Board of Directors

The Board of Directors shall be composed of no fewer than ten and no more than thirteen active and student associate members, including the President, President Elect, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, four District Directors, and three non-voting Student Representatives appointed by the Board of Directors on a rotating basis.

Learn more about the Board of Directors and Executive Committee in the NCANA Bylaws. 

Interested in serving on the Board? More information can be found here.


Megan Conner, PhD, CRNA

President 


Elena N. Meadows, DNP, CRNA
Immediate Past President
  


Ian Hewer, PhD, CRNA
President-Elect 


Jimmy Hicks, MSN, CRNA
Vice President

Bill Cobb, CRNA 
Secretary

Kendra Hetrick, MSN, CRNA
Treasurer
     

Kasey Morgan, MS, CRNA 
District 1 Director

Stacey L. Schlesinger, DNP, MBA, CRNA
District 2 Director
 
Aimee Finnie, CRNA
District 3 Director
     

Cara Harrison, MSN, CRNA 
District 4 Director

Coltin Greer, SRNA
Student Representative
Program: Wake Forest University

Reagen Godette, SRNA
Student Representative
Program: Western Carolina University 
 
Joseph Schwind, BSN, RN, SRNA
Student Representative
Program: Duke University
   

 

Committees  

Committee Descriptions

AANA Foundation
Director:
 

Education & Research
Co-Chairs - Derrick Glymph & Rachel Civale 
Committee Members: Ian Hewer, Sandra Pena, Stacey Schlesinger, Luci New, Renee Levine, Nicholas Glover
Student members (LEAD Scholarship) - Corrine Hauck (Wake Forest University) 

Government Relations
Government Relations Director: Kimberly Gordon
Chair - Linda Stone
Committee Members: 
Tiffany Lin, Jessica Szydlowski, Kasey Morgan, Forrest Dunnahoo, Elena Meadows, Bill Wade, Johanna Newman 

Public Relations
Chair - Chrissy Kress
Committee Members: Macey Arrington, Amanda Fox-Duncan

Program
Co-Chairs - Chris Simmons and Kendra Hetrick
Committee Member: Kasey Morgan

Political Action 
Committee Members: Bob Whitehurst, Kimberly Gordon, Alex Munsey
 

DEI
Co-Chairs - Tatum Mealing, Heath Lambert
Committee Members: Kris Privette, Alex Prescott, Wakiya Berry, Sharzaud Karimi, Mumta Chambers, Mollie Meyers, Madison Olson, Chrissy Kress, Kelly Ternes, Emily Sprenger
 

Nominating
Board Nominated Member - 
District 1 - Yee Kwan

District 2 - Vadim Korogoda
District 3 - Kara Timmons
District 4 - Robert Dickinson 

Peer Assistance & Wellness
State Directors - Linda Stone and Luci New
Committee Members: Becky Cranford, Bowen Griffith, Sarah Browning, Nicholas Glover, Thomas Winn
 

Bylaws
Chair - Bob Matthews
 

Federal Political Director
Johanna Newman

History
Chair - Cathy Briggs 

State Reimbursement Specialist
Derek Galvin 

LEAD Scholarship Director
Deb Flaherty
 

Want to get involved?
If you want to get involved and join an NCANA committee, please reach out to the NCANA office ([email protected]).