State and Regional Legislative Coordinators

The state coordinator is the lead person in the state for all advocacy efforts. State coordinators work with AORN Government Affairs staff members and the National Legislative Committee (NLC) to advance AORN's legislative priorities at the state level.

Find your state coordinator below.

NLC Chair: Steve Balog
703-866-4336 (H)

AORN Board Liaison: Martha Stratton

Region 1 Dianna McCorkle dmccorkle3@icloud.com 732-690-1099 (H)
Connecticut	Jeanee Ring	jring@stfranciscare.org	860-688-4262
Delaware	Shirley Fleegle	shirley728@live.com	302-226-1681
Maine	Linda Zimmerman	zimlinda33@gmail.com	207-876-2763
Massachusetts Mentee	Deborah Farina-Mulloy Kimberly Wheeler	debmulloy@comcast.net Kimberly.K.Wheeler@lahey.org	617-244-6793 781-744-3163
New Hampshire	Jodi Lee	Jodi.L.Lee@Hitchcock.org	603-558-1779
New Jersey	Dianna McCorkle	dmccorkle3@icloud.com	732-690-1099
New York	Marlene Craden Pat Gussey	mcraden@kaleidahealth.org pgussey@msn.com	716-874-1287 518-581-8924
Pennsylvania	OPEN	OPEN	OPEN
Rhode Island	Julie Greenhalgh	Jag3@cox.net	401-943-7846
Vermont	Christina McCaffrey	christina.McCaffrey@vtmednet.org	802-862-3133
Region 2 Bonnie Vencill cnor1@comcast.net 804-526-3704 (H)
Alabama	Susan Southwick	smartsue@juno.com	205-223-1279
Florida	OPEN	OPEN	OPEN
Georgia	Pat Moody	grits50@windstream.net	770-479-4629
Kentucky Mentee	Colleen Foxworthy Vanessa Lyons	nortoncf@yahoo.com vlyons@murrayhospital.org	812-923-8869 270-759-5630
Maryland	Joan Spear	Joan.spear@aesculap.com	443-280-1429
North Carolina	Lady Sue Bell	ladysue@triad.rr.com	336-209-2422
South Carolina	OPEN	OPEN	OPEN
Tennessee	Claire Karas	ckcrnfa@aol.com	615-866-9066
Virginia/DC Mentee	Bonnie Vencill Deborah Boswell	cnor1@comcast.net spongecake49@gmail.com	804-526-3704 540-955-2820
West Virginia	James Bowers Dawn Yost	jayrns@frontier.com yostd@wvuh.com	304-598-0156 304-292-1767
Region 3 Nancy Fellows nfellows@its.jnj.com 440-943-4756 (H)
Illinois	Randolph Schild	r60060@gmail.com	847-388-0438
Indiana	Teresa Nosek	t.nosek@hrtc.net	317-326-1252
Iowa	Rhonda Price	rprice1060@yahoo.com	319-530-4178
Michigan	Karen Knapp	pt1stcrnfa@wildblue.net	231-861-2411
Minnesota	Mary Mirick	mmmirick@earthlink.net	952-448-5312
Nebraska	Karen Rustermier	nurserust@yahoo.com	402-502-2606
North Dakota	Stephanie Kruta	stephaniekruta@catholichealth.net	701-490-2424
Ohio	Janet Janes Don Katz	Janet_janes@owens.edu donkatz@fuse.net	419-385-7367 937-254-7157
South Dakota	Sue McNaboe	smcnaboe@rushmore.com	605-716-1008
Wisconsin	Karen Moser	chef_moz@hotmail.com	608-467-8383
Region 4 Anita Shoup anita.shoup@swedish.org 425-742-9738 (H)
Alaska	Theresa McCollam	spirited_adventuress@yahoo.com	907-351-0088
California Mentee	Georgina Centeno Yasmin Shikina	georgiecenteno@yahoo.com Yaz23@aol.com	310-329-9693 714-420-8389
Idaho	Ellen Bencken	lbq4u27@gmail.com	208-493-0431
Hawaii	Karen Scott	sixdogs15642@yahoo.com	808-744-1686
Montana	Keith Keierleber	dfnsmn@bresnan.net	406-245-7129
Nevada	Valarie Oxhorn Cheryl Lenhart	voxhorn@yahoo.com ckmlenhart@gmail.com	775-626-5335 775-267-2039
Oregon	Sarah Breckenridge	newberg310@yahoo.com	503-317-0371
Utah	Diana Brown	diana.brown@imail.org	801-532-4701
Washington Mentee	Rebecca Davis Jane Minish	cardiacnse@aol.com jane@olyridge.net	253-535-3490 360-531-0951
Wyoming	Jennifer Misajet	wyocnor@gmail.com	307-640-0892
Region 5 Jean Franks jfranks450@hotmail.com 281-360-1068 (H)
Arkansas	Kenneth Worley	kawarkman@aol.com	501-228-0725
Arizona	Terri Aldama	azcrnfa@yahoo.com	623-412-3425
Colorado	Sheila Mitchell	sheilagrumbach@comcast.net	719-393-9076
Kansas	OPEN	OPEN	OPEN
Louisiana	Nathalie Walker	gw_nat@bellsouth.net	504-833-3303
Mississippi	Beth Gasson	bgasson1@comcast.net	601-209-2462
Missouri	Lynda Lederle	lalederle@hotmail.com	816-322-0847
New Mexico	Janet Baca	janbaca@comcast.net	505-345-4647
Oklahoma	Patti Palmer	palmer40@cox.net	918-251-4610
Texas Mentee	Jean Franks Sharon Danielewicz	jfranks450@hotmail.com attyblonde66@aol.com	281-360-1068 830-438-3198

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