2019 Georgia Nurses Association Yearbook

2019 GNA Membership Assembly
GNA NOMINATING COMMITTEE REPORT
Submitted by: Wanda Jones, MSN, FNP-BC
The elected members of the GNA Nominating Committee for 2017-2019 were as follows:
- Keitta Evans, chair
- Wanda Jones
- Pamela Terwilleger
- Louise Perdue
- Linda Morrow
The GNA staff committee member was Tim Davis.
Due to unforeseen circumstances, Keitta Evans, Pamela Terwilleger and Louise Perdue had to resign their
positions. The GNA Board of Directors elected Wanda Jones as chair, Jill Williams and Jill Ray to replace the
vacant positions.
A call for nominations was placed on the website requesting nominations for all the positions on the
GNA Board of Directors and Nominating Committee. The committee also solicited candidates from other
sources such as the GNA/GNF Board and chapters.
Multiple conference calls were held to review the list of candidates who had applied for open positions. A
diverse slate of candidates were selected and presented to the GNA Board in June 2019. Vital biographical
information and photos of each candidate on the ballot were published in the Georgia Nursing News prior
to the online election in September 2019. The online ballot was opened from September 1st to September
30th 2019. Only GNA members as of June 30th were qualified to vote. Elections results will be announced
at the 2019 Bi-Annual Membership Assembly meeting in Atlanta, GA on November 2, 2019.
SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE REPORT
Scholarship Committee Members:
Wanda Jones
Rachel Myers
The Committee meet on September 14 th at GNA Headquarters and reviewed the three applications. There
were only two completed applications who qualified for the scholarships. After reviewing both candidates
and with the scores being less than 1-point difference, both candidates were awarded the Katherine Pope
Scholarship for 2019.
The following two recipients for the Katherine Pope Scholarship are:
Katherine Carruth
Adalynn Rath
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