membership Assembly elected four members to the nine-member board of directors. Ernest James Grant, PhD, RN, FAAN, of the North Carolina Nurses Association, has been re-elected as Vice President. The newly-elected board members are: Treasurer Jennifer Mensik, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, Arizona Nurses Association; Director-at-Large MaryLee Pakieser, MSN, RN, FNP-BC, ANA-Michigan; and Director-At-Large, Recent Graduate Amanda Buechel, BSN, RN, ANA-Illinois. Terms of service begin January 1, 2018.
The following ANA board members continue their terms: President Pamela F. Cipriano, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, Virginia Nurses Association; Secretary Patricia Travis, PhD, RN, CCRP, Maryland Nurses Association; Faith Marie Jones, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, Wyoming Nurses Association; and Director-at-Large, Staff Nurse Gayle M. Peterson, RN-BC, ANA-Massachusetts; and Director-at-Large Tonisha J. Melvin, MS, CRRN, NP-C, Georgia Nurses Association.
Elected to serve on the Nominations and Elections Committee are: Thomas Stenvig, PhD, MPH, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, South Dakota Nurses Association, who is chair-elect; Anthony King, BSN, RN, CPN, ANA-New York; Terry Throckmorton PhD, RN, Texas Nurses Association; and Elizabeth Welch-Carre, MS, APRN, NNP-BC, Colorado Nurses Association.
The following ANA board members continue their terms: President Pamela F. Cipriano, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, Virginia Nurses Association; Secretary Patricia Travis, PhD, RN, CCRP, Maryland Nurses Association; Faith Marie Jones, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, Wyoming Nurses Association; and Director-at-Large, Staff Nurse Gayle M. Peterson, RN-BC, ANA-Massachusetts; and Director-at-Large Tonisha J. Melvin, MS, CRRN, NP-C, Georgia Nurses Association.
Elected to serve on the Nominations and Elections Committee are: Thomas Stenvig, PhD, MPH, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, South Dakota Nurses Association, who is chair-elect; Anthony King, BSN, RN, CPN, ANA-New York; Terry Throckmorton PhD, RN, Texas Nurses Association; and Elizabeth Welch-Carre, MS, APRN, NNP-BC, Colorado Nurses Association.
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