Following the voting on and approval of the new INA Bylaws in the fall of 2022, the INA Nominations Committee put out a Call for Committees. After receiving and reviewing Consent to Serves and making an official recommendation to the Board of Directors, a group of members were officially appointed to the new committees.
Listed below are the appointed INA Committee Members for 2022-2023:
BYLAWS COMMITTEE Greg Opseth, MHA, BSN, RN (Chair) Becky Lewis, RN Linda Opheim, RN, BSN, CIC This committee has two vacancies. | EDUCATION COMMITTEE Greg Opseth, MHA, BSN, RN (Chair) Misty Brooks, RN, BSN, CMSRN Katelyn Burns-Thompson, BSN, RN Ellen DeJong, BSN, RN Jan Lee, PhD, BSN, RN Becky Lewis, RN Brandi O'Dell, MSN, RN, CPN | FINANCE COMMITTEE Mary Tarbox, EdD, RN (Chair) This committee has four vacancies. |
NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE Lisa Caffery, RN-BC, CIC, FAPIC (Chair) Candace Chihak, EdD, MSN, RN Darci Colsch, RN, MSN Traci Lamb, MSN, RN, PMH-BC This committee has one vacancy. | NURSING PRACTICE COMMITTEE Shari Kvidahl, BSN, RN (Chair) Stephaney Brondum, MSN, RN, CNL Lisa Caffery, RN-BC, CIC, FAPIC Dana Clasen, DNP, MSN-ED, RN Carrie Lawson, MHA, BSN, RN, CMSRN Emily Vore, MSN, RN, AGCNS-BC This committee has three vacancies. | PUBLIC POLICY COMMITTEE Kate 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 Esther Huston, RN, BSN, PMHNP-DNP Student Sue Whitty, RN, ARNP This committee has two vacancies. |
Due to the fact that these are brand new committees that were created and appointed in accordance with the updated 2022 INA Bylaws, the two-year terms have been staggered to start the even/odd rotations. Some of these individuals will serve a two-year term and others will serve a one-year term. Once the rotation has been established, everyone will serve two-year terms based on the year in which they were appointed.