State and Regional Legislative Coordinators

The State Coordinator is the liaison between AORN’s public policy interests and efforts in their state and the National Legislative Committee and AORN Government Affairs staff.

In this role the State Coordinator is the eyes and ears to legislative issues in the state and the AORN leader who brings their specific state to the attention of the NLC Regional Coordinator for funding and/or support for RN Circulator legislation. The Regional Coordinator then brings the request to the full National Legislative Committee and government affairs staff.

*Mentees are listed if states have them.

Chair: Claire Everson
claire.everson@bannerhealth.com
480-839-8495 (h)

Board Liaison: Rhonda Anders
rhonda.anders@ssfhs.org
317-862-3189 (h)

Region 1: 10 States

Pat Gussey
pgussey@msn.com
518-581-8924 (h)

Connecticut	Judi Goldberg	goldbem@msn.com	860.444.2757
Delaware	Shirley Fleegle	shirley728@live.com	302.226.1681
Maine	Linda Zimmerman	zimlinda@midmaine.com	207.876.2763
Massachusetts *Mentee	Deborah L. Farina-Mulloy Kelly Kollar	Deborah.L.Farina-Mulloy@Lahey.org kelly.kollar@childrens.harvard.edu	617.244.6793 617.288.1782
New Hampshire	Kristina Bailey	Kristina.A.Bailey@gmail.com	603.524.1526
New Jersey	Dianna McCorkle	dilnc@comcast.net
New York	Marlene Craden	mcraden@kaleidahealth.org	716.874.1287
Pennsylvania	Kim Dodson	Jldkad119@aol.com	717.367.6584
Rhode Island	Julie Greenhalgh	Jag3@cox.net	401.943.7846
Vermont	Christina McCaffrey	christina.McCaffrey@vtmednet.org	802.862.3133

Region 2: 9 States

Claire Karas
CKCRNFA@aol.com
615-866-9066 (h) 615-714-9945 (c)

Alabama	Jennifer Whitley	jennifer.whitley@hhsys.org	256.348.3252
Florida	Linda Savage	Savlinda3@aol.com	239.432.0636
Georgia	Pat Reynolds	patreynolds1323@gmail.com	404.668.5874
Kentucky	Carrie Morris	cam@emanon.com	859.224.8783
Maryland	Joan Spear	Joan.spear@aesculap.com	443.280.1429
NorthCarolina	Corliss Mee	corliss2@hotmail.com	910.392.1355
SouthCarolina	Edgar Nelson	elnelson3@yahoo.com	803.413.0666
Tennessee	Claire Karas	ckcrnfa@aol.com	615.866.9066
Virginia/DC	Bonnie Vencill	cnor1@comcast.net	804.526.3704
West Virginia	James Bowers Dawn Yost	jayrns@verizon.net yostd@wvuh.com	304.598.0156 304.292.1767

Region 3: 10 States

Karen Knapp
pt1stcrnfa@wildblue.net
231-861-2411 (h)

Illinois	Sophia Schild	SMS60060@yahoo.com	312.770.3856
Indiana	Teresa Nosek	t.nosek@hrtc.net	317.326.1252
Iowa	Jane Krogmeier	sjkrogy@mchsi.com	563.588.2010
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	OPEN	OPEN	OPEN
Ohio	Elouise Hardy Janet Janes Don Katz	elouise.hardy@gmail.com Janet_janes@owens.edu donkatz@fuse.net	419.706.3353 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: 10 States

Sarah Breckenridge
Sarah.Breckenridge@comcast.net
503-317-0371 (h)

Alaska	Barbara Wortman	bwortman@mtaonline.net	907.696.7670
California *Mentee	Shelley Cantin Jackie Leopard	Cantinsa@ah.org J.leopard@sbcglobal.net	707.963.6590 714.390.9612
Idaho	Janelle Khatain	zazenstudent64@msn.com	208.724.4096
Hawaii	Julie Noyes	konajule@hotmail.com	808.744.6303
Montana	OPEN	OPEN	OPEN
Nevada	Valarie Oxhorn Cheryl Lenhart	voxhorn@yahoo.com cklenhart@charter.net	775.626.5335 775.267.2039
Oregon	Sarah Breckenridge	sarah.breckenridge@comcast.net	503.317.0371
Utah	Diana Brown	diana.brown@imail.org	801.532.4701
Washington	Rebecca Davis	cardiacnse@aol.com	253.535.3490
Wyoming	Jennifer Misajet	misajetj@exempla.org	307.640.0892

Region 5: 11 States

Belinda Jones
belindamjones@bellsouth.net
318-686-6427 (h)

Arkansas	Elizabeth Hunsicker	eahun@sbcglobal.net	501.835.2715
Arizona	Terri Aldama	azcrnfa@yahoo.com	623.412.3425
Colorado	Sheila Mitchell	smitchell@aorn.org	303.755.6304 ext. 352
Kansas	OPEN	OPEN	OPEN
Louisiana	Sheila Allen	sallen254@gmail.com	970.878.5493
Mississippi	Beth Gasson	bgasson1@comcast.net	601.209.2462
Missouri	Lynda Lederle	lynda.lederle@hcamidwest.com	816.276.7850
New Mexico	Janet Baca	janbaca@att.net	505.345.4647
Oklahoma	Patti Palmer	palmer40@cox.net	918.251.4610
Texas *Mentee	Joy Don Baker Sharon Danielewicz	jdonbaker@sbcglobal.net attyblonde66@aol.com	817.980.5354