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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.
(Top Left) Rebecca K. Vortman, Karen White-Edwards, Megan K. Nolan, William Duffy, Heidi Nanavati, Lisa Bailey, Deborah Marie Ebert; (Bottom Left) Jamie Ridout, Elizabeth Pincus, Vangie Dennis, Darlene Murdock, Nakeisha M. Archer
Board of Directors
Vangie Dennis, MSN, RN, CNOR, CMLSO
President
Vangie Dennis is the Assistant Vice President of Perioperative Services at AnMed Health Systems, Anderson, South Carolina.
Elizabeth Pincus, MSN, MBA, RN, ACNS-BC, CNS-CP, CNOR
President-elect
Elizabeth Pincus is a Clinical Nurse Specialist at Stanford Healthcare, Palo Alto, California.
Darlene Murdock, MSN, BBA, RN, CNOR, CSSM
Vice President
Darlene Murdoch is a Clinical Staff Nurse IV, at Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center, Houston, Texas.
Jamie Ridout, MSN, MBA, RN, CNOR, CASC, NEA-BC
Secretary
Jamie Ridout is the Executive Director at Triangle Surgery Center in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Nakeisha Archer, DNP, MBA, RN, NE-BC, CNOR, CSSM
Treasurer
Nakeisha M. Archer is the Director of Perioperative Services, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas.
Lisa Bailey, BSN, BS, RN, CNOR
Board Member
Lisa Bailey is a Generalist in Nursing Professional Development at Baylor Health Care System, Dallas, Texas.
William Duffy, RN, MJ, CNOR, FAAN
Board Member
William Duffy is the Program Director for the Nursing and Healthcare Administration Master of Science at Loyola University of Chicago, Illinois.
Deborah Marie Ebert, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, CNOR, CCRN-K, CPAN
Board Member
Deborah Marie Ebert is the Associate Vice-President of Perioperative Services at Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas.
Heidi Nanavati, MSN, CRNP, CNOR
Board Member
Heidi Nanavati is a Nurse Practitioner/RNFA at Idaho Shoulder to Hand Specialists, Boise, Idaho.
Megan Nolan, MSN, RN, CNOR, CSSM
Board Member
Megan Nolan is the Director of Nursing and Patient Care Operations Lexington and Needham at Boston Children’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts
Rebecca Vortman, DNP, RN, CNOR, NEA-BC
Board Member
Rebecca K. Vortman is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois.
Karen White-Edwards, BSN, RN, MBA, CNOR
Board Member
Karen White-Edwards is a Professional Development Leader for Perioperative Services Administration, Houston Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas,
