Board of Directors (Four to be Elected)

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Hung-Fu “Charlie” Lin, MSN, APRN, NP-C, CRNFA, CNOR-PEDS, CNAMB, is a Nurse Practitioner and RN First Assist in Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery at Stanford Children’s Health, Palo Alto, California. He earned a Bachelor of Science in nursing and a Master of Science in nursing from West Texas A&M University, Canyon; and an RN first assistant certificate from Delaware County Community College, Media, Pennsylvania.

Lin has been a perioperative nurse for 12 years and a member of AORN for 10 years. He is a member of

• AORN of North Texas (2015-present)
• AORN Silicon Valley CA (2019-present)
• the California Alliance for Perioperative Practice (2023-present)
• the RNFA Specialty Assembly (2018-present)
• the Pediatric Specialty Assembly (2017-present)

He has been a member of

• the Advanced Practice Nursing Specialty Assembly (2017-2023)
• AORN Connecticut Chapter I (2018-2019)
• eChapter (2016-2017).

Lin has attended Congress eight times in the past 10 years, each time as a delegate.

Lin has received

• an Emerging Perioperative Leaders Under 40 Award (2024)
• an AORN Top 40 Under Forty Award (2017)
• an OWL (Outstanding With Literature) Award (2021)
• an AORN Excellence in Clinical Innovation Poster Award (2022)
• a ROSE (Recognition of Service Excellence) Award (2024)

Highlights of Lin’s service to AORN include that he is

• chair of the AORN Global Relations Committee (2024-present)
• secretary of AORN Silicon Valley CA (2020-2022, 2024-present)
• education co-chair of AORN of North Texas (2021-present)

He has been

• chair of the Nominating Committee (2023-2024)
• chair-elect of the AORN Scholarship Committee (2021-2022)
• chair of the RNFA Specialty Assembly (2021-2023)
• legislative chair of the Advanced Practice Nursing Specialty Assembly (2021-2023)
• a member of the AORN Connecticut Chapter I Board of Directors (2018-2019)
• secretary of AORN of North Texas (2016-2018)
• communications chair of the RNFA Specialty Assembly (2020-2021)

In other leadership roles, Lin is

• otolaryngology lead for the Advanced Practice Provider Fellowship Surgical Services Advisory Board, Stanford Children’s Health (2023-present)
• a member of the CNOR Specialty Areas Workgroup, Competency & Credentialing Institute (2023-present)
• an OR nurse leader of the Leadership Board for LEAP Global Missions (2015-present)
• HEENT (head, eyes, ears, nose, and throat) curriculum lead, core instructional teaching faculty, Stanford School of Medicine Physician Assistant program (2021-present)
• adjunct faculty, Delaware County Community College RN First Assist program (2018-present)

In his community, Lin is

• lead volunteer with LEAP Global Missions (2015-present)
• medical interpreter (Chinese), LEAP Global Missions (2015-present)
• a pregnancy nurse, Prestonwood Pregnancy Center (2015-2018)

He has been

• a summer camp charge nurse, Dallas Chinese Christian Youth Camp (2015-2019)
• a youth counselor at Asian American Baptist Church (2015-2017)

Election Statement

Modern health care continues to challenge our perioperative practice and the well-being of patient-centered care. As the beacon of perioperative excellence, AORN’s leadership must not lose sight of the member’s voice and continue addressing challenges impacting the profession of today and tomorrow, including improving clinical efficiency and outcomes, staff retention, resource management, and competency validation for the nurse’s evolving workforce demands.

Our association continues to move forward with committed leaders in the Boardroom from diverse backgrounds focused on global and clinical innovation. As a first-generation Taiwanese American male perioperative nurse, my nontraditional route to the OR provides me with a unique bedside perspective in interdisciplinary collaboration from an ASC preop/PACU, to circulator, to physician liaison, to academic surgical nurse practitioner and first assist. I advocated for increasing representation on the national ballot as the immediate past-chair of AORN’s Nominating Committee. I continue to represent perioperative nurses in advanced practice internationally and will continue to represent the voice of our multilevel membership in the Boardroom. I will explore and address the multigenerational challenges impacting membership engagement.

We must understand our profession’s past trials and successes as an association that values the member’s contributions and knowledge as we continue to move forward. Our collaboration with corporate and international partners empowers nurses to thrive as we continue looking at opportunities in clinical innovation that improve patient safety through global member engagement.

Our AORN Board should represent our diverse membership, and I am ready to serve our association representing YOU on AORN’s Board of Directors.