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AONE Announces 2012 President-Elect
Contact:
Susan Gergely, AONE - (312) 626-2240
Chicago, IL (Friday, October 7, 2011) —Michelle Janney, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, has been elected 2012 AONE president-elect of the American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE) Board of Directors. Janney is the senior vice president and Wood-Prince Family chief nurse executive at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago where she has worked since 2002.
Selected through a voting process of AONE’s 8,100 members, Janney will serve as president-elect for a one-year term beginning January 1, 2012. She will become AONE president and serve a one-year term beginning January 1, 2013.
“I am honored to serve as president-elect and look forward to partnering with our members to further the AONE agenda,” said Janney. “Health care reform, along with the Institute of Medicine’s report on the future of nursing, presents unique opportunities to influence health care policy and the nursing profession.”
Janney has been a registered nurse for more than 30 years, serving as a bedside nurse, faculty, researcher, administrator and board member. She has been an AONE member for 18 years and has served on the AONE Strategic Planning Committee and the AONE Board of Directors in 2007-2008. Janney has also served as the AONE region 5 director, representing Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin. In addition, she has served in national leadership capacities for the Hospital Advisory Committee of the Joint Commission and the Regional Policy Board of the American Hospital Association.
Under Janney’s leadership, Northwestern Memorial received Magnet designation in 2006 and re-designation in 2010. Magnet designation recognizes health care organizations for superior patient care, nursing excellence and innovations in professional nursing practice. Janney received the Power of Nursing Leadership Pinnacle Leader Award in 2007 and the Nursing Spectrum Excellence Award for Advancing and Leading the Profession in 2010.
Also elected to the 2012 AONE Board of Directors by the AONE membership are the following:
Region 1
Sharon Gale, MSN, RN
chief executive officer
Massachusetts Organization of Nurse Executives
Burlington, MA
Region 3
Mary Tonges, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN
senior vice president and chief nursing officer
The University of North Carolina Hospitals
Chapel Hill, NC
At-Large Board of Director
Elaine Cohen, EdD, RN, FAAN
associate chief nursing quality improvement
The James A Haley Veterans Hospital
Tampa, FL
About the American Organization of Nurse Executives
The American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE) is the national professional organization for nurses who design, facilitate and manage care. With more than 8,100 members, AONE is the leading voice of nursing leadership in health care. Since 1967, the organization has provided leadership, professional development, advocacy and research to advance nursing practice and patient care, promote nursing leadership excellence and shape public policy for health care. AONE is a subsidiary of the American Hospital Association (AHA). For additional information, visit the AONE website at www.aone.org.
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