Barbara has been a staff nurse at the Peter Lougheed centre in Calgary for 18 years, with a short detour of 2 years (2014 – 2016) in Ottawa working at the Queensway Carlton Hospital and the Civic campus of The Ottawa Hospital. She has Perioperative Nursing experience in all surgical specialties and has been Clinical Leader and Clinical Nurse Educator. She served as ORNAA president from 2010 – 2012, ORNAC journal editorial committee chair from 2009 – 2015, ORNAC board member representing Alberta from 2009 – 2012 and co-chair of the 2015 ORNAC national conference. Barbara was the first nationally elected president elect in 2015. She has worked in several OR environments in Zimbabwe, South Africa, and the UK, bringing to the ORNAC Board a global perspective on Perioperative Nursing practice.