Leadership Council

The ANA Leadership Council is a representative advisory body that provides informed guidance, advice, and/or recommend proposals on professional issues and organizational matters via collaboration with the ANA Board of Directors ("Board"). The ANA Leadership Council reports to the ANA Membership Assembly.

The Leadership Council shall be composed of:

• Two representatives from each Constituent/State Nurses Association (C/SNA) and the Individual Member Division (IMD), who shall be the president and chief staff officer or their designees.
• Each C/SNA president and the IMD chair or their respective designee shall be a C/SNA-ANA member or IMD member in good standing. 
• The ANA Leadership Council shall elect a Leadership Council Executive Committee composed of a Chair, a Vice Chair, and three members-at-large.
  
  

LEADERSHIP COUNCIL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

• Chair: Barbara R. Medvec, DNP, RN, MSA, MSN, NEA-BC
  ANA-Michigan
  Term: January 1, 2026 - December 31, 2027
  
  
• Vice-Chair: Jane Nelson, CAE 
  Oklahoma Nurses Association
  Term: January 1, 2025 – December 31, 2026
  
  
• Member-at-Large (President): Lou Bartolo, DNP, MSN, RN
  Maryland Nurses Association
  Term: January 1, 2026 - December 31, 2027
  
  
• Member-at-Large (ED): Susie Marks, MSS, MPH, BA
  Arkansas Nurses Association
  Term: January 1, 2026 - December 31, 2027
  
  
• Member-at-Large: Wayne Zeh Wellington, DNP, MSN, RN, NE-BC
  ANA-Illinois
  Term: January 1, 2025 – December 31, 2026
  
  
• ANA Board Liaison to LCEC: Anita Girard, DNP, RN, NEA-BC
  ANA\California
  Term: January 1, 2026 – December 31, 2027

GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND RESOURCES

• Leadership Summit on C/SNA Essentials 
• ANA Leadership Council Operating Guidelines (approved December 10, 2025)
• Expense Policy for Leadership Council Meetings
  
  

QUESTIONS?

If you have questions, please contact ANA’s Office of General Counsel/Governance  at leader@ana.org.