American Nurses Association Membership Assembly Elects New National Leaders
ANA Membership Assembly elects new president, secretary, directors-at-large, and members of the Nominations and Elections Committee
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Nurses Association (ANA) announces that the voting representatives of ANA’s Membership Assembly elected Anita Girard, DNP, RN, CNL, CPHQ, NEA-BC of the American Nurses Association\California, as the new President to represent the interests of the nation’s more than 5 million nurses.
ANA’s Membership Assembly also elected Heidi Sanborn, DNP, RN, CNE of the Arizona Nurses Association to serve as Secretary. The assembly elected Ahnyel Burkes, DNP, RN-BC, NEA-BC, of the Louisiana State Nurses Association, and Nelson Tuazon, DNP, DBA, RN, NEA-BC, CENP, CPPS, CPHFH, CNE, FACHE, FNAP, FAMSN, FAAN, of the Texas Nurses Association, to serve as Directors-at-Large. Josephine Agyei, BSN, RN, of ANA-New York, was elected to serve as the Director-at-Large, Staff Nurse.
Elected to serve on the Nominations and Elections Committee are:
- Jacqueline McEuen, MSN, BS, BSN, RN, of the Arkansas Nurses Association
- Mavis Mesi, DNP, MSN, FNP, RN, of the Colorado Nurses Association
- Seth Schweiger, BSN, RN, of the Minnesota Organization of Registered Nurses
All newly elected leaders will begin their two-year terms of service on January 1, 2027.
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