ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉúannounces 2026 board president-elect, directors

Aug 15, 2025 - 02:19 PM
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The American Organization for Nursing Leadership Aug, 15 announced that Stuart Downs, DNP, R.N., was elected as the 2026 president-elect of the ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉúBoard of Directors. Downs, the system chief nurse executive at Northeast Georgia Health System in Gainesville, Ga., will assume the presidency Jan. 1, 2028. ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉúalso announced the election of three new board members who will serve three-year terms beginning Jan. 1, 2026: Kim Landers, R.N., vice president of patient care services and chief nurse executive at Morris Hospital in Morris, Ill.; Brennan Lewis, DNP, vice president of nursing excellence at Children’s Health in Dallas; and Dale Beatty, DNP, R.N., chief nurse executive and senior vice president at Stanford Health Care in California.

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