2022-2023 IANS Board

Executive Board of Directors
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President: Hunter Morgan, BSN, RN
​Bio:
  • Hunter is a newly graduated nursing student from Grand View University. He grew up in Carlisle, Iowa not far from Des Moines. He is in his second term on the board and is currently serving as the President and Chair on the 22-23 BOD. He previously held the Nomination and Elections position on the 21-22 BOD. ​Hunter was involved in his school association (GVNSA) as the Vice President. He also was recently inducted into the NSNA Leadership U Honor Society. Hunter currently works as a Certified Pharmacy Technician at MercyOne in Des Moines and serves as a Safety Coach representing the pharmacy on how to improve patient care and minimize mistakes. He hopes that through his term he has inspired other nursing students from across the state to get involved at the school and state level. After Graduation, he has relocated to Rochester, MN to work at The Mayo Clinic in the Cardiovascular Surgery PCU. Hunter plans to continue his education after college such as a masters degree and or doctorate. When he's not studying or leading students, you can find him spending time with his family, watching Netflix, or hanging with friends. 

      Duties of the President:
  • Preside at all meetings of the association, the Board of Directors, and the Executive Committee.
  • Appoint special committees with the approval of the Board of Directors.
  • Serve as ex-officio member of all committees, except the Nominations Committee
  • Represent IANS in a matter relating to the association and perform all other duties pertaining to the office.
Vice President: Katie Wichman, BSN, RN
​Bio:
  • ​Katie is a newly graduated nursing student from Grand View University in Des Moines, Iowa. She is from Waverly, Iowa. She currently serves as as the Vice President for IANS 2022-2023. She also served as the president on Grand View Nursing Student Association. Katie currently works at MercyOne Medical Center in Des Moines as a PCT on a cardiac floor. Katie is passionate about serving others in their most vulnerable times. She is currently enrolled in the operating room for her preceptorship in hopes to find an area of nursing she loves. Katie also has plans of possibly becoming a flight nurse after a few years in nursing. In her free time, Katie enjoys relaxing and reading when she isn't studying. ​
Duties of the Vice President
  • Assume the duties of the President in the absence or disability of the President.
  • Assume the office of the President in case of a vacancy in the office.
  • Nominate three 3-4 members for the annual state convention planning committee.
  • Serve as chairperson of the planning committee for the annual state convention.
  • Be responsible for visiting and recommending to the Board of Directors the annual convention site.
  • Be responsible for all convention publicity including the convention program but excluding the convention edition of the IANS newsletter
  • Be responsible for selecting, arranging, and planning for speakers, educational sessions, entertainment, and convention registration and all other duties pertaining to the office in collaboration with Public Relations Director, Membership Director, and Nominations and Elections Director.
Secretary: Sonia Ramirez
​Bio:
  • Sonia is currently serving as the 2022-2023 IANS secretary. She is originally from Austin, MN but has lived in Des Moines for the past few years. She is currently a junior at Grand View University and will graduate with her bachelor of science in nursing with minors in chemistry and Spanish. In her free time, you can usually find her planning her next snorkeling adventure, playing with her cats, or dancing with her friends. She currently work as a PCT at the Methodist West Emergency Department and hopes to eventually work as a critical care nurse either in the ER or ICU! She loves advocating for her patients in the ER and being able to ease their mind by talking about their interests or maybe even joke around with them to help them get through a very distressing trip to the hospital.
​Duties of Secretary:
  • Sign documents with the President such as, organizational papers and documents that come into their executive and administrative spheres.
  • Keep in file a permanent record of all reports, papers, and documents submitted to him/her.
  • Conduct general correspondence of the association as requested by the President and Board of Directors.
  • Send to the headquarters of NSNA, Inc. the names and addresses of all officers and directors of their association immediately after the election.
  • Submit annually the officially application for NSNA constituency status, which shall include the following areas of conformity for active and associate members: purpose and function, membership, dues, and representation.
  • Keep on file a register of all constituents and their constituents and their officers and the addresses of all schools with members in this organization for correspondence, roll call, and business procedures
  • Inform Board of Directors, consultants, and constituents as to the time and place of board meetings
Treasurer: Mayeli Jimenez-Gomez  
​Bio:
  • ​​Mayeli is a junior at Grandview University. She is currently the treasurer for IANS 2022-2023. Upon graduation she will have two degrees, Nursing and Spanish. She currently is Chief Photographer for Viewfinder Magazine; her photos have won many competitions within the Iowa media world. She also works as a tutor for kids in kindergarten to ninth grade in all subjects. Additionally, Mayeli works as a CNA on a cardiac floor at MercyOne Medical Center Downtown Des Moines. Some interesting facts about her are that she grew up in Sioux City and was born in Mexico. She can buy her shoes in the kids' section due to her small feet. She loves spending time with family and friends.  Occasionally, she will take a solo road trip to some place.
Duties of Treasurer
  • Act as custodian of organization funds and see an annual financial report
    and budget is prepared.
  • Oversee the signing and deposit of checks for monetary disbursements, in association with the Finance Committee, as bylaws provide.
  • Serve as chairperson of the Finance Committee when such a committee is established by the Board of Directors.
  • Perform all other duties assigned by the President
Membership Director: Evita Fazliu, BSN, RN
​Bio:
  •  Evita is a newly graduated nursing student from the University of Iowa. She is currently serving as the IANS Membership Director for 2022-2023. She will be graduating in May 2023 with her BSN. She is originally from Silvis, IL.  She currently works on an internal medicine floor and had a CVICU internship over the summer. She's planning on working in an ICU after graduation. Her favorite part about her job is getting to know her patients and watching them become well enough to go home. Some hobbies she has are reading, crocheting, and hanging out with her friends and family! 
Duties of Membership Director:
  • Duties of the Membership Director:
  • Recruit nursing students for membership in IANS.
  • Organize contact information for schools and make available to Board Members at the beginning of the term of office.
  • Serve as advisor to Board Members in planning and development of activities.
  • Formulate and maintain a list of all IANS members with current school and address information to be available to the Officers and Board of Directors as necessary.
Nominations and Elections Director:  Genevieve Martinez
​Bio:
  • I’m Genevieve Martinez! I usually go by “Gen.” I’m the IANS nominations and elections director. I am also a junior at the university of Iowa’s college of nursing program. I work as a patient care technician at UIHC’s adult oncology unit. I’m from Atlantic, a small farm town in southwest Iowa. In my free time, I love to play tennis, sing, listen to music, and spend time with friends. My favorite childhood movie is “Shrek,” and you can find me cheering on our Iowa Hawkeyes every Saturday at Kinnick Stadium. I dream to work in the ICU following graduation and hopefully become a travel nurse! 
Duties of Nominations and Elections Director:
  • Serve as chairperson of the Nominations Committee.
  • Send registration packets with scholarship information to schools.
  • Develop a slate of candidates for position on the Board of Directors and Executive Offices.
  • Coordinate the application and selection process for state consultant.
Public Relations Director: Hannah Rees
​Bio: 
  • Hannah is a junior at Grand View University. She is currently serving as the Public Relations Director for IANS 2022-2023. She also is a emergency department technician at MercyOne. Prior to school, she was a combat medic in the Iowa Army National Guard and is now a radio technician and still currently serving. She is excited to be home and continue her education and love for medicine! She currently plans on enrolling in a critical care internship rotation in Dallas, Texas. Following the completion of that she then plans to work in the ED and later become a flight nurse. 

​ Duties of Public Relations Director:
  • ​Publish the IANS newsletter at least three times per year.
  • Collect, edit, and write articles to be printed in the IANS newsletter.
  • Keep the website current with updates, scholarship, newsletters and information; and promptly submitting changes to the website developer.
  • Keep social media up to date with information of upcoming events and current news. 
Breakthrough to Nursing Director: Kamryn Ranucci
Bio:
  • Kamryn is currently the Breakthrough to Nursing Director for IANS 2022-2023. She is originally from Texas and moved to Iowa to attend the University of Iowa for the amazing program it offers. She currently works as a home care giver for a child with disabilities. Her favorite part of this job is that she has found new ways to communicate with those who are nonverbal as well as spending time with the kiddos she works with. She is very passionate about accessibility for both patients and nurses/nursing students as she am hard of hearing with other disabilities!​
​Duties of Breakthrough to Nursing Director
  • Promote the positive image of nursing students.
  • Be responsible for the organization of projects to recruit and increase the number of men and minorities into nursing programs, and maintain retention of those already enrolled in nursing programs throughout the state.
  • Coordinate activities with the NSNA Breakthrough to Nursing Project, and serve as a liaison between NSNA, IANS, and the local school Breakthrough to Nursing 
  • chairpersons.
  • Serve as chairperson of the Breakthrough to Nursing Committee, which is NSNA's program, designed to recruit students into nursing.
Council of School Presidents: Madi Turner, BSN, RN
​Bio:
  • Madi is currently serving as the Council of School Presidents Chair for IANS 2022-2023. She is a newly graduated nursing student from Grand View University with minors in Spanish and Psychology. She was a resident assistant at Grand View and she loved this job because she had met so many different people. She is from Story City, IA. She loves to travel to new places and this spring she will be visiting Nashville, Southern California, and Spain!
Duties of Council of School Presidents:
  • Serve as chairperson for the annual COSP meeting.
  • Maintain contact with the school presidents throughout the state.
  • Serve as a representative for all schools at board meetings.
Disaster Relief Director: Kait Gureno, BSN, RN
​Bio:
  • Kait is a newly graduated nursing student from the University of Iowa and received her Bachelors degree in Nursing with a minor in physical activity & nutrition science. She is currently the Disaster Relief Director for IAN 2022-2023. She works in the NICU at UIHC, she loves seeing babies in their cute holiday outfits each year. She is originally from Aurora, Illinois. An interesting fact about her is that she works 4 different jobs!​​
Duties of Disaster Relief Director: 
  •  Promote awareness of nursing and its role in disaster relief.
  • Monitor awareness of current disaster relief affecting nursing, nursing students, and health care.
  • Encourage and communicate with schools to participate in a disaster relief program.
  • Encourage and aid its constituents in becoming disaster certified.
  • Directors shall perform such duties as assigned by the President in accordance with the priorities and needs of the association.
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Legislation and Education Director: Alyssa Nahnsen
​Bio:
  • ​Alyssa is attending the University of Iowa for her Bachelors in Nursing. She is currently serving as the Legislation and Education Director for IANS 2022-2023. She is originally from the northwest Indiana region. She is very passionate about being able to empower and educate nursing students to use their voices to invoke change within their nursing practice. She wants all nursing students to realize their potential for creating improvements through policy within their field. Learning never stops, especially not for nurses. When Alyssa isn't completely engrossed in nursing school, she enjoys reading, rock climbing, and doing various arts and crafts. She's recently taken to painting and crocheting. She loves hanging out with friends and spending time outdoors climbing and hiking.
Duties of Legislation and Education Director: 
  • Review and recommend for changes in the bylaws and policies and procedures.
  • Monitor awareness of current legislation affecting nursing, nursing students, and 
    health care.
  • Encourage and aid in writing resolutions relating to legislative business.
  • Communicate legislative information to the local chapter
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Faculty Consultants:

LaDonna McGohan, DNP, RN | Luther College; Decorah, IA
Sara Kraus, MSN, RN |Grand View University; Des Moines, IA