The Iowa Nurses Association held it's Annual Meeting virtually on October 19, 2021. Highlights included an address from ANA President, Ernest J. Grant, PhD, RN, FAAN, INA's strategic initiatives, financial road map and an executive director overview. In addition, a celebration of the INA award recipients, INF scholarship recipients, incoming and outgoing board members was held.

A summary of these highlights can be found in the sections below. Thank you to all members who attended this year's Annual Meeting!

Congratulations Award Recipients

Inspiring our Future Nurses Award

Janice M. Miller, MSN, RN

Collaborative Practice Award

Annette Holst MSN, RN, NPD-BC

2021 Excellence in Leadership-Lighting the Way Award

Bridget D. Reed, BSN, RN

Meet the 2021 Award Recipients

Congratulations INF Scholarship Winners

Kali Blocklinger

$2,000 INF Scholarship

Jessie Weiss

$2,000 INF Scholarship

Courtney Wilson

$2,000 INF Scholarship

Learn more about the scholarship recipients

Congratulations Newly Elected Board Members

Greg Opseth, MHS, BSN, RN

President-Elect

Ellen Dejong, BSN, RN, CLC

Staff Nurse at Large Director

Sam Wu, RN

Recently Licensed New Member Nurse Director

Lisa Caffery, MS, BSN, RN, MedSurg-BC, CIC, FAPIC

Representative to ANA Membership Assembly

Chrystel Hatcher, MSN, RN, NPD-BC

Nominations Committee

Alicia Krehbiel, MSN-Ed, RN, CHPN, NE-BC

Nominations Committee

Amanda Rynearson, MSN/MHS, RN

Nominations Committee

Ellen Dejong, BSN, RN, CLC

Iowa Nurses Foundation Director

Jan L. Lee, Ph.D., RN

Iowa Nurses Foundation Director

View the full list of the 2022 INA Board of Directors

Thank you Outgoing Board Members

Lisa Caffery, MS, BSN, RN, MedSurg-BC, CIC, FAPIC

President

2019-2020

Kate Pace, BSN, RN

INA Director of Newly Licensed

2019-2020

Bettina Hoffman, BSN, RN

Director Staff Nurse at Large

2019-2021