New Fellow Commemorative Program - American Academy of Nursing

Dear Friends and Colleagues:
On behalf of the entire leadership of the American Academy of Nursing, I am
pleased to welcome you to the Academy’s 36th Annual Induction & Soiree.
This evening’s events represent an exciting change in our traditional meeting
format. I trust you will find this evening exciting and entertaining.
Along with our Board of Directors, I know that you join me in offering sincere
congratulations to our 98 new Fellows. This is the largest cadre of Fellows the
Academy has inducted in the last five years. It is humbling to learn of our new
colleagues’ achievements and contributions to the nursing field. As you meet
each of them this evening I trust that you too will be inspired by their important
contributions to nursing. Their work is evidence of the legacy of hard-won
recognition and success many of our nursing predecessors have contributed
to our profession.
I have been pleased to serve as the Academy’s President for the last two
years. This has been quite a memorable time. Not only has the Academy
relocated its headquarters to Washington, DC; it is now heartily engaged in the
health care delivery system debate. Through selective partnerships and our
Raise the Voice TM
campaign, we have the ear of key policy leaders at the White
House, in Congress and the media. We have engaged a number of policy
leaders and will continue to work with Congress to represent the important
work nursing contributes to the health of this nation.
It is with great pride that I turn the leadership of the Academy over to a new
President and new Board of Directors. There has been no greater professional
contribution for me than to serve as AAN’s President. I look forward to working
side-by-side with all of you on the important endeavors that the Academy will
pursue in the future.
Sincerely,
W E L C O M E
Pamela Mitchell, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN
President, American Academy of Nursing
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