Board of Directors

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.


 

AORN Board of Directors

2023-2024 AORN Board of Directors

Elizabeth Pincus, MSN, MBA, RN, ACNS-BC, CNS-CP, CNOR

President

Elizabeth Pincus is a Clinical Nurse Specialist at Stanford Healthcare, Palo Alto, California.

Nakeisha Archer, DNP, MBA, RN, NE-BC, CNOR, CSSM

President-elect

Nakeisha M. Archer is the Director of Perioperative Services, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas.

Darlene Murdock, MSN, BBA, RN, CNOR, CSSM

Vice President

Darlene Murdock 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.

Heidi Nanavati, MSN, CRNP, CNOR

Treasurer

Heidi Nanavati is a Nurse Practitioner/RNFA at Idaho Shoulder to Hand Specialists, Boise, Idaho.

Lisa Bailey, BSN, BS, RN, CNOR

Board Member

Lisa Bailey is a Generalist in Nursing Professional Development at Baylor Health Care System, Dallas, Texas.

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.

Laura A. Gayton, MHCA, BSN, RN, CNOR, CSSM

Board Member

Laura A. Gayton is the OR manager at St Louis University- South Campus, Missouri.

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

Tracey H. Penaloza, MSN, RN, CNOR

Board Member

M. Tracey H. Penaloza is the director of Perioperative Services, Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland.

David Reinhart, DNP, MBA, RN, CNOR

Board Member

David Reinhart is the director of Nursing Education, Emory Health Care Perioperative Services Enterprise, Atlanta, Georgia.

Rebecca Vortman, DNP, RN, CNOR, NEA-BC

Board Member

Rebecca K. Vortman is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois.