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PresidentBarbara Mushayandebvu Term: 2017-2019 |
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.
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President ElectLinda Whyte Term: 2017-2019 |
Linda is a past and current executive member of both the Operating Room Nurses Association of Ontario (ORNAO) and Operating Room Nurses Association of Greater Toronto (ORNGT) and long standing member of the ORNAO Provincial Conference Planning Committee. Linda has worked in nursing for 30 years, 20 of those years were spent in the operating room of a paediatric trauma/teaching hospital, as a staff nurse, charge nurse, research nurse and informatics nurse. Linda spent 5 years working at a large regional health centre, MOHLTC and Cancer Care Ontario as a perioperative nurse consultant and clinical informatics nurse. Currently, Linda is employed as a clinical informatics nurse and project manager for Perioperative Services at a ST. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, ON. One of Linda’s many passions is medical/surgical mission work and she has participated in many missions both with No Boundaries (a team comprised primarily of the Hospital for Sick Children staff) and the International Children’s Awareness (ICA). Linda is the current president and a founding member of the Friends of African Nursing (Canada), a not for profit charity providing Perioperative Nursing education to nurses in Africa.
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Past PresidentCathleen Ferguson Ex officio |
Cathleen is the Manager of Perioperative Services, St. Martha’s Hospital, Antigonsih, Nova Scotia where she has worked for over twenty years.Cathleen has been an ORNAC Standards committee member from 2011-2015. She was elected to the role of ORNAC President Elect in 2013 and served as the Chair of the Nominating Committee from 2014 to 2015.
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TreasurerElizabeth (Liz) Beck Term: 2016-2018 |
Her nursing career started in 1978 on graduation from The General Hospital School of Nursing in St. John’s, NL. In 1979 she moved to Halifax and in 2000 to the Annapolis Valley in Nova Scotia where she currently resides. Her nursing experience is varied with about 18 years of both Emergency and Critical Care and from 1995, Peri-Operative. Elizabeth became involved with ORNANS in 1997 after completing the peri-operative post graduate distance program from the VG in Halifax serving a 2 terms on the board; one as secretary, the other as treasurer. Though retired from her full-time position at the Valley Regional Hospital, she remains on staff as casual and is experiencing some Canadian travel nursing.
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SecretaryLucia Pfeuti Term: 2017-2019 |
Lucia has been in perioperative nursing for the past 20 years, and is currently one of the Clinical Nurse Educators at the Foothills Medical Centre, in Calgary, AB, a position she has held since 2007. Lucia has also been a Nurse Clinician in the areas of Thoracics and Plastics, as well as Cardiac surgery, and has held her CPN(C) certification since 1999. She has served on the provincial board as ORNAA President (2013-2015) and has held various positions on the ORNAC Board, including National Conference Planning Committee member, Standards Committee member, and Provincial Director (Alberta).
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Executive DirectorHeather Dow
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I have extensive experience in the role as Executive Director and Conference Manager for several medical, educational and legal not-for-profit Associations nationally and internationally. I have been involved with Not-for-Profits and Charities for over 20 years with a large portion of that activity directed towards member recruitment and retention, by-laws and governance, policies and guidelines, advocacy, financial management and communication.
I am fluent in both English and French (born and raised in a French community in the Ottawa Valley and have worked in France as an interpreter) and I have functional Spanish language skills.
I am honoured and ready to serve as the next Executive Director of ORNAC and look forward to working with all of you as we take the Association to the next level. It is a privilege to be associated with an organization that, for over 30 years, has been the national voice for Perioperative Registered Nurses across Canada.
With an excellent Board of Directors that is firmly committed to ORNAC’s mission, a highly professional and dedicated staff, an array of outstanding organizations with whom we cooperate, and our affiliation with special interest groups, ORNAC is well-positioned to face the challenges that lie ahead.