The AORN Nominating Committee presents the candidates for the 2021-2022 term for AORN national office. Meet the candidates as they present their speeches to the membership and answer questions presented to them by the AORN Nominating Committee.
AORN Nominating Committee
Chair, Laura Gayton, MHCA, BSN, RN, CNOR, CSSM
Amy Brunson, MSN, RN, CNOR
Jeffrey R. Keane, BSN, RN, CNOR
David Reinhart, DNP, MBA, RN, CNOR
David L. Taylor III, MSN, RN, CNOR
Advisor, Missi Merlino, MHA, RN-BC, CNOR, CSSM(e)
Candidates for AORN National Office
President-elect (1 to be elected) 2 candidates:
Vangie Dennis, MSN, RN, CNOR, CMLSO
Brenda G. Larkin, MS, RN, ACNS-BC, CNS-CP, CNOR, CSSM
Treasurer (1 to be elected) 2 candidates:
Nakeisha M. Archer, MBA, RN, NE-BC, CNOR, CSSM
Jamie Ridout, MBA, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, CNOR, CASC
Board of Directors (4 to be elected) 9 candidates:
Lisa Bailey, BSN, BS, RN, CNOR
DeNene Cofield, BSN, RN, CNOR
Donna J. Doyle, DNP, RN, NE-BC, CNOR
Bill Duffy, RN, MJ, CNOR, FAAN
Merideth D. Lewis, MSN, RN, CNOR
Barbara Nalley, MSN, RN, ANP-BC, NP-C, CNOR
Heidi L. Nanavati, MSN, FNP-BC, CNOR , RNFA
Rebecca K. Vortman, DNP, RN, CNOR
Karen Y. White-Edwards, MBA, BSN, RN, CNOR
Nominating Committee (2 to be elected) 6 candidates:
Crystal Bricker, MSN, RN, CNOR
Andrea Mary Dyer, MSN, RN, CNOR
Sonja Furr, BSN, RN, CNOR
Christopher J. Hudgins, BS, ASN, RN, CNOR
Christopher L. Peredney, MSN, RN, CNS-CP, CNOR
Tammy K. Woolley, MBA, MS, BSN, RN, CSPM, NEA-BC, CNOR
