Meet the Candidates

The future of AORN Leadership 2025-2026.

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.

OfficeCandidatesState
President-elect (1 to be elected)
Heidi Nanavati, MSN, CRNP, CNORID
 David Reinhart, DNP, MBA, RN, CNORGA
Treasurer (1 to be elected)
Donna J. Doyle, DNP, RN, CNOR, NE-BC, FAORNOH
 Laura Gayton, MHCA, BSN, RN, CNOR, CSSMMO
Board of Directors (4 to be elected)
Leigh Anne Bartlett, MSN, RN, CNORNC
 James "Jay" Bowers, BSN, RN, CNOR, TNCCWV
 Sonja Furr, BSN, RN, CNOR NC
 Amanda Heitman BSN, RN, CNOR NC
 Andrey Ibragimov, RN, MSN, 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, CNORNY
 Michelle L. Griffin, BSN, RN, CPSN, CNORTN
 Jaimeson Hatch, RN, MSN, CNORAK
 Joanne D. Muyco, DNP, RN, NE-BC, CNORTX