Based on the Iowa Nurses Association (INA) Bylaws, the Nominations Committee issues a Call for Committees each year to encourage members to continue their engagement or to become involved with the Association through serving on a committee. After the Nominations Committee receives and reviews the Committee Consent to Serve forms, they committee makes an official recommendation to the INA Board of Directors who approve and appoint members to fill any vacancies.
Listed below are the appointed INA Committee Members for 2024:
BYLAWS COMMITTEEDawn Bowker, PhD, RN, APRN-BC, CNE, SANE (Chair) Becky Lewis, RN Linda Opheim, RN, BSN, CIC Greg Opseth, MHA, BSN, RN | EDUCATION COMMITTEEDawn Bowker, PhD, RN, APRN-BC, CNE, SANE (Chair) Misty Brooks, RN, BSN, CMSRN Katelyn Burns-Thompson, BSN, RN Ellen DeJong, BSN, RN Jan Lee, PhD, BSN, RN Brandi O'Dell, MSN, RN, CPN | FINANCE COMMITTEEMary Tarbox, EdD, RN (Chair) This committee has two vacancies. |
NOMINATIONS COMMITTEEChristina Peterson, BSN, RN (Chair) Candace Chihak, EdD, MSN, RN Darci Colsch, RN, MSN Traci Lamb, MSN, RN, PMH-BC | NURSING PRACTICE COMMITTEEShari Kvidahl, BSN, RN (Chair) Gina Battani, MPA, BSN, RN Stephaney Brondum, MSN, RN, CNL Dana Clasen, DNP, MSN-ED, RN Hope Dunn, BSN, MHSA, RN April Golwitzer, MSN, BSN, RN Carrie Lawson, MHA, BSN, RN, CMSRN Emily Vore, MSN, RN, AGCNS-BC | PUBLIC POLICY COMMITTEEKate Pace, BSN, RN (Chair) Dawn Bowker, PhD, RN, ARNP-BC, CNE, SANE Lisa Caffery, RN-BC, CIC, FAPIC Jennifer Casson, BSN, RN, C-EFM Pam Deichmann, MPH, BSN, RN Kelcie Gunderson, BSN, RN Esther Huston, RN, BSN, SANE, PMHNP-DNP Student Christin Pritchard, DNP, MSHI, BSN, RN, NEA-BC, HACP Sam Wu, RN |