OADN Elects Members to the Board of Directors & Nominating Committee

Board Treasurer & Secretary Appointments Announced

Many thanks to each of you who voted in the 2023 OADN Elections. Your votes represent a strong demonstration of your commitment to OADN and associate degree nursing education.

Based on your votes, we have the pleasure of announcing our newly elected OADN leaders. However, before doing so, we want to acknowledge the individuals who served on this year’s Nominating Committee: Chair Johni Beth Teague, Sofia John, Jennifer Smith, and committee advisor Katharine Elliott. These individuals worked diligently throughout the year to recruit and vet the many talented candidates on this year’s ballot. We are grateful to all the exceptional candidates who ran for office this year.

The OADN Board of Directors would also like to extend their gratitude to those candidates who applied for the Board Treasurer and Secretary appointed positions. Thank you to these accomplished and highly qualified members who answered the call to serve our national association.

Please join us in congratulating this year’s election winners:

President-Elect	Director Midwest Region	Director Southeast Region
Lynette V. Apen, DNP, RN, CNS, CNE Director, Research Operations Strategy Office of Research, Patient Care Services Stanford Health Care Palo Alto, California	Patricia Nabal, DNP, BS, FNP, RN-BC Associate Dean of Nursing City Colleges of Chicago Malcom X College Chicago, Illinois	Audria Denker, DNP, RN, FAADN, ANEF Executive Vice President of Nursing Galen College of Nursing Louisville, Kentucky

Nominating Committee

Ruby Alvarez, PhD, MSN, RN Interim Dean, School of Nursing Valencia College Orlando, Florida	Constance Powers, MSN, RN, CCRN, CNE Department Chair Phoenix College Phoenix, Arizona	Sarah Stokke, MSN, BS, RN Nurse Educator NurseThink & Wolters Kluwer Sioux Falls, South Dakota	Shea Walker, DNP, RN Assistant Director of Nursing Georgia Highlands College Rome, Georgia

Special Congratulations to OADN’s Newly Appointed Board Treasurer and Secretary

Treasurer	Secretary
Mariann Harding, PhD, RN, CNE, FAADN Professor of Nursing Kent State University Tuscarawas New Philadelphia, Ohio	Lisa Hawthorne, PhD, RN, PHN, CNE Regional Dean of Nursing Galen College of Nursing Frisco, Texas