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American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Announces 2005 Election Results

            Fort Lauderdale (June 16) --The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) has announced results of the 2005 elections.  The following will begin their terms of office on June 21, 2005:

Board of Directors

President Elect - Mona Counts, PhD, CRNP, FNAP, FAANP, of Waynesburg, PA Treasurer – Camille Caldwell, ARNP-CS, MS, FAANP, of Lutz, FL

Region 1 Director – Laima Karosas, PhD, APRN, of Branford, CT

Region 3 Director – Joyce Knestrick*, PhD, FNP, of Washington, PA

Region 5 Director – Susan Lee* MS, NP-C, of Bloomington, IN

Region 7 Director – Kathy Morris, MSN, ARNP, FNP-C, of Tabor, IA

Region 9 Director – Angela Golden*, MNEd, MS, FNP-C, of Munds Park, AZ

Region 11 Director – T. Jeanne Merritt, PhD, MSN, CNS, FNP, of Tampa, FL

Nominations Committee

Sharon Craig, APRN, BC, COHN-s, of Fairview, TN

Carla A. B. Lee, PhD, FAAN, ARNP-CS., of Wichita, KS

Ann W. Wieseke, MA, DNS, APRN, BC, of Muncie, IN

State Representatives

Alaska – Catherine Giessel*, MS, FNP-CS, of Anchorage, AK

Arkansas – Lynne Seymour, MNSc, APN, of Elkins, AR

Colorado – Dianne Bray*, MS, CS, FNP, of Canon City, CO

Idaho – Cathy Arvidson*, PhD, CFNP, of Idaho Falls, ID

Kentucky – Kathy Wheeler*, MSN, CFNP, of Versailles, KY

Louisiana -  Katrina Wims, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, of Alexandria, LA

Montana – Deanna Babb, MN, APRN, FNP, BC, of Great Falls, MT

New Jersey – Maryanne Crowther, APNC, CCRN, of Ocean, NJ

New Mexico – Patricia Gillett*, CFNP, CNS, MSN, ACNP, of Albuquerque, NM

New York (N) – Sabrina Bowie*, FNP-C, of Schenectady, NY

New York (S) – Nancy Balkon*, PhD, ANP-C, of Stonybrook, NY

North Carolina – Frankie Dunmore*, MSN, Med, CS, FNP, of Durham, NC

North Dakota – Gwen Witzel*, MSN, FNP-C, of Langdon, ND

Oklahoma – Mary Petermann, ARNP, of Oklahoma City, OK

Oregon – Dolores Foglio, MN, FNP, of Beavercreek, OR

South Carolina – Bernadette Pinkney*, MSN, ACFNP, of N. Charleston, SC

South Dakota – Aleen Golis*, MS, APRN, BC, of Hot Springs, SD

Tennessee – Judy Corfman, FNP, MSN, APRN-BC, of Brentwood, TN

Texas – Karen Olson. PhD, FNP-C, of Corpus Christi, TX

Utah – Lee Moss*, APRN, FNP, of Salt Lake City, UT

Washington – Jerry Green, Jr., Major, BA, MSN, FNP-C, of Lacey, WA

Wyoming – Ann Enlow, FNP, MSN, of Cheyenne, WY

* Re-elected

The AANP was founded in 1985 and is the oldest and largest full-service national professional organization for nurse practitioners of all specialties.  With more than 19,500 individual members and 106 group members, AANP represents the interests of approximately 90,000 nurse practitioners around the country.  AANP continually advocates for the active role of nurse practitioners as providers of high-quality, cost-effective healthcare.  For more information visit www.aanp.org

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