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Voting for the 2025-2026 AORN Board of Directors and the 2025-2026 AORN Nominating Committee will open on March 5, 2025, and close at 11:59pm (ET) on April 7, 2025.
Click on the candidate links below for their election statements.
| Office | Candidates | State |
|---|---|---|
| President-elect (1 to be elected) | Heidi Nanavati, MSN, CRNP, CNOR | ID |
| David Reinhart, DNP, MBA, RN, CNOR | GA | |
| Treasurer (1 to be elected) | Donna J. Doyle, DNP, RN, CNOR, NE-BC, FAORN | OH |
| Laura Gayton, MHCA, BSN, RN, CNOR, CSSM | MO | |
| Board of Directors (4 to be elected) | Leigh Anne Bartlett, MSN, RN, CNOR | NC |
| James "Jay" Bowers, BSN, RN, CNOR, TNCC | WV | |
| Sonja Furr, BSN, RN, CNOR | NC | |
| Amanda Heitman BSN, RN, CNOR | NC | |
| Andrey Ibragimov, MSN, RN, CNOR | IL | |
| Hung-Fu "Charlie" Lin, MSN, APRN, NP-C, CRNFA, CNOR-PEDS, CNAMB | CA | |
| Daphny Peneza, MSN, RN, CNOR, CSSM, FAORN | TN | |
| Nikki Washington, MSN, MBA-HCM, RN, CNOR, CSSM | CA | |
| Elizabeth J. Williams, MSN, RN, CNOR | TN | |
| Nominating Committee (2 to be elected) | Erica Basora, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, CNOR | GA |
| Richard Dorritie, PhD, MSN, BSN, RN, CNE, CNOR | NY | |
| Michelle L. Griffin, BSN, RN, CPSN, CNOR | TN | |
| Jaimeson Hatch, MSN, RN, CNOR | AK | |
| Joanne D. Muyco, DNP, RN, NE-BC, CNOR | TX |
