Election results from Sigma’s 46th Biennial Convention
INDIANAPOLIS — Sigma elected the organization’s 2021-2023 international leadership at the 46th Biennial Convention House of Delegates (9-10 November 2021) at our first-ever hybrid event. Convention was held both virtually and in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
President
Kenneth Dion, PhD, MSN, MBA, RN, FAAN
President-elect
Sandra Bibb, DNSc, RN, FAAN
Vice President
Secretary
Nancy Rollins Gantz, PhD, MBA, MSN, RN
Treasurer (returning)
Jose Alejandro, PhD, RN-BC, MBA, CCM, FACHE, FAAN
Regional Chapters Coordinating Committee Chair
Carole Liske, PhD, MS, RN
Directors (newly elected)
Debra Anderson, PhD, MNS, GDNS(ED), BA, RN
Elizabeth Weathers, PhD, RGN, BSc (Hons), PGCertTL, FAAN
Directors (returning)
Janice Agazio, PhD, CRNP, RN, FAANP, FAAN
Cynthia Diefenbeck, PsyD, APRN, BC
Sara Horton-Deutsch, PhD, RN, FAAN, ANEF
GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE:
Newly-elected Governance Committee members for a two-year term include:
Fang-Yu Chou, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, CNE
Juli Maxworthy, DNP, MSN, MBA, RN, CNL, CPHQ, CPPS, CHSE, FNAP, FSSH
Jennifer Saylor, PhD, APRN, ACNS-BC
Newly-elected Governance Committee members for a four-year term include:
Leslie Gelling, PhD, MA, BSc(Hons), PGCertHE, RN, FHEA, FRSA
Karen Gorton, PhD, RN, FNP, MS
Returning Governance Committee members include:
Debbie Anglade, PhD, RN, MSN, LHRM, CPHQ, CCM
Steven Palazzo, PhD, MN, RN, CNE
LEADERSHIP SUCCESSION COMMITTEE:
Newly-elected Leadership Succession Committee members for a two-year term include:
Brigit Carter, PhD, RN, CCRN
Viji George, MA, BSN, RN, RNC-NIC
Brenda Owusu, DNP, APRN, ANP-BC, FNP-BC
Kimberly Velez, MSN, RN
Newly-elected Leadership Succession Committee members for a four-year term include:
Karen Maxwell, EdD, RN, NPD-BC
Tamar Rodney, PhD, RN, PMHNP-BC, CNE
William Rosa, PhD, MBE, NP-BC, FAANP, FAAN
Returning Leadership Succession Committee members include:
Monina Hernandez, BSN, PGCerTT, PGDipHS, MNur(Hons), RN, RM
Peggy Jenkins, PhD, MS
Elizabeth Rosser, DPhil, MN, Dip N Ed, RN, RM, Dip RM, PFHEA
REGIONAL COORDINATORS
Africa: Agatha Kapatuka Bula, PhD, MPH, RNM
Asia: Janet Wong, PhD, RN, MN, FHKCHSE, FCHSM
Europe: Liz Westcott, DCM, MSC, RGN
Latin America/Caribbean: Sonia Patricia Carreno Moreno, PhD, MSN, RN
Middle East: Sujatha Shanmugasundaram, PhD, RN, RM, GCTE
Oceania: Elizabeth Halcomb, PhD , BN (Hons), RN, Grad Cert ICNursing, Grad Cert-HE, FACN
North America Region 1: Laura Van Auker, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, MSN, SN-C
North America Region 2: Susan Opas, PhD, RN-C, PNP-BC, PMHS-BC, CNS, CHES
North America Region 3: Christine Hober, PhD, MSN, RN-BC, CNE
North America Region 4: Stephanie Bruce, DNP, MS, RN, ACNS-BC, APNP
North America Region 5: Vivianna Carter, BSN, RN, TNS, TCRN
North America Region 6: Cynthia O’Neal, PhD, RN
North America Region 7: Katrina Embrey, DNS, RN
North America Region 8: D’Ann Somerall, DNP, MAEd, CRNP, FNP-BC, FAANP
North America Region 9: Briyana Morrell, PhD, RN, CCRN-K, CNE
North America Region 10: Sandra Maxwell, MN, BScN, RN
North America Region 11: Janice Jones, PhD, RN, CNS
North America Region 12: Jennifer Graber, EdD, APRN, PMHCNS-BC
North America Region 13: Judith Cornelius, PhD, MS, RN
North America Region 14: Amita Avadhani, PhD, DNP, CNE, DCC, ACNP-BC, NP-C, CCRN, FAANP, FCCM
North America Region 15: Debra Kramlich, PhD, RN, CNE, CCRN-K
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The Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (Sigma) is a nonprofit organization with the mission of developing nurse leaders anywhere to improve healthcare everywhere. Founded in 1922, Sigma has more than 135,000 active members and 550 chapters at institutions of higher education and healthcare partners from Armenia, Australia, and Botswana to Thailand, the United States, and Wales. Sigma members include clinical nurses and administrators, academic nurse educators and researchers, policymakers, entrepreneurs, and others working to fulfill the organization’s vision of connected, empowered nurse leaders transforming global healthcare.
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