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All community.aorn.org platform websites were removed on June 1, 2011. To assist you with your ORNurseLink web group, there is an online help section that shows how to use your state council group site.

About the State Council Website Directory

AORN currently has 30 state councils. The directory below provides links to some of these councils and their officers. Some state councils maintain standalone websites, some use ORNurseLink - AORN's online social network - for their web communications, and a handful of state councils do not maintain a presence on the web or have not provided AORN with a link.

 

State 

Chapter Title 

Council Chair 

AL

Alabama State Council of AORN

 

AL Alaska Legislative Council of periOperative Registered Nurses Buffie Jones 

AZ

Arizona State Council

Pat Mews 

CA

Operating Room Nursing Council of California 

Gayle Sarlatte 

CT

Connecticut State Council of Operating Room Nurses

Caryl Lucchesi 

FL

Florida Council of Operating Room Nurses

Kevin Metzing 

GA

Georgia State Council

Holly Ervine 

IL

Illinois Council of PeriOperative Registered Nurses

Michelle LaBelle 

IN

Indiana Council of Operating Room Nurses

Diana Sullivan 

KY

Kentucky State Council of Perioperative Nurses

Shirley Pollard Ramsey 

LA

Louisiana State Council

Jean Humphrey 

MA

Massachusetts State Council

Marsha Hopkins 

MD/DC

Maryland/Washington DC State Council

Gwen Dobbins 

MI

Michigan Council of Perioperative Registered Nurses

Marianne Patten 

MN

State Council of Minnesota

Cheryl Langford 

MS

Mississippi Council of Perioperative Nurses

Beth Gasson 

MO

Missouri Perioperative Nurses State Council

Lynda Lederle 

NJ

New Jersey State Council of Perioperative Nurses

Dianna McCorkle 

NY

New York State Council

Barbara Rhodes
Sheila Conners-Cardinale 

NC

North Carolina Council of Operating Room Nurses

Mary Bennett

OH

Ohio Council of Perioperative Registered Nurses 

Lois Belton 

OK

Oklahoma State Council of Perioperative Nurses

Barbara Casto 

OR

Oregon State Council of Perioperative Nurses 

Mary Russell 

PA

Pennsylvania Council of OR Nurses

Sandy Albright 

SC

South Carolina Council of Perioperative Nurses

Sue Seitz 

TN

Tennessee State Council of AORN

Claire Karas 

TX

Texas Council of Operating Room Nurses (TCORN) 

Terri Goodman 

VA

Virginia State Council

Stephen Balog 

WA

Washington State Council of Perioperative Nurses

Geri Hough 

WI

Wisconsin State Council

Vonda Wall 

WV

West Virginia State Council

Dawn Yost 

 

 

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