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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.
2025-2026 AORN Board of Directors
Darlene Murdock, MSN, BBA, RN, CNOR, CSSM
President
Darlene Murdock is a Clinical Staff Nurse IV, at Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center, Houston, Texas.
David Reinhart, DNP, MBA, RN, CNOR, FAAN
President-elect
David Reinhart is the Director of Nursing Education, Emory Health Care Perioperative Services Enterprise, Atlanta, Georgia.
Jamie Ridout, MSN, MBA, RN, CNOR, CASC, NEA-BC
Vice-President
Jamie Ridout is the Executive Director at Triangle Surgery Center in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Brenda G. Larkin, MS, RN, ACNS-BC, CNS-CP, CSSM, CNOR, FAORN
Secretary
Brenda Larkin is the Clinical Nurse Educator at St Lukes Health System in Boise, Idaho.
Laura A. Gayton, MHCA, BSN, RN, CNOR, CSSM
Treasurer
Laura Gayton is the OR Manager at SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital.
Leigh Anne Bartlett, MSN, RN, CNOR
Board Member
Leigh Anne Bartlett is the Director of Surgical Services / Nursing at UNC Health Johnston in Smithfield, North Carolina.
J.D. Buchert, MSN, M.Ed., MS, RN, CNOR, CPHQ
Board Member
J.D. Buchert is a Workforce Safety Manager at Parkland Health, Dallas, Texas.
Debra C. Callender, DNP, RN, CNOR, CSSM
Board Member
Debra C. Callender is the Administrative Director of Surgical & Orthopedic Services, AdventHealth, Sebring, Florida.
Hung-Fu (Charlie) Lin, MSN, APRN, NP-C, CRNFA, CNOR-PEDS, CNAMB, FAORN
Board Member
Charlie Lin is a Nurse Practitioner, RN First Assist at Stanford Children's Hospital in Palo Alto, California.
Daphny Peneza, MSN, RN, CNOR, CSSM, FAORN
Board Member
Daphny Peneza is the Perioperative Services Manager - Neurosurgery and Otolaryngology ORs at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee.
Rebecca Vortman, DNP, RN, CNOR, NEA-BC
Board Member
Rebecca K. Vortman is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois.
Nikki Washington, MSN, MBA-HCM, RN, CNOR, CSSM
Board Member
Nikki Washington is the Director of Surgical Services and Nursing at St. Joseph’s Medical Center, Stockton, California.
