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Providing Strategic Vision and Financial Sustainability
AORN’s Board of Directors is responsible for the strategic vision and financial sustainability for the association that influences perioperative nursing practice across the globe.
The national ballot for the Board is determined by an elected Nominating Committee.
2024-2025 AORN Board of Directors
Nakeisha McNeill Tolliver, DNP, MBA, RN, NE-BC, CNOR, CSSM
President
Nakeisha McNeill Tolliver is the Director of Perioperative Services, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas.
Darlene Murdock, MSN, BBA, RN, CNOR, CSSM
President-Elect
Darlene Murdock is a Clinical Staff Nurse IV, at Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center, Houston, Texas.
Jamie Ridout, MSN, MBA, RN, CNOR, CASC, NEA-BC
Vice-President
Jamie Ridout is the Executive Director at Triangle Surgery Center in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Brenda G. Larkin, MS, RN, ACNS-BC, CNS-CP, CSSM, CNOR, FAORN
Secretary
Brenda is an accomplished Clinical Nurse Specialist with over 20 years of advanced practice experience.
Heidi Nanavati, MSN, CRNP, CNOR
Treasurer
Heidi Nanavati is a Nurse Practitioner/RNFA at Idaho Shoulder to Hand Specialists, Boise, Idaho.
Lisa Bailey, BSN, BS, RN, CNOR
Board Member
Lisa Bailey is a Generalist in Nursing Professional Development at Baylor Health Care System, Dallas, Texas.
J.D. Buchert, MSN, M.Ed., MS, RN, CNOR, CPHQ
Board Member
J.D. Buchert, MSN, M.Ed., MS, RN, CNOR, CPHQ, is a workforce safety manager at Parkland Health, Dallas, Texas.
Debra C. Callender, DNP, RN, CNOR, CSSM
Board Member
Debra C. Callender, DNP, RN, CNOR, CSSM, is the administrative director of Surgical & Orthopedic Services, AdventHealth, Sebring, Florida.
Laura A. Gayton, MHCA, BSN, RN, CNOR, CSSM
Board Member
Laura A. Gayton is the OR manager at St Louis University- South Campus, Missouri.
Tracey H. Penaloza, MSN, RN, CNOR
Board Member
M. Tracey H. Penaloza is the director of Perioperative Services, Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland.
David Reinhart, DNP, MBA, RN, CNOR
Board Member
David Reinhart is the director of Nursing Education, Emory Health Care Perioperative Services Enterprise, Atlanta, Georgia.
Rebecca Vortman, DNP, RN, CNOR, NEA-BC
Board Member
Rebecca K. Vortman is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois.
